Pokémon · Base
Horsea
Fossil Set · #49 · Common · 1999
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.58
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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
- 49 / 62
- Release year
- 1999
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Seadra
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 116
- Series
- Base
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 10 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 Horsea 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.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥20 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 Horsea
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥20 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.8 copies on average · 5 decks
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Horsea?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Known to shoot down flying bugs with precision blasts of ink from the surface of the water."
WSmokescreen — 10
If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing.
Weakness:L×2
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $0.10 | $0.44 | $60.00 | $0.58 | $0.27 |
| 1st Edition | $0.51 | $2.79 | $39.99 | $2.90 | $3.00 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.55 |
| 7-day average | €0.47 |
| 30-day average | €0.47 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.55 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.04 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.60 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.83 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.55 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.83 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.80 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Horsea is real?
Horsea 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 Horsea worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Horsea is $0.58; 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 Horsea from?
Horsea is from the Pokémon set "Fossil Set" in the Base series, released in 1999.
What rarity is Horsea?
Horsea is a Common card in the Fossil Set set.
Other Horsea printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
