Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Primarina
Lost Thunder · #67 · Rare · 2018
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From
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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
- 67 / 240
- Release year
- 2018
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 150
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Brionne
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Shin Nagasawa
- Pokédex #
- 730
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Ability Engine
- Damage efficiency
- 80 damage
- 26.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Primarina plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is Ability-based draw/search. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥75 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Brionne first).
How to beat Primarina
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥75 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- 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.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.63 copies on average · 8 decks
More by Shin Nagasawa
This card was illustrated by Shin Nagasawa.
Building around Primarina?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Its singing voice is its chief weapon in battle. This Pokémon's Trainer must prioritize the daily maintenance of its throat at all costs."
Ability: Harmonics
Whenever you attach an Energy card from your hand to 1 of your Pokémon, except with an attack, Ability, or Trainer card, attach up to 2 Energy cards to that Pokémon instead of 1.
WCCHypno Splash — 80
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep.
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Primarina was legal.
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 2026/07/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.49 | $0.84 | $2.99 | $0.74 | $1.26 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.50 | $2.49 | $19.98 | $1.63 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.70 |
| 7-day average | €1.13 |
| 30-day average | €0.71 |
| Low | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €1.03 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.75 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €4.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €3.49 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.36 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.83 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.72 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.48 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Primarina is real?
Primarina 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 Primarina worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Primarina 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 Primarina from?
Primarina is from the Pokémon set "Lost Thunder" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2018.
What rarity is Primarina?
Primarina is a Rare card in the Lost Thunder set.
Other Primarina printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
