Pokémon · Base
Seel
Base Set · #41 · Uncommon · 1999
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$1.37
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 41 / 102
- Release year
- 1999
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Dewgong
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 86
- Series
- Base
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 Seel 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 Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning 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 2 copies.
How to beat Seel
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.44 copies on average · 27 decks
- Match win rate
- 30.3%
- -16.9 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.
Dewgong
in 100% of decks · 26 seen
Misty's Vitality
in 50% of decks · 13 seen
Terapagos ex
in 42% of decks · 11 seen
Team Rocket's Tarountula
in 38% of decks · 10 seen
Team Rocket's Spidops
in 38% of decks · 10 seen
Prism Energy
in 42% of decks · 11 seen
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex
in 58% of decks · 15 seen
Jumbo Ice Cream
in 42% of decks · 11 seen
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Seel?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"The protruding horn on its head is very hard. This horn is used for bashing through thick ice."
WHeadbutt — 10
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.25 | $0.89 | $46.60 | $1.37 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.96 |
| 7-day average | €1.80 |
| 30-day average | €1.79 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €2.28 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.30 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.59 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.50 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Seel is real?
Seel 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 Seel worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Seel is $1.37; 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 Seel from?
Seel is from the Pokémon set "Base Set" in the Base series, released in 1999.
What rarity is Seel?
Seel is a Uncommon card in the Base Set set.
Other Seel printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
