Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Grookey
SWSH Black Star Promos · #SWSH001 · Promo · 2019
Listings
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Market reference
$2.54
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- SWSH001 / 304
- Release year
- 2019
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Thwackey
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- D
- Illustrator
- kirisAki
- Pokédex #
- 810
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 Grookey 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 (Branch Poke) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass 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 4% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.
How to beat Grookey
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 4% of decks
- 3.81 copies on average · 2107 decks
- Match win rate
- 48.8%
- +1.5 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.
More by kirisAki
This card was illustrated by kirisAki.
Building around Grookey?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"When it uses its special stick to strike up a beat, the sound waves produced carry revitalizing energy to the plants and flowers in the area."
GCBranch Poke — 30
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Grookey was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Grookey has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Grookey — Twilight Masquerade
Played in 1,135 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 | $2.00 | $2.61 | $34.20 | $2.54 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.39 |
| 7-day average | €2.63 |
| 30-day average | €3.26 |
| Low | €1.00 |
| Trend price | €3.82 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €4.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.25 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.53 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.93 |
| Reverse holo trend | €4.71 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Grookey is real?
Grookey 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 Grookey worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Grookey is $2.54; 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 Grookey from?
Grookey is from the Pokémon set "SWSH Black Star Promos" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2019.
What rarity is Grookey?
Grookey is a Promo card in the SWSH Black Star Promos set.
Other Grookey printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
CommonGrookey
Twilight Masquerade · #14
CommonGrookey
Chilling Reign · #16
CommonGrookey
Shining Fates · #11
Rare ShinyGrookey
Shining Fates Shiny Vault · #SV004
Grookey
McDonald's Collection 2021 · #8
CommonGrookey
Sword & Shield · #10
CommonGrookey
Sword & Shield · #11
PromoGrookey
SWSH Black Star Promos · #SWSH070
