Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Steven's Carbink
Destined Rivals · #86 · Common · 2025
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Market reference
$0.12
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 86 / 244
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Ligton
- Pokédex #
- 703
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 80 damage
- 26.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Steven's Carbink 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.
- Its main attack (Magical Shot) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Metal ×2 — a Metal attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Steven's Carbink
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.65 copies on average · 20 decks
- Match win rate
- 51.7%
- +4.6 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.
Granite Cave
in 65% of decks · 13 seen
Steven's Metang
in 100% of decks · 20 seen
Steven's Beldum
in 100% of decks · 20 seen
Steven's Metagross ex
in 100% of decks · 20 seen
Mega Skarmory ex
in 80% of decks · 16 seen
Genesect ex
in 90% of decks · 18 seen
Energy Recycler
in 95% of decks · 19 seen
Brock's Scouting
in 60% of decks · 12 seen
More by Ligton
This card was illustrated by Ligton.
Building around Steven's Carbink?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It has slept underground for hundreds of millions of years since its birth. It's occasionally found during the excavation of caves."
Ability: Stone Palace
As long as this Pokémon is on your Bench, all of your Steven's Pokémon take 30 less damage from attacks from your opponent's Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance). The effect of Stone Palace doesn't stack.
PCCMagical Shot — 80
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Steven's Carbink or Destined Rivals.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Steven's Carbink was legal.
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SEASAC League Challenge #14 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
9
ran Steven's Carbink
Tournaments scanned
299
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
3 top-cut decks · best finish 4th
Top decks running Steven's Carbink
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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.15 | $19.98 | $0.12 | $0.01 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.02 | $0.20 | $50.00 | $0.18 | $0.10 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.02 |
| 7-day average | €0.04 |
| 30-day average | €0.04 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.04 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.04 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.14 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.09 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.11 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.11 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Steven's Carbink is real?
Steven's Carbink 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 Steven's Carbink worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Steven's Carbink is $0.12; 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 Steven's Carbink from?
Steven's Carbink is from the Pokémon set "Destined Rivals" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Steven's Carbink?
Steven's Carbink is a Common card in the Destined Rivals set.
