Pokémon · EX
Cradily
Sandstorm · #3 · Rare Holo · 2003
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$10.75
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 3 / 100
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Lileep
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Midori Harada
- Pokédex #
- 346
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 16.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Cradily plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Its main attack (Spiral Drain) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire 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.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Lileep first).
How to beat Cradily
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- 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
- 0% of decks
- 3.42 copies on average · 12 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.
Lileep
in 100% of decks · 12 seen
Antique Root Fossil
in 92% of decks · 11 seen
Fossil Quarry
in 92% of decks · 11 seen
Bug Catching Set
in 83% of decks · 10 seen
Rare Candy
in 83% of decks · 10 seen
Fezandipiti ex
in 83% of decks · 10 seen
Poké Pad
in 92% of decks · 11 seen
Night Stretcher
in 92% of decks · 11 seen
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Midori Harada
This card was illustrated by Midori Harada.
Building around Cradily?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Body: Super Suction Cups
As long as Cradily is your Active Pokémon, your opponent's Pokémon can't retreat.
CLure Poison
Before using this effect, you may switch the Defending Pokémon with 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon, if any. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
GCCSpiral Drain — 50
Remove 2 damage counters from Cradily (remove 1 if there is only 1).
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
1
ran Cradily
Tournaments scanned
281
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Cradily
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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $7.59 | $17.58 | $96.93 | $10.75 | $10.00 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $8.88 | $10.00 | $11.90 | $8.37 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.50 |
| 7-day average | €4.41 |
| 30-day average | €3.99 |
| Low | €0.30 |
| Trend price | €5.02 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.70 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €3.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.28 |
| reverseHoloSell | €4.65 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.46 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €4.84 |
| Reverse holo trend | €4.56 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Cradily is real?
Cradily 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 Cradily worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Cradily is $10.75; 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 Cradily from?
Cradily is from the Pokémon set "Sandstorm" in the EX series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Cradily?
Cradily is a Rare Holo card in the Sandstorm set.
Other Cradily printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
