Pokémon · Mega Evolution
Helioptile
Mega Evolution · #143 · Illustration Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$3.40
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 143 / 188
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Illustration Rare
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Heliolisk
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Pokédex #
- 694
- Series
- Mega Evolution
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 10 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 Helioptile 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.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting 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.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Helioptile
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 4 copies on average · 2 decks
Building around Helioptile?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CDouble Scratch — 10×
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage for each heads.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Helioptile was legal.
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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 2026/07/09| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $2.38 | $3.62 | $35.00 | $3.40 | $4.51 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Helioptile is real?
Helioptile 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 Helioptile worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Helioptile is $3.40; 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 Helioptile from?
Helioptile is from the Pokémon set "Mega Evolution" in the Mega Evolution series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Helioptile?
Helioptile is a Illustration Rare card in the Mega Evolution set.
Other Helioptile printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
