Pokémon · Black & White
Genesect
BW Black Star Promos · #BW86 · Promo · 2011
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$155.00
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- BW86 / 101
- Release year
- 2011
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Basic · Team Plasma
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- 5ban Graphics
- Pokédex #
- 649
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 60 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 Genesect 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 (Overdrive Smash) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥50 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 Genesect
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥50 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
- 5% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 3315 decks
- Match win rate
- 50.7%
- +3.4 pts vs the 47.3% 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by 5ban Graphics
This card was illustrated by 5ban Graphics.
Building around Genesect?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"This Pokémon existed 300 million years ago. Team Plasma altered it and attached a cannon to its back."
GCSignal Beam — 30
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
GGCCOverdrive Smash — 60
During your next turn, this Pokémon's Overdrive Smash attack does 60 more damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Genesect or BW Black Star Promos.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Genesect was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Genesect has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Genesect ex — Black Bolt
Played in 2,222 recent decks
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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $99.94 | $114.97 | $1,650.00 | $155.00 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €15.00 |
| 7-day average | €10.88 |
| 30-day average | €13.53 |
| Low | €1.00 |
| Trend price | €10.97 |
| Low (excellent+) | €2.40 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €16.40 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €9.25 |
| averageSellPrice | €9.75 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €6.90 |
| Reverse holo trend | €8.09 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Genesect is real?
Genesect 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 Genesect worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Genesect is $155.00; 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 Genesect from?
Genesect is from the Pokémon set "BW Black Star Promos" in the Black & White series, released in 2011.
What rarity is Genesect?
Genesect is a Promo card in the BW Black Star Promos set.
Other Genesect printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
