Pokémon · Black & White
Sandile
Plasma Freeze · #68 · Common · 2013
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Market reference
$0.26
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 68 / 122
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Krokorok
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- sui
- Pokédex #
- 551
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 5 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 Sandile 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 (Gentle Slap) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Darkness 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.
How to beat Sandile
- 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
- 3.63 copies on average · 19 decks
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 sui
This card was illustrated by sui.
Building around Sandile?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"They live hidden under hot desert sands in order to keep their body temperature from dropping."
DCGentle Slap — 10+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage.
Weakness:F×2
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Sandile was legal.
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 | $0.10 | $0.26 | $1,000.00 | $0.26 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.30 | $0.55 | $19.64 | $0.50 | $0.32 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.14 |
| 7-day average | €0.11 |
| 30-day average | €0.14 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.14 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.19 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.77 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.15 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.15 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.52 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.71 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Sandile is real?
Sandile 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 Sandile worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Sandile is $0.26; 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 Sandile from?
Sandile is from the Pokémon set "Plasma Freeze" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Sandile?
Sandile is a Common card in the Plasma Freeze set.
Other Sandile printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
