Pokémon · XY
Honedge
XY · #83 · Common · 2014
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.22
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 83 / 146
- Release year
- 2014
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Doublade
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- 5ban Graphics
- Pokédex #
- 679
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- 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
Strategy & play
How Honedge 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.
- Needs Metal Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Metal type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire 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.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.
How to beat Honedge
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.98 copies on average · 190 decks
- Match win rate
- 40.5%
- -6.8 pts vs the 47.3% 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.
Aegislash
in 100% of decks · 184 seen
Doublade
in 100% of decks · 184 seen
Steven's Beldum
in 26% of decks · 48 seen
Steven's Metagross ex
in 26% of decks · 48 seen
Steven's Metang
in 26% of decks · 47 seen
Kofu
in 13% of decks · 24 seen
Genesect ex
in 99% of decks · 182 seen
Magnetic Metal Energy
in 20% of decks · 36 seen
More by 5ban Graphics
This card was illustrated by 5ban Graphics.
Building around Honedge?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Apparently this Pokémon is born when a departed spirit inhabits a sword. It attaches itself to people and drinks their life force."
MPierce — 10
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Honedge was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Honedge has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Honedge — Perfect Order
Played in 38 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 2026/07/19| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.04 | $0.25 | $1,000.00 | $0.22 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.25 | $0.86 | $23.49 | $1.22 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.23 |
| 7-day average | €0.25 |
| 30-day average | €0.14 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.17 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.40 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.24 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.28 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.16 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.30 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.33 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Honedge is real?
Honedge 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 Honedge worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Honedge is $0.22; 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 Honedge from?
Honedge is from the Pokémon set "XY" in the XY series, released in 2014.
What rarity is Honedge?
Honedge is a Common card in the XY set.
Other Honedge printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
