Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Mankey
HS—Unleashed · #53 · Common · 2010
Listings
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Market reference
$0.74
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 53 / 96
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Primeape
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Sachiko Adachi
- Pokédex #
- 56
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 40 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 Mankey 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 (Karate Chop) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic 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 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.
How to beat Mankey
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.83 copies on average · 54 decks
- Match win rate
- 25.9%
- -21.3 pts vs the 47.2% 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.
More by Sachiko Adachi
This card was illustrated by Sachiko Adachi.
Building around Mankey?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It is extremely ill-tempered. Groups of them will attack any handy target for no reason."
CPunch — 10
FCKarate Chop — 40-
Does 40 damage minus 10 damage for each damage counter on Mankey.
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Mankey has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Mankey — Destined Rivals
Played in 32 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 | $0.22 | $0.51 | $19.98 | $0.74 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $14.69 | $18.14 | $34.99 | $16.97 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.10 |
| 7-day average | €0.16 |
| 30-day average | €0.18 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.06 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.20 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.21 |
| reverseHoloSell | €3.45 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.15 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.73 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.24 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Mankey is real?
Mankey 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 Mankey worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Mankey is $0.74; 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 Mankey from?
Mankey is from the Pokémon set "HS—Unleashed" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Mankey?
Mankey is a Common card in the HS—Unleashed set.
Other Mankey printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
