Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Sunkern
Silver Tempest · #5 · Common · 2022
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Market reference
$0.06
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 5 / 215
- Release year
- 2022
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Sunflora
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- F
- Illustrator
- Saya Tsuruta
- Pokédex #
- 191
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 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 Sunkern 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 (Seed Bomb) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire 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.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Sunkern
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥20 damage one-shots it.
Building around Sunkern?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else."
CCSeed Bomb — 20
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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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 2026/07/12| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.15 | $20.00 | $0.06 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.26 | $19.32 | $0.27 | $0.10 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.03 |
| 7-day average | €0.04 |
| 30-day average | €0.04 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.04 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.25 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.17 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.21 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.20 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.13 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Sunkern is real?
Sunkern 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 Sunkern worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Sunkern is $0.06; 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 Sunkern from?
Sunkern is from the Pokémon set "Silver Tempest" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2022.
What rarity is Sunkern?
Sunkern is a Common card in the Silver Tempest set.
Other Sunkern printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
