Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Giratina
Unified Minds · #86 · Rare Holo · 2019
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Market reference
$6.67
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 86 / 260
- Release year
- 2019
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Misa Tsutsui
- Pokédex #
- 487
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Disruption
- Damage efficiency
- 70 damage
- 23.33 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 Giratina 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 (Fade to Black) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Darkness ×2 — a Darkness attacker doing ≥65 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 Giratina
- Exploit its Darkness weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Misa Tsutsui
This card was illustrated by Misa Tsutsui.
Building around Giratina?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"This Pokémon is said to live in a world on the reverse side of ours, where common knowledge is distorted and strange."
Ability: Dimension Breach
When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench during your turn, you may discard a Special Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon.
PCCFade to Black — 70
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.
Weakness:D×2
Resistance:F-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Giratina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $4.50 | $7.00 | $15.00 | $6.67 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $4.08 | $6.36 | $96.94 | $6.60 | $13.22 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.74 |
| 7-day average | €3.82 |
| 30-day average | €3.44 |
| Low | €0.99 |
| Trend price | €3.13 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.99 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.19 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €3.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €6.04 |
| reverseHoloSell | €6.91 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.90 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.93 |
| Reverse holo trend | €4.84 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Giratina is real?
Giratina 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 Giratina worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Giratina is $6.67; 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 Giratina from?
Giratina is from the Pokémon set "Unified Minds" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2019.
What rarity is Giratina?
Giratina is a Rare Holo card in the Unified Minds set.
Other Giratina printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
