Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Zigzagoon
Great Encounters · #96 · Common · 2008
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.44
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 96 / 106
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Linoone
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 263
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
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 Zigzagoon 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.
- 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 Zigzagoon
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.67 copies on average · 9 decks
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.
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Zigzagoon?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It walks in zigzag fashion. It is good at finding items in the grass and even in the ground."
CPull Out
Search your discard pile for any 1 card, show it to your opponent, and put it on top of your deck.
CDouble Stab — 10×
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.
Weakness:F+10
Retreat cost:C
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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.14 | $0.47 | $1.39 | $0.44 | $0.51 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.62 | $3.71 | $34.80 | $2.37 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.20 |
| 7-day average | €0.19 |
| 30-day average | €0.14 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.10 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.35 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €3.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.11 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.45 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.20 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.51 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Zigzagoon is real?
Zigzagoon 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 Zigzagoon worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Zigzagoon is $0.44; 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 Zigzagoon from?
Zigzagoon is from the Pokémon set "Great Encounters" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Zigzagoon?
Zigzagoon is a Common card in the Great Encounters set.
Other Zigzagoon printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
