Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Victini
Lost Thunder · #49 · Rare · 2018
Listings
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Market reference
$0.77
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 49 / 240
- Release year
- 2018
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- sowsow
- Pokédex #
- 494
- Series
- Sun & Moon
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 Victini 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 (V-Beatdown) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water 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 1% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Victini
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 1.45 copies on average · 592 decks
- Match win rate
- 44.5%
- -2.6 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.
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Ethan's Adventure
in 97% of decks · 579 seen
Drilbur
in 69% of decks · 20 seen
Ceruledge ex
in 69% of decks · 20 seen
Brilliant Blender
in 69% of decks · 20 seen
More by sowsow
This card was illustrated by sowsow.
Building around Victini?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"When it shares the infinite energy it creates, that being's entire body will be overflowing with power."
RCV-Beatdown — 20×
This attack does 20 damage for each of your Basic Pokémon in play.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Victini was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Victini has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Victini — Surging Sparks
Played in 156 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 2026/07/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.41 | $0.75 | $19.98 | $0.77 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $2.24 | $4.50 | $4,321.00 | $2.29 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.94 |
| 7-day average | €0.86 |
| 30-day average | €0.70 |
| Low | €0.25 |
| Trend price | €0.75 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.25 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.75 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.29 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.75 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.61 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.86 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.58 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.58 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Victini is real?
Victini 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 Victini worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Victini is $0.77; 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 Victini from?
Victini is from the Pokémon set "Lost Thunder" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2018.
What rarity is Victini?
Victini is a Rare card in the Lost Thunder set.
Other Victini printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
