Pokémon · Black & White
Suicune
Plasma Blast · #20 · Rare · 2013
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$3.83
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 20 / 105
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- kawayoo
- Pokédex #
- 245
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 70 damage
- 23.33 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 Suicune 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 (Aurora Beam) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass 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.
How to beat Suicune
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.5 copies on average · 2 decks
More by kawayoo
This card was illustrated by kawayoo.
Building around Suicune?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It races around the world to purify fouled water. It dashes away with the north wind."
Ability: Safeguard
Prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to this Pokémon by Pokémon-EX.
WCCAurora Beam — 70
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 Suicune was legal.
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
2
ran Suicune
Tournaments scanned
307
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
1 top-cut deck · best finish 4th
Top decks running Suicune
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 | $0.70 | $1.28 | $60.00 | $3.83 | $60.00 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $4.03 | $10.85 | $95.80 | $9.83 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.99 |
| 7-day average | €1.84 |
| 30-day average | €1.63 |
| Low | €0.50 |
| Trend price | €1.76 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.95 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.95 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €5.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €5.47 |
| reverseHoloSell | €8.40 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.84 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €4.98 |
| Reverse holo trend | €5.97 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Suicune is real?
Suicune 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 Suicune worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Suicune is $3.83; 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 Suicune from?
Suicune is from the Pokémon set "Plasma Blast" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Suicune?
Suicune is a Rare card in the Plasma Blast set.
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