Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Tentacool
Team Up · #60 · Common · 2019
Listings
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Market reference
$0.17
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 60 / 198
- Release year
- 2019
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Tentacruel
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 72
- Series
- Sun & Moon
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 Tentacool 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 Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic 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.
How to beat Tentacool
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥30 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 Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Tentacool?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It drifts through the sea searching for prey. Its poisonous tentacles break off sometimes, but after a while, they grow back."
CWrap — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Tentacool 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.04 | $0.20 | $19.98 | $0.17 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.24 | $0.40 | $18.56 | $0.34 | $0.30 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.10 |
| 7-day average | €0.06 |
| 30-day average | €0.07 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.08 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.19 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.28 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.26 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.07 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.36 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.24 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Tentacool is real?
Tentacool 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 Tentacool worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Tentacool is $0.17; 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 Tentacool from?
Tentacool is from the Pokémon set "Team Up" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2019.
What rarity is Tentacool?
Tentacool is a Common card in the Team Up set.
Other Tentacool printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
