Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Porygon-Z
Burning Shadows · #105a · Rare Holo · 2017
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 105a / 177
- Release year
- 2017
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Porygon2
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Shin Nagasawa
- Pokédex #
- 474
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Disruption
- Damage efficiency
- 80 damage
- 26.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Porygon-Z plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Zap Cannon) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Colorless type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥65 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Porygon2 first).
How to beat Porygon-Z
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
More by Shin Nagasawa
This card was illustrated by Shin Nagasawa.
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About this card
"In order to create a more advanced Pokémon, an additional program was installed, but apparently it contained a defect that makes it move oddly."
Ability: Initialize
When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn, you may devolve each of your opponent's evolved Pokémon by putting the highest Stage Evolution card on it into your opponent's hand.
CCCZap Cannon — 80
This Pokémon can't use Zap Cannon during your next turn.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Porygon-Z 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.
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/12/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.90 |
| 7-day average | €0.78 |
| 30-day average | €0.64 |
| Low | €0.05 |
| Trend price | €0.79 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.30 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.40 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.68 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.74 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.71 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.84 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Porygon-Z is real?
Porygon-Z 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 Porygon-Z worth?
As of the latest data, 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 Porygon-Z from?
Porygon-Z is from the Pokémon set "Burning Shadows" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2017.
What rarity is Porygon-Z?
Porygon-Z is a Rare Holo card in the Burning Shadows set.
Other Porygon-Z printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
