Pokémon · Black & White
Genesect
Plasma Blast · #10 · Rare · 2013
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.58
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 10 / 105
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 649
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Damage efficiency
- 80 damage
- 26.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Genesect plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥50 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 1 copy.
How to beat Genesect
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 4% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 2295 decks
- Match win rate
- 51.1%
- +3.8 pts vs the 47.3% 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 Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Genesect?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"This Pokémon existed 300 million years ago. Team Plasma altered it and attached a cannon to its back."
CCall for Family
Search your deck for 2 Grass Basic Pokémon and put them onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.
GGCJet Impact — 80+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Genesect was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Genesect has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Genesect ex — Black Bolt
Played in 1,251 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 2026/07/27| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.25 | $0.59 | $4.00 | $0.58 | $0.45 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.94 | $2.37 | $59.57 | $1.20 | $2.36 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.88 |
| 7-day average | €0.93 |
| 30-day average | €1.43 |
| Low | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €1.14 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.45 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.25 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.09 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.94 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.69 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.86 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.44 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.22 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Genesect is real?
Genesect 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 Genesect worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Genesect is $0.58; 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 Genesect from?
Genesect is from the Pokémon set "Plasma Blast" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Genesect?
Genesect is a Rare card in the Plasma Blast set.
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