Pokémon · E-Card
Kadabra
Expedition Base Set · #84 · Uncommon · 2002
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$8.47
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 84 / 165
- Release year
- 2002
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Abra
- Evolves to
- Alakazam
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hajime Kusajima
- Pokédex #
- 64
- Series
- E-Card
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Energy Acceleration
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Kadabra plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is energy acceleration. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic 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.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Abra; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Kadabra
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- 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
- 3.72 copies on average · 2619 decks
- Match win rate
- 50.0%
- +2.9 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Hajime Kusajima
This card was illustrated by Hajime Kusajima.
Building around Kadabra?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CEnergy Recall
Attach 2 basic Energy cards from your discard pile to Kadabra (1 if you have only 1).
PCConfuse Ray — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Kadabra has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Kadabra — Mega Evolution
Played in 1,024 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 2026/07/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $5.00 | $8.67 | $89.99 | $8.47 | $85.62 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $39.99 | $61.98 | $83.96 | $80.00 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/04| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.44 |
| 7-day average | €2.15 |
| 30-day average | €3.35 |
| Low | €0.29 |
| Trend price | €2.19 |
| Low (excellent+) | €2.00 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.75 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €8.90 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €24.83 |
| reverseHoloSell | €24.85 |
| averageSellPrice | €3.36 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €16.52 |
| Reverse holo trend | €19.12 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Kadabra is real?
Kadabra 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 Kadabra worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Kadabra is $8.47; 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 Kadabra from?
Kadabra is from the Pokémon set "Expedition Base Set" in the E-Card series, released in 2002.
What rarity is Kadabra?
Kadabra is a Uncommon card in the Expedition Base Set set.
Other Kadabra printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
