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Psyduck

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Psyduck

Base

Team Rocket · #65 · Common · 2000

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Market reference

$1.99

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Card facts

Quick reference for collectors and graders.

Set position
65 / 83
Release year
2000
Rarity
Common
HP
50
Subtype
Basic
Evolves to
Golduck
Retreat cost
1 energy
Illustrator
Mitsuhiro Arita
Pokédex #
54
Series
Base

Card analysis

Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.

Primary role
Draw
Damage efficiency
20 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

Attacker

Strategy & play

How Psyduck plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

  • Not a main attacker — its job is card draw. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
  • Needs Psychic / Water Energy to attack — note its own type is Water, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
  • Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
  • A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
  • Seen in 11% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.

How to beat Psyduck

  • Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥25 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
11% of decks
1 copies on average · 6226 decks
Match win rate
47.1%
-0.2 pts vs the 47.2% field average

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About this card

HP: 50Type:WWaterSubtype: BasicEvolves to: Golduck

"It is often seen holding its head in its paws, as if it were suffering from a headache."

PDizziness

Draw a card.

WCWater Gun — 20+

Does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each Water Energy attached to Psyduck but not used to pay for this attack. You can't add more than 20 damage in this way.

Weakness:L×2

Retreat cost:C

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

Tournament play

This printing of Psyduck has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.

PsyduckAscended Heroes

Played in 1,807 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 2026/07/07
VariantLowMidHighMarketDirect Low
Unlimited$0.35$1.15$4,321.00$1.99$0.50
1st Edition$0.97$8.10$82.86$8.08$6.83

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/03/07
VariantPrice
1-day average€0.41
7-day average€2.16
30-day average€2.25
Low€0.02
Trend price€1.85
Low (excellent+)€0.10
reverseHoloAvg1€5.00
Reverse holo 7-day€1.87
averageSellPrice€3.06
Reverse holo 30-day€1.87
Reverse holo trend€4.71

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Psyduck is real?

Psyduck 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 Psyduck worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Psyduck is $1.99; 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 Psyduck from?

Psyduck is from the Pokémon set "Team Rocket" in the Base series, released in 2000.

What rarity is Psyduck?

Psyduck is a Common card in the Team Rocket set.