Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Carvanha
Temporal Forces · #42 · Common · 2024
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Market reference
$0.10
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 42 / 218
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Sharpedo
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Illustrator
- Souichirou Gunjima
- Pokédex #
- 318
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Carvanha 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.
- Its main attack (Wave Splash) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of 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 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Carvanha
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.17 copies on average · 184 decks
- Match win rate
- 39.2%
- -8.0 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
More by Souichirou Gunjima
This card was illustrated by Souichirou Gunjima.
Building around Carvanha?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It won't attack while it's alone—not even if it spots prey. Instead, it waits for other Carvanha to join it, and then the Pokémon attack as a group."
CCWave Splash — 30
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Carvanha or Temporal Forces.
ArshSinghTCG x ITA Tournament
Aug 8, 2026
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Aug 8, 2026
2026 Content Creator Showcase
Aug 9, 2026
CHALLENGE OF DOOM! THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!
Aug 11, 2026
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Aug 14, 2026
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Aug 14, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Carvanha was legal.
Torneo Online PTCGL AC Gratuito #8
today
Top Deck Trainer Trials #7
today
Amyverse Webcam Wonders #22 💙 Cash Prize!
today
Full Bench Fridays PTCGL Cash Event $10
today
ASRcristiano # 180 - 60 codes prize pool!
today
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Winner Takes All Live BO3 #18
today
Tournament play
This printing of Carvanha has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Carvanha — Phantasmal Flames
Played in 56 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 2026/07/11| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.15 | $5.00 | $0.10 | $0.03 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.03 | $0.20 | $40.00 | $0.17 | $0.10 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.04 |
| 7-day average | €0.03 |
| 30-day average | €0.03 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.03 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.09 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.11 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.11 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.08 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Carvanha is real?
Carvanha 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 Carvanha worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Carvanha is $0.10; 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 Carvanha from?
Carvanha is from the Pokémon set "Temporal Forces" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Carvanha?
Carvanha is a Common card in the Temporal Forces set.
Other Carvanha printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
