Pokémon · Platinum
Trapinch
Rising Rivals · #84 · Common · 2009
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Market reference
$0.35
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 84 / 120
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Vibrava
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Atsuko Nishida
- Pokédex #
- 328
- 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 Trapinch 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.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Fighting type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥25 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 Trapinch
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.34 copies on average · 38 decks
- Match win rate
- 35.8%
- -11.3 pts vs the 47.1% 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 Atsuko Nishida
This card was illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.
Building around Trapinch?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It makes a conical pit in desert sand and lies in wait at the bottom for prey to come tumbling down."
Poké-Power: Gather Sand
Once during your turn (before your attack), if Trapinch is your Active Pokémon, you may search your discard pile for a basic Fighting card and attach it to Trapinch.
CGrind — 10×
Does 10 damage times the amount of Energy attached to Trapinch.
Weakness:W+10
Resistance:L-20
Retreat cost:C
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 | $0.10 | $0.36 | $3.23 | $0.35 | $0.37 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.69 | $20.00 | $200.00 | $7.00 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.09 |
| 7-day average | €0.13 |
| 30-day average | €0.10 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.13 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.25 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.43 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.79 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.58 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.12 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.76 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.87 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Trapinch is real?
Trapinch 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 Trapinch worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Trapinch is $0.35; 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 Trapinch from?
Trapinch is from the Pokémon set "Rising Rivals" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Trapinch?
Trapinch is a Common card in the Rising Rivals set.
Other Trapinch printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
