Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Elgyem
Black Bolt · #120 · Illustration Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$15.43
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 120 / 172
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Illustration Rare
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Beheeyem
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Masako Tomii
- Pokédex #
- 605
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 13.33 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 Elgyem 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 (Beam) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Darkness ×2 — a Darkness 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 2% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Elgyem
- Exploit its Darkness weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 2% of decks
- 1.2 copies on average · 871 decks
- Match win rate
- 49.7%
- +2.5 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 Masako Tomii
This card was illustrated by Masako Tomii.
Building around Elgyem?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It uses its strong psychic power to squeeze its opponent's brain, causing unendurable headaches."
PSlight Shift
Move an Energy from 1 of your opponent's Pokémon to another of their Pokémon.
CCCBeam — 40
Weakness:D×2
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Elgyem or Black Bolt.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Elgyem was legal.
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Tournament play
This printing of Elgyem has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Elgyem — Black Bolt
Played in 417 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 | $13.99 | $17.25 | $83.40 | $15.43 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €6.61 |
| 7-day average | €6.62 |
| 30-day average | €6.79 |
| Low | €4.50 |
| Trend price | €6.65 |
| Low (excellent+) | €4.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €6.78 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Elgyem is real?
Elgyem 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 Elgyem worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Elgyem is $15.43; 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 Elgyem from?
Elgyem is from the Pokémon set "Black Bolt" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Elgyem?
Elgyem is a Illustration Rare card in the Black Bolt set.
Other Elgyem printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
