Pokémon · Neo
Goldeen
Neo Revelation · #45 · Common · 2001
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From
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Market reference
$2.85
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 45 / 66
- Release year
- 2001
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Seaking
- Illustrator
- Yuka Morii
- Pokédex #
- 118
- Series
- Neo
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 Goldeen 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.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥20 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 4% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Goldeen
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥20 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 4% of decks
- 1.58 copies on average · 2427 decks
- Match win rate
- 49.2%
- +2.0 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.
More by Yuka Morii
This card was illustrated by Yuka Morii.
Building around Goldeen?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Its dorsal, pectoral and tail fins wave elegantly in the water. That is why it is known as the water dancer."
CFin Smack — 10×
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.
Weakness:L×2
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Goldeen has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Goldeen — Twilight Masquerade
Played in 1,306 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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $1.50 | $2.96 | $37.70 | $2.85 | — |
| 1st Edition | $2.23 | $4.03 | $38.00 | $4.28 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.73 |
| 7-day average | €1.42 |
| 30-day average | €0.95 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €1.02 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.89 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Goldeen is real?
Goldeen 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 Goldeen worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Goldeen is $2.85; 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 Goldeen from?
Goldeen is from the Pokémon set "Neo Revelation" in the Neo series, released in 2001.
What rarity is Goldeen?
Goldeen is a Common card in the Neo Revelation set.
Other Goldeen printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
