Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Shaymin
HS—Unleashed · #8 · Rare Holo · 2010
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From
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Market reference
$15.11
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 8 / 96
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hideaki Hakozaki
- Pokédex #
- 492
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 Shaymin 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 (Energy Bloom) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 26% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Shaymin
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 26% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 14480 decks
- Match win rate
- 48.0%
- +0.9 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Building around Shaymin?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"The blooming of Gracidea flowers confers the power of flight upon it. Feelings of gratitude are the message it delivers."
Poké-Power: Celebration Wind
Once during your turn, when you put Shaymin from your hand onto your Bench, you may move as many Energy cards attached to your Pokémon as you like to any of your other Pokémon.
GCEnergy Bloom — 30
Remove 3 damage counters from each of your Pokémon that has any Energy attached to it.
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:F-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Shaymin has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Shaymin — Destined Rivals
Played in 6,218 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $15.11 | $16.00 | $179.90 | $15.11 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $89.39 | $159.80 | $166.60 | $16.66 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €3.01 |
| 7-day average | €5.29 |
| 30-day average | €4.34 |
| Low | €0.20 |
| Trend price | €4.54 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.60 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.25 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €3.02 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €3.33 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.48 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.60 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.41 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.88 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Shaymin is real?
Shaymin 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 Shaymin worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Shaymin is $15.11; 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 Shaymin from?
Shaymin is from the Pokémon set "HS—Unleashed" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Shaymin?
Shaymin is a Rare Holo card in the HS—Unleashed set.
Other Shaymin printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
