Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Tentacruel
HS—Triumphant · #50 · Uncommon · 2010
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.57
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 50 / 103
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 90
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Tentacool
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Sachiko Adachi
- Pokédex #
- 73
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Tentacruel plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- 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.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Its main attack (Hyper Beam) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning 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.
How to beat Tentacruel
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥45 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
More by Sachiko Adachi
This card was illustrated by Sachiko Adachi.
Building around Tentacruel?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"In battle, it extends all 80 of its tentacles to entrap its opponent inside a poisonous net."
WTentavolve — 20
If Tentacruel evolved from Tentacool during this turn, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed and Poisoned.
CCCHyper Beam — 50
Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon.
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:CC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.33 | $0.57 | $19.06 | $0.57 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $4.41 | $7.66 | $50.50 | $6.61 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.87 |
| 7-day average | €0.32 |
| 30-day average | €0.35 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.28 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.07 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.25 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.49 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €3.16 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.49 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.32 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.98 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.84 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Tentacruel is real?
Tentacruel 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 Tentacruel worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Tentacruel is $0.57; 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 Tentacruel from?
Tentacruel is from the Pokémon set "HS—Triumphant" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Tentacruel?
Tentacruel is a Uncommon card in the HS—Triumphant set.
Other Tentacruel printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
