Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Cranidos
SWSH Black Star Promos · #SWSH274 · Promo · 2019
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Market reference
$0.38
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- SWSH274 / 304
- Release year
- 2019
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 90
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Unidentified Fossil
- Evolves to
- Rampardos
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- F
- Illustrator
- GIDORA
- Pokédex #
- 408
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Cranidos plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Stone Edge) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥45 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 Unidentified Fossil; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Cranidos
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥45 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
- 0% of decks
- 2.51 copies on average · 55 decks
- Match win rate
- 30.0%
- -17.1 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.
Rampardos ex
in 100% of decks · 53 seen
Antique Skull Fossil
in 100% of decks · 53 seen
Shieldon
in 89% of decks · 47 seen
Fossil Quarry
in 100% of decks · 53 seen
Antique Armor Fossil
in 89% of decks · 47 seen
Bastiodon
in 89% of decks · 47 seen
Cinderace
in 79% of decks · 42 seen
Magnetic Metal Energy
in 85% of decks · 45 seen
More by GIDORA
This card was illustrated by GIDORA.
Building around Cranidos?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Its hard skull is its distinguishing feature. It snapped trees by headbutting them, and then it fed on their ripe berries."
FRam — 20
FFStone Edge — 40+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 more damage.
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Cranidos or SWSH Black Star Promos.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Cranidos was legal.
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Tournament play
This printing of Cranidos has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Cranidos — Pitch Black
Played in 58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.42 | $18.70 | $0.38 | $0.34 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.40 |
| 7-day average | €0.63 |
| 30-day average | €0.43 |
| Low | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €0.46 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.28 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Cranidos is real?
Cranidos 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 Cranidos worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Cranidos is $0.38; 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 Cranidos from?
Cranidos is from the Pokémon set "SWSH Black Star Promos" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2019.
What rarity is Cranidos?
Cranidos is a Promo card in the SWSH Black Star Promos set.
Other Cranidos printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
