Pokémon · Platinum
Ludicolo
Platinum · #34 · Rare · 2009
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$1.96
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 34 / 133
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Lombre
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 272
- Series
- Platinum
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Ludicolo plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Its main attack (Best Dance) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Water / Grass Energy to attack — note its own type is Grass, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Grass type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥60 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Lombre first).
How to beat Ludicolo
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.2 copies on average · 10 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 Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Ludicolo?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Power: Cheerful Voice
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may use this power. If you do, your turn ends. During your next turn, each of Ludicolo's attacks does 60 more damage to the Defending Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance). This power can't be used if Ludicolo is affected by a Special Condition.
WCMad Dance — 20
The Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
GCCBest Dance — 60
After doing damage, remove from Ludicolo the number of damage counters equal to the damage you did to the Defending Pokémon. Ludicolo can't use Best Dance during your next turn.
Weakness:L+30
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 | $1.51 | $1.87 | $30.50 | $1.96 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $3.45 | $14.99 | $93.58 | $8.57 | $4.36 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.33 |
| 7-day average | €1.58 |
| 30-day average | €1.15 |
| Low | €0.15 |
| Trend price | €1.47 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.49 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.49 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.05 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.81 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.61 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.97 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.05 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Ludicolo is real?
Ludicolo 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 Ludicolo worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Ludicolo is $1.96; 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 Ludicolo from?
Ludicolo is from the Pokémon set "Platinum" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Ludicolo?
Ludicolo is a Rare card in the Platinum set.
Other Ludicolo printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
