Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Shuckle
HeartGold & SoulSilver · #11 · Rare Holo · 2010
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From
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Market reference
$22.87
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 11 / 124
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Sumiyoshi Kizuki
- Pokédex #
- 213
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Damage Prevention
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 Shuckle 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.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Its main attack (Poison Jab) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — note its own type is Grass, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥30 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 Shuckle
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- 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
- 0% of decks
- 1.24 copies on average · 67 decks
- Match win rate
- 41.6%
- -5.6 pts vs the 47.3% 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 Sumiyoshi Kizuki
This card was illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Building around Shuckle?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"The berries it stores in its vase-like shell decompose and become a gooey liquid."
Poké-Body: Shell Barricade
As long as Shuckle is on your Bench, prevent all damage done to Shuckle by attacks (both yours and your opponent's).
FFPoison Jab — 30
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Weakness:R×2
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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $14.76 | $28.00 | $140.28 | $22.87 | $29.99 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $20.00 | $23.57 | $287.00 | $20.92 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €3.95 |
| 7-day average | €4.26 |
| 30-day average | €4.38 |
| Low | €0.85 |
| Trend price | €4.24 |
| Low (excellent+) | €2.50 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.22 |
| reverseHoloSell | €3.75 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.09 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.74 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.76 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Shuckle is real?
Shuckle 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 Shuckle worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Shuckle is $22.87; 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 Shuckle from?
Shuckle is from the Pokémon set "HeartGold & SoulSilver" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Shuckle?
Shuckle is a Rare Holo card in the HeartGold & SoulSilver set.
Other Shuckle printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
