Pokémon · Black & White
Cubone
Dragons Exalted · #60 · Common · 2012
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Market reference
$1.56
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 60 / 128
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Marowak
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Atsuko Nishida
- Pokédex #
- 104
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- 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
Strategy & play
How Cubone 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 (Beat) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥35 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 Cubone
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
More by Atsuko Nishida
This card was illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.
Building around Cubone?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"When it thinks of its dead mother, it cries. Its crying makes the skull it wears rattle hollowly."
FHeadbutt — 10
CCBeat — 20
Weakness:W×2
Resistance:L-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Cubone 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 2026/07/29| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $1.56 | $2.25 | $9.99 | $1.56 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $15.00 | $16.49 | $21.40 | $10.53 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/04| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.75 |
| 7-day average | €0.22 |
| 30-day average | €0.36 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.35 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.78 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.74 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.44 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.89 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.03 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Cubone is real?
Cubone 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 Cubone worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Cubone is $1.56; 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 Cubone from?
Cubone is from the Pokémon set "Dragons Exalted" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Cubone?
Cubone is a Common card in the Dragons Exalted set.
Other Cubone printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
