Pokémon · Platinum
Carvanha
Rising Rivals · #58 · Common · 2009
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.20
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 58 / 120
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Sharpedo
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Midori Harada
- Pokédex #
- 318
- Series
- Platinum
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 10 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 Carvanha 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.
- Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Darkness type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥20 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Carvanha
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥20 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.11 copies on average · 163 decks
- Match win rate
- 39.8%
- -7.4 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 Midori Harada
This card was illustrated by Midori Harada.
Building around Carvanha?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"They swarm any foes that invades their territory. Their sharp fangs can tear out boat hulls."
CScary Face
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon can't attack or retreat during your opponent's next turn.
DWhirlpool — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.
Weakness:L+10
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Carvanha has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Carvanha — Phantasmal Flames
Played in 62 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 | $0.10 | $0.25 | $19.98 | $0.20 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.70 | $1.94 | $19.98 | $1.14 | $9.55 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.10 |
| 7-day average | €0.09 |
| 30-day average | €0.12 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.08 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.04 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.15 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.41 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.74 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.12 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.08 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.29 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Carvanha is real?
Carvanha 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 Carvanha worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Carvanha is $0.20; 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 Carvanha from?
Carvanha is from the Pokémon set "Rising Rivals" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Carvanha?
Carvanha is a Common card in the Rising Rivals set.
Other Carvanha printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
