Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Sinistcha
Twilight Masquerade · #22 · Rare · 2024
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Market reference
$0.28
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 22 / 226
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Poltchageist
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 70 damage
- 70 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Sinistcha plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Poltchageist; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Seen in 2% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Sinistcha
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 2% of decks
- 3.02 copies on average · 1447 decks
- Match win rate
- 45.9%
- -1.3 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.
Sinistcha ex
in 97% of decks · 58 seen
Poltchageist
in 73% of decks · 44 seen
Iris's Fighting Spirit
in 47% of decks · 28 seen
Spiritomb
in 52% of decks · 768 seen
Poltchageist
in 99% of decks · 1456 seen
Banette
in 100% of decks · 1468 seen
Dhelmise
in 100% of decks · 1464 seen
Shuppet
in 98% of decks · 1438 seen
More by Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
Building around Sinistcha?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It prefers cool, dark places, such as the back of a shelf or the space beneath a home's floorboards. It wanders in search of prey after sunset."
GCursed Drop
Put 4 damage counters on your opponent's Pokémon in any way you like.
GSpill the Tea — 70×
Discard up to 3 Grass Energy cards from your Pokémon. This attack does 70 damage for each card you discarded in this way.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Sinistcha or Twilight Masquerade.
🏆Moujii's Dojo🏆 (Late Registration Available!)
Aug 27, 2026
8° Torneo del circuito CarroTCG/Prof. Fili
Aug 27, 2026
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Winner Takes All - 100 Codes
Aug 27, 2026
🟢Jolly Good Weekly #4 | Top Cut! (50 Codes!)
Aug 27, 2026
Oceania Open! | Season 3 - Week 9
Aug 28, 2026
Nightshades Premier Circuit Challenge #26 25 Codes
Aug 28, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Sinistcha was legal.
SEASAC League Challenge #25 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
today
REFINE Summer Series Session 9: Mega Blastoise?
today
Zard-Pokénight #015
today
Hideout TCG MID-WEEK Meta Clash 100 codes #9
today
⚡Surge's TCG Vault Webcam Wednesdays! #20⚡
today
ASRcristiano # 183 - 60 codes prize pool!
today
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
16
ran Sinistcha
Tournaments scanned
298
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Sinistcha
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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.23 | $19.98 | $0.28 | $0.10 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.05 | $0.29 | $19.98 | $0.30 | $0.24 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €12.50 |
| 7-day average | €14.11 |
| 30-day average | €13.03 |
| Low | €10.50 |
| Trend price | €16.53 |
| Low (excellent+) | €10.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €13.31 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Sinistcha is real?
Sinistcha 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 Sinistcha worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Sinistcha is $0.28; 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 Sinistcha from?
Sinistcha is from the Pokémon set "Twilight Masquerade" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Sinistcha?
Sinistcha is a Rare card in the Twilight Masquerade set.
Other Sinistcha printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
