Pokémon · POP
Heatran
POP Series 8 · #1 · Rare · 2008
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Market reference
$4.23
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 1 / 17
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 485
- Series
- POP
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 90 damage
- 22.5 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 Heatran 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 Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Its main attack (Fire Spin) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water 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 Heatran
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
- 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
- 1% of decks
- 1.2 copies on average · 410 decks
- Match win rate
- 51.3%
- +4.1 pts vs the 47.2% 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 Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Heatran?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It dwells in volcanic caves. It digs in with its cross-shaped feet to crawl on ceilings and walls."
CCBody Slam — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
RRRCFire Spin — 90
Discard 2 Basic Energy cards attached to Heatran. (If you can't discard cards, this attack does nothing.
Weakness:W+30
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Heatran has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Heatran — Twilight Masquerade
Played in 68 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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.50 | $2.01 | $33.10 | $2.01 | — |
| Holofoil | $1.34 | $4.14 | $48.00 | $4.23 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.49 |
| 7-day average | €3.08 |
| 30-day average | €2.44 |
| Low | €0.45 |
| Trend price | €2.49 |
| Low (excellent+) | €2.80 |
| Reverse holo low | €6.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €5.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.31 |
| averageSellPrice | €3.10 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.85 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.58 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Heatran is real?
Heatran 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 Heatran worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Heatran is $4.23; 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 Heatran from?
Heatran is from the Pokémon set "POP Series 8" in the POP series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Heatran?
Heatran is a Rare card in the POP Series 8 set.
Other Heatran printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
