Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Maractus
Black Bolt · #93 · Illustration Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$8.92
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 93 / 172
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Illustration Rare
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Heisuke Kitazawa
- Pokédex #
- 556
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- 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
Strategy & play
How Maractus 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 (Pierce) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire 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.
- Seen in 1% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Maractus
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 1.05 copies on average · 398 decks
- Match win rate
- 44.6%
- -2.6 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.
Illustrated by Heisuke Kitazawa
Building around Maractus?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It uses an up-tempo song and dance to drive away the bird Pokémon that prey on its flower seeds."
GLively Needles — 20+
If this Pokémon was healed during this turn, this attack does 100 more damage.
GCPierce — 50
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Maractus or Black Bolt.
Torneo Relámpago ⚡ #64 PTCG Live
Jul 31, 2026
Oceania Open! | Season 3 - Week 5
Jul 31, 2026
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Super Series - 100 Codes
Jul 31, 2026
⚡Surge's TCG Vault WEBCAM Cash Prize Event⚡
Jul 31, 2026
Nightshades Premier Circuit Challenge #18 25 Codes
Jul 31, 2026
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Winner Takes All TCG Live #17
Jul 31, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Maractus was legal.
💥Plantel Battle #29 PITCH 💥100 CODES ✔️ TOP 8
today
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Winner Takes All - 50 Codes
today
🏆Moujii's Dojo🏆 (Late Registration Available!)
today
SEASAC League Challenge #5 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
today
REFINE Summer Series Session 5: Pika Cinco
yesterday
🇧🇷 Hit Challenge #16 • TCG Live | Booster Box
yesterday
Tournament play
This printing of Maractus has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Maractus — Journey Together
Played in 165 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 | $8.00 | $10.10 | $43.10 | $8.92 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €5.19 |
| 7-day average | €4.21 |
| 30-day average | €4.02 |
| Low | €2.00 |
| Trend price | €3.92 |
| Low (excellent+) | €2.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.08 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Maractus is real?
Maractus 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 Maractus worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Maractus is $8.92; 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 Maractus from?
Maractus is from the Pokémon set "Black Bolt" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Maractus?
Maractus is a Illustration Rare card in the Black Bolt set.
Other Maractus printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
