Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Crustle
Black Bolt · #130 · Illustration Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$8.53
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 130 / 172
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Illustration Rare
- HP
- 150
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Dwebble
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- MINAMINAMI Take
- Pokédex #
- 558
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 80 damage
- 26.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Crustle plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Stone Edge) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥75 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Dwebble; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Crustle
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥75 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 2% of decks
- 2.83 copies on average · 1944 decks
- Match win rate
- 50.2%
- +3.2 pts vs the 47.0% 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.
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in 100% of decks · 2027 seen
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in 73% of decks · 1488 seen
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in 42% of decks · 862 seen
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in 4% of decks · 85 seen
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in 4% of decks · 86 seen
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in 85% of decks · 1733 seen
Lumiose Galette
in 3% of decks · 58 seen
Community Center
in 22% of decks · 438 seen
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by MINAMINAMI Take
This card was illustrated by MINAMINAMI Take.
Building around Crustle?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Competing for territory, Crustle fight viciously. The one whose boulder is broken is the loser of the battle."
Ability: Sturdy
If this Pokémon has full HP and would be Knocked Out by damage from an attack, it is not Knocked Out, and its remaining HP becomes 10.
FCCStone Edge — 80+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 60 more damage.
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Crustle or Black Bolt.
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Oct 12, 2026
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Crustle was legal.
TOURNAMENT OF DOOM! KEYCHAIN!
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today
La Techgece Cup #4 [BO3] (30C Legal!)
today
Elite Four Fridays
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Tournament play
This printing of Crustle has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Crustle — Destined Rivals
Played in 536 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 2026/07/09| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $7.25 | $10.00 | $59.90 | $8.53 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €3.80 |
| 7-day average | €4.41 |
| 30-day average | €4.55 |
| Low | €2.50 |
| Trend price | €4.50 |
| Low (excellent+) | €2.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.54 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Crustle is real?
Crustle 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 Crustle worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Crustle is $8.53; 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 Crustle from?
Crustle is from the Pokémon set "Black Bolt" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Crustle?
Crustle is a Illustration Rare card in the Black Bolt set.
Other Crustle printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
