Pokémon · XY
Zorua
BREAKthrough · #89 · Common · 2015
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From
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Market reference
$0.29
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 89 / 165
- Release year
- 2015
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Zoroark
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hitoshi Ariga
- Pokédex #
- 570
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Zorua plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Its main attack (Dark Edge) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Darkness type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Zorua
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.52 copies on average · 25 decks
- Match win rate
- 44.4%
- -2.8 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
More by Hitoshi Ariga
This card was illustrated by Hitoshi Ariga.
Building around Zorua?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"To protect themselves from danger, they hide their true identities by transforming into people and Pokémon."
DMoonless Madness
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.
DCDark Edge — 30
Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon.
Weakness:F×2
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Zorua was legal.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/19| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.10 | $0.29 | $1,000.00 | $0.29 | $0.19 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.46 | $0.84 | $19.98 | $0.94 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.15 |
| 7-day average | €0.21 |
| 30-day average | €0.16 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.18 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.38 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.32 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.17 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.22 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.65 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Zorua is real?
Zorua is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Zorua worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Zorua is $0.29; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Zorua from?
Zorua is from the Pokémon set "BREAKthrough" in the XY series, released in 2015.
What rarity is Zorua?
Zorua is a Common card in the BREAKthrough set.
Zorua in the news
Recent posts from card communities and trading-card press mentioning Zorua.
Other Zorua printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
