Pokémon · EX
Cradily
Sandstorm · #3 · Rare Holo · 2003
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$10.75
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
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
- 3.29 copies on average · 7 decks
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
302
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
1 top-cut deck · best finish 8th
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.
