Pokémon · Platinum
Carnivine
Platinum · #43 · Uncommon · 2009
Listings
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Market reference
$0.46
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 43 / 133
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 455
- Series
- Platinum
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 Carnivine 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.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Inflicts Burn — 20 damage between turns, then a coin flip to clear it. Chip damage with a coin-flip tail.
- Its main attack (Vine Extract) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
How to beat Carnivine
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Carnivine?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
GStretch Vine
Choose 2 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. This attack does 10 damage to each of them. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
CCAbsorb — 20
Remove 2 damage counters from Carnivine.
GGVine Extract — 30
If the Defending Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned and Poisoned.
Weakness:R+20
Resistance:W-20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.20 | $0.41 | $19.98 | $0.46 | $0.75 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.20 | $3.32 | $47.10 | $3.32 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.10 |
| 7-day average | €0.10 |
| 30-day average | €0.19 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.10 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.30 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €5.98 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.84 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.73 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.12 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.08 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.66 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Carnivine is real?
Carnivine 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 Carnivine worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Carnivine is $0.46; 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 Carnivine from?
Carnivine is from the Pokémon set "Platinum" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Carnivine?
Carnivine is a Uncommon card in the Platinum set.
Other Carnivine printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
