Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Beldum
Vivid Voltage · #116 · Common · 2020
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.06
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 116 / 203
- Release year
- 2020
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Metang
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- D
- Illustrator
- Aya Kusube
- Pokédex #
- 374
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- 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
Strategy & play
How Beldum plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Metal Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Metal 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.
- Seen in 3% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.
How to beat Beldum
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥35 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
- 3% of decks
- 3.83 copies on average · 1467 decks
- Match win rate
- 48.2%
- +1.0 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 Aya Kusube
This card was illustrated by Aya Kusube.
Building around Beldum?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"If you anger it, it will do more than rampage. It will also burst out strong magnetism, causing nearby machines to break."
MCall for Family
Search your deck for up to 2 Basic Pokémon and put them onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck.
MCRam — 20
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:G-30
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Beldum was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Beldum has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Beldum — Temporal Forces
Played in 1,013 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 2026/07/16| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.15 | $25.04 | $0.06 | $0.05 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.05 | $0.28 | $30.00 | $0.28 | $0.15 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/25| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.02 |
| 7-day average | €0.05 |
| 30-day average | €0.04 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.03 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.05 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.25 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.18 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.21 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.21 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Beldum is real?
Beldum 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 Beldum worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Beldum is $0.06; 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 Beldum from?
Beldum is from the Pokémon set "Vivid Voltage" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2020.
What rarity is Beldum?
Beldum is a Common card in the Vivid Voltage set.
Other Beldum printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
