Pokémon · Base
Clefairy
Base Set · #5 · Rare Holo · 1999
Base Set holo; counterfeited primarily in 1st Edition.
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$41.18
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 5 / 102
- Release year
- 1999
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Clefable
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 35
- Series
- Base
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Clefairy 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 Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Colorless type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥20 effectively one-shots it.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Clefairy
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥20 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.55 copies on average · 174 decks
- Match win rate
- 38.4%
- -8.8 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Clefairy?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Its magical and cute appeal has many admirers. It is rare and found only in certain areas."
CSing
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
CCCMetronome
Choose 1 of the Defending Pokémon's attacks. Metronome copies that attack except for its Energy costs and anything else required in order to use that attack, such as discarding Energy cards. (No matter what type the Defending Pokémon is, Clefairy's type is still Colorless.)
Weakness:F×2
Resistance:P-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Clefairy has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Clefairy — Perfect Order
Played in 103 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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $18.00 | $28.00 | $212.42 | $41.18 | $151.40 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €51.50 |
| 7-day average | €32.10 |
| 30-day average | €31.89 |
| Low | €5.00 |
| Trend price | €27.58 |
| Low (excellent+) | €19.95 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €16.81 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €11.97 |
| averageSellPrice | €30.53 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €19.63 |
| Reverse holo trend | €14.00 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Clefairy is real?
Clefairy is classified as medium counterfeit risk: Base Set holo; counterfeited primarily in 1st Edition. 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 Clefairy worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Clefairy is $41.18; 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 Clefairy from?
Clefairy is from the Pokémon set "Base Set" in the Base series, released in 1999.
What rarity is Clefairy?
Clefairy is a Rare Holo card in the Base Set set.
Other Clefairy printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
