Pokémon · Base
Porygon
Team Rocket · #48 · Uncommon · 2000
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$2.23
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 48 / 83
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Porygon2
- Illustrator
- Keiji Kinebuchi
- Pokédex #
- 137
- Series
- Base
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 6.67 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 Porygon 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 Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Its main attack (Psybeam) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Colorless type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting 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 Porygon
- Exploit its Fighting 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.
Building around Porygon?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"More and more people play the slots every day, trying to win a Porygon."
CConversion 1
If the Defending Pokémon has a Weakness, you may change it to a type of your choice other than Colorless.
CCCPsybeam — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
Weakness:F×2
Resistance:P-30
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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $0.82 | $1.53 | $44.88 | $2.23 | $4.97 |
| 1st Edition | $1.50 | $4.62 | $48.16 | $5.24 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.18 |
| 7-day average | €1.92 |
| 30-day average | €2.49 |
| Low | €0.05 |
| Trend price | €2.30 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.70 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.25 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.38 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.66 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.38 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.25 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Porygon is real?
Porygon 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 Porygon worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Porygon is $2.23; 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 Porygon from?
Porygon is from the Pokémon set "Team Rocket" in the Base series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Porygon?
Porygon is a Uncommon card in the Team Rocket set.
Other Porygon printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
