Pokémon · Black & White
Zorua
Dark Explorers · #70 · Common · 2012
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From
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Market reference
$1.47
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 70 / 111
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Zoroark
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Akira Komayama
- Pokédex #
- 570
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 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 Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Its main attack (Shadow Bind) 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 Akira Komayama
This card was illustrated by Akira Komayama.
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."
CParalyzing Gaze
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
DCShadow Bind — 20
The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn.
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 2026/08/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.40 | $1.28 | $19.02 | $1.47 | $1.26 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $7.00 | $10.35 | $108.00 | $12.64 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.49 |
| 7-day average | €0.43 |
| 30-day average | €0.55 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.36 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.05 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.80 |
| reverseHoloSell | €3.55 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.53 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.98 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.88 |
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 $1.47; 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 "Dark Explorers" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Zorua?
Zorua is a Common card in the Dark Explorers set.
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Other Zorua printings
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