Pokémon · XY
Absol
Roaring Skies · #40 · Rare Holo · 2015
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$1.05
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 40 / 112
- Release year
- 2015
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 359
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 Absol 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 (Mach Claw) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Darkness type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting 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 Absol
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.63 copies on average · 8 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 Absol?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It appears when it senses an impending natural disaster. As a result, it was mistaken as a doom bringer."
Ability: Cursed Eyes
When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench, you may move 3 damage counters from 1 of your opponent's Pokémon to another of his or her Pokémon.
DCMach Claw — 30
This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance.
Weakness:F×2
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Absol was legal.
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
1
ran Absol
Tournaments scanned
302
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
1 top-cut deck · best finish 4th
Top decks running Absol
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 2026/07/19| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.50 | $1.00 | $4.19 | $1.05 | $0.75 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.56 | $1.11 | $729.00 | $1.07 | $0.78 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.88 |
| 7-day average | €1.89 |
| 30-day average | €1.87 |
| Low | €0.49 |
| Trend price | €2.00 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.49 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.49 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €5.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.57 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.08 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.12 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.08 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Absol is real?
Absol 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 Absol worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Absol is $1.05; 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 Absol from?
Absol is from the Pokémon set "Roaring Skies" in the XY series, released in 2015.
What rarity is Absol?
Absol is a Rare Holo card in the Roaring Skies set.
Other Absol printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
