Pokémon · Platinum
Relicanth
Supreme Victors · #SH8 · Rare · 2009
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Market reference
$99.98
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- SH8 / 153
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Sumiyoshi Kizuki
- Pokédex #
- 369
- Series
- Platinum
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 13.33 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 Relicanth 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 (Aqua Wave) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 2% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Relicanth
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 2% of decks
- 1.06 copies on average · 761 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.9%
- -0.3 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 Sumiyoshi Kizuki
This card was illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Building around Relicanth?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"A rare Pokémon discovered during a deep-sea exploration. It has not changed in over 100 million years."
FCDeep Sea Pressure — 20
During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon's Retreat Cost is ColorlessColorless more.
FCCAqua Wave — 40+
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each heads.
Weakness:G+20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Relicanth has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Relicanth — Temporal Forces
Played in 256 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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reverse Holofoil | $73.00 | $143.00 | $1,394.90 | $99.98 | $149.99 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €15.00 |
| 7-day average | €16.99 |
| 30-day average | €15.87 |
| Low | €9.99 |
| Trend price | €16.95 |
| Low (excellent+) | €15.00 |
| Reverse holo low | €10.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €10.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €115.87 |
| reverseHoloSell | €10.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €17.50 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €40.92 |
| Reverse holo trend | €107.59 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Relicanth is real?
Relicanth 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 Relicanth worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Relicanth is $99.98; 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 Relicanth from?
Relicanth is from the Pokémon set "Supreme Victors" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Relicanth?
Relicanth is a Rare card in the Supreme Victors set.
Other Relicanth printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
