Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Mantine
SWSH Black Star Promos · #SWSH026 · Promo · 2019
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Market reference
$1.98
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- SWSH026 / 304
- Release year
- 2019
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 110
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- D
- Illustrator
- 0313
- Pokédex #
- 226
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 30 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 Mantine plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- 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.
How to beat Mantine
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥55 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.75 copies on average · 4 decks
Building around Mantine?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"If it builds up enough speed swimming, it can jump out above the waves and glide for over 300 feet."
WWater Reserve
Search your deck for up to 3 Water Energy cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
WWWave Splash — 60
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Mantine was legal.
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 | $1.04 | $1.97 | $19.98 | $1.98 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.99 |
| 7-day average | €3.41 |
| 30-day average | €2.62 |
| Low | €0.25 |
| Trend price | €2.82 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.65 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.65 |
| averageSellPrice | €3.16 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.94 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.52 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Mantine is real?
Mantine 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 Mantine worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Mantine is $1.98; 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 Mantine from?
Mantine is from the Pokémon set "SWSH Black Star Promos" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2019.
What rarity is Mantine?
Mantine is a Promo card in the SWSH Black Star Promos set.
Other Mantine printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
