Pokémon · Platinum
Riolu
Platinum · #91 · Common · 2009
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.55
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 91 / 133
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Lucario
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex #
- 447
- Series
- Platinum
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 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 Riolu 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 (Steady Punch) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Fighting type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 3% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Riolu
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 3% of decks
- 3.02 copies on average · 1678 decks
- Match win rate
- 47.3%
- +0.0 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 Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
Building around Riolu?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It has the peculiar power of being able to see emotions such as joy and rage in the form of waves."
Light Punch — 10
CCSteady Punch — 20+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage.
Weakness:P+10
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Riolu has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Riolu — Mega Evolution
Played in 523 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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.13 | $0.44 | $10.35 | $0.55 | $0.39 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $7.00 | $19.99 | $220.00 | $17.31 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.11 |
| 7-day average | €0.11 |
| 30-day average | €0.20 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.15 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.30 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.49 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.14 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.79 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.26 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.05 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.24 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Riolu is real?
Riolu 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 Riolu worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Riolu is $0.55; 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 Riolu from?
Riolu is from the Pokémon set "Platinum" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Riolu?
Riolu is a Common card in the Platinum set.
Other Riolu printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
