Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Carnivine
HS—Unleashed · #46 · Common · 2010
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.32
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 46 / 96
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Wataru Kawahara
- Pokédex #
- 455
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- 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
Also does
Strategy & play
How Carnivine plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥40 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 Carnivine
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
More by Wataru Kawahara
This card was illustrated by Wataru Kawahara.
Building around Carnivine?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It walks around on its tentacles in search of a tree branch where it can dangle down and ambush prey."
CDrawup Power
Search your deck for an Energy card, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
GSpit Up — 20
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:W-20
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.15 | $0.34 | $19.98 | $0.32 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.50 | $2.86 | $19.98 | $2.22 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.32 |
| 7-day average | €0.21 |
| 30-day average | €0.18 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.14 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.19 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.56 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.26 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.75 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.17 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.42 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Carnivine is real?
Carnivine 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 Carnivine worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Carnivine is $0.32; 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 Carnivine from?
Carnivine is from the Pokémon set "HS—Unleashed" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Carnivine?
Carnivine is a Common card in the HS—Unleashed set.
Other Carnivine printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
