Pokémon · EX
Team Aqua's Spheal
Team Magma vs Team Aqua · #56 · Common · 2004
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Market reference
$1.82
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 56 / 97
- Release year
- 2004
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Sealeo
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Nakaoka
- Pokédex #
- 363
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 10 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 Team Aqua's Spheal 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.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Metal ×2 — a Metal attacker doing ≥20 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 Team Aqua's Spheal
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥20 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
More by Nakaoka
This card was illustrated by Nakaoka.
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About this card
WPowder Snow — 10
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.33 | $1.37 | $18.04 | $1.82 | $1.10 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $49.99 | $150.00 | $250.00 | $21.75 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.49 |
| 7-day average | €0.30 |
| 30-day average | €0.28 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.39 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.07 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.97 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.02 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.95 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.64 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.28 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.62 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.19 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Team Aqua's Spheal is real?
Team Aqua's Spheal 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 Team Aqua's Spheal worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Team Aqua's Spheal is $1.82; 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 Team Aqua's Spheal from?
Team Aqua's Spheal is from the Pokémon set "Team Magma vs Team Aqua" in the EX series, released in 2004.
What rarity is Team Aqua's Spheal?
Team Aqua's Spheal is a Common card in the Team Magma vs Team Aqua set.
Other Team Aqua's Spheal printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
