Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Staryu
HeartGold & SoulSilver · #84 · Common · 2010
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$1.27
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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 / 124
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Starmie
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 120
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 20 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 Staryu 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 ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 4% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Staryu
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 4% of decks
- 2.66 copies on average · 1984 decks
- Match win rate
- 42.9%
- -4.4 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.
Bronzor
in 1% of decks · 18 seen
Mega Starmie ex
in 100% of decks · 1984 seen
Team Rocket's Golbat
in 8% of decks · 157 seen
Team Rocket's Crobat ex
in 8% of decks · 155 seen
Team Rocket's Zubat
in 8% of decks · 157 seen
Salvatore
in 30% of decks · 600 seen
Mega Froslass ex
in 55% of decks · 1101 seen
Bubbly Water Energy
in 11% of decks · 222 seen
More by Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Staryu?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"At night, the center of its body slowly flickers with the same rhythm as a human heartbeat."
WSpinning Attack — 20
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Staryu has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Staryu — Perfect Order
Played in 396 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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.23 | $0.75 | $96.95 | $1.27 | $96.95 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $4.53 | $5.72 | $54.30 | $13.65 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.50 |
| 7-day average | €0.23 |
| 30-day average | €0.30 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.20 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.30 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.80 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €3.11 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.90 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.40 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.94 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.52 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Staryu is real?
Staryu 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 Staryu worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Staryu is $1.27; 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 Staryu from?
Staryu is from the Pokémon set "HeartGold & SoulSilver" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Staryu?
Staryu is a Common card in the HeartGold & SoulSilver set.
Other Staryu printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
