Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Absol
Astral Radiance · #97 · Rare Holo · 2022
Listings
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Market reference
$0.34
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 97 / 216
- Release year
- 2022
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- F
- Illustrator
- GIDORA
- Pokédex #
- 359
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 25 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 Absol 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 (Claw Rend) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Darkness type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥50 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Absol
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2 copies on average · 2 decks
More by GIDORA
This card was illustrated by GIDORA.
Building around Absol?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Swift as the wind, Absol races through fields and mountains. Its curved, bow-like horn is acutely sensitive to the warning signs of natural disasters."
DSwirling Disaster
This attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
DCClaw Rend — 50+
If your opponent's Active Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 70 more damage.
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
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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 2026/06/24| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.10 | $0.35 | $5.00 | $0.34 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.15 | $0.49 | $19.98 | $0.48 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.15 |
| 7-day average | €0.24 |
| 30-day average | €0.24 |
| Low | €0.05 |
| Trend price | €0.28 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.05 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.24 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Absol is real?
Absol 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 Absol worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Absol is $0.34; 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 Absol from?
Absol is from the Pokémon set "Astral Radiance" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2022.
What rarity is Absol?
Absol is a Rare Holo card in the Astral Radiance set.
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Absol in the news
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Other Absol printings
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