Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Wobbuffet
HGSS Black Star Promos · #HGSS04 · Promo · 2010
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Market reference
$7.25
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- HGSS04 / 25
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 90
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- match
- Pokédex #
- 202
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- 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
Strategy & play
How Wobbuffet 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.
- Its main attack (Trip Over) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥45 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
How to beat Wobbuffet
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥45 damage one-shots it.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Building around Wobbuffet?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"To keep its pitch-black tail hidden, it lives quietly in the darkness. It is never first to attack."
Poké-Body: Tenacious Bind
As long as Wobbuffet is your Active Pokémon, your opponent's Active Pokémon's Retreat Cost is ColorlessColorless more.
PCTrip Over — 20+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 30 more damage.
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:CCC
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 | $4.37 | $24.99 | $349.90 | $7.25 | — |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Wobbuffet is real?
Wobbuffet 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 Wobbuffet worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Wobbuffet is $7.25; 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 Wobbuffet from?
Wobbuffet is from the Pokémon set "HGSS Black Star Promos" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Wobbuffet?
Wobbuffet is a Promo card in the HGSS Black Star Promos set.
Other Wobbuffet printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
