Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Seaking
Sword & Shield · #47 · Uncommon · 2020
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.12
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 47 / 216
- Release year
- 2020
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 110
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Goldeen
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- D
- Illustrator
- Shibuzoh.
- Pokédex #
- 119
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Disruption
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 25 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Seaking plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Pierce) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥55 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Goldeen; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Seen in 4% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Seaking
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥55 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 4% of decks
- 1.09 copies on average · 2266 decks
- Match win rate
- 49.2%
- +2.0 pts vs the 47.2% 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.
More by Shibuzoh.
This card was illustrated by Shibuzoh..
Building around Seaking?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Using its horn, it bores holes in riverbed boulders, making nests to prevent its eggs from washing away."
WRipping Horn
Flip 3 coins. For each heads, discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon.
CCPierce — 50
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Seaking was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Seaking has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Seaking — Prismatic Evolutions
Played in 1,281 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 2026/07/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.02 | $0.19 | $19.98 | $0.12 | $0.07 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.23 | $0.50 | $19.98 | $0.49 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.02 |
| 7-day average | €0.10 |
| 30-day average | €0.09 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.10 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.20 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.25 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.97 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.73 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.09 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.76 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.77 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Seaking is real?
Seaking 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 Seaking worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Seaking is $0.12; 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 Seaking from?
Seaking is from the Pokémon set "Sword & Shield" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2020.
What rarity is Seaking?
Seaking is a Uncommon card in the Sword & Shield set.
Other Seaking printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
