Pokémon · E-Card
Celebi
Skyridge · #145 · Rare Secret · 2003
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$379.99
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 145 / 182
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Rare Secret
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 251
- Series
- E-Card
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Ability Engine
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 6.67 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 Celebi plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is Ability-based draw/search. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Needs Grass / Water / Psychic Energy to attack — note its own type is Colorless, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Colorless type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 3% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Celebi
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- 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
- 3% of decks
- 1.27 copies on average · 1544 decks
- Match win rate
- 50.3%
- +3.1 pts vs the 47.3% 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Celebi?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Body: Crystal Type
Whenever you attach a Grass, Water, or Psychic basic Energy card from your hand to Celebi, Celebi's type (color) becomes the same as that type of Energy until the end of the turn.
GWEmpathic Healing
Remove 2 damage counters from Celebi and each Pokémon that's the same type (color) as Celebi.
GPCMind Bend — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Celebi has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Celebi — Mega Evolution
Played in 496 recent decks
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 2026/07/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reverse Holofoil | $550.00 | $550.00 | $550.00 | $379.99 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €8799.99 |
| 7-day average | €1845.43 |
| 30-day average | €749.38 |
| Low | €119.00 |
| Trend price | €1800.91 |
| Low (excellent+) | €150.00 |
| Reverse holo low | €119.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €99.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €135.55 |
| reverseHoloSell | €133.80 |
| averageSellPrice | €4675.00 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €174.44 |
| Reverse holo trend | €182.09 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Celebi is real?
Celebi 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 Celebi worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Celebi is $379.99; 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 Celebi from?
Celebi is from the Pokémon set "Skyridge" in the E-Card series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Celebi?
Celebi is a Rare Secret card in the Skyridge set.
Other Celebi printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
