Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Riolu
HS—Unleashed · #60 · Common · 2010
Listings
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Market reference
$0.40
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 60 / 96
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Lucario
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex #
- 447
- 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 Riolu 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 (Double 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 ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 3% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Riolu
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 3% of decks
- 3.02 copies on average · 1678 decks
- Match win rate
- 47.3%
- +0.0 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.
More by Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
Building around Riolu?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"They communicate with one another using their auras. They are able to run all through the night."
CKick — 10
FCDouble Chop — 20×
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Riolu has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Riolu — Mega Evolution
Played in 529 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 | $0.10 | $0.26 | $19.86 | $0.40 | $0.38 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $14.81 | $24.62 | $164.20 | $19.99 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.08 |
| 7-day average | €0.17 |
| 30-day average | €0.22 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.17 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.75 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.73 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.38 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.23 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.16 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.97 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Riolu is real?
Riolu 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 Riolu worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Riolu is $0.40; 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 Riolu from?
Riolu is from the Pokémon set "HS—Unleashed" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Riolu?
Riolu is a Common card in the HS—Unleashed set.
Other Riolu printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
