Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Porygon
Great Encounters · #81 · Common · 2008
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.42
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 81 / 106
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Porygon2
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kent Kanetsuna
- Pokédex #
- 137
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Card Selection
- 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 Porygon plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is card selection. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Colorless type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥25 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 Porygon
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
More by Kent Kanetsuna
This card was illustrated by Kent Kanetsuna.
Building around Porygon?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"The world's first artificially created Pokémon. It can travel through electronic space."
CCalculate
Look at the top 3 cards of your deck and put them back on top of your deck in any order.
CCSharpen — 20
Weakness:F+10
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
1
ran Porygon
Tournaments scanned
290
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Porygon
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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.19 | $0.40 | $18.98 | $0.42 | $0.25 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.32 | $2.88 | $36.80 | $3.57 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.28 |
| 7-day average | €0.15 |
| 30-day average | €0.15 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.19 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.20 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.40 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.61 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.59 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.20 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.79 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.93 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Porygon is real?
Porygon 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 Porygon worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Porygon is $0.42; 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 Porygon from?
Porygon is from the Pokémon set "Great Encounters" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Porygon?
Porygon is a Common card in the Great Encounters set.
Other Porygon printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
