Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Tirtouga
Black Bolt · #106 · Illustration Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$39.24
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 106 / 172
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Illustration Rare
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Antique Cover Fossil
- Evolves to
- Carracosta
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Akino Fukuji
- Pokédex #
- 564
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 80 damage
- 30 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 Tirtouga plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Surf) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning 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.
- 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 Antique Cover Fossil; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Tirtouga
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥50 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
- 0% of decks
- 2.18 copies on average · 60 decks
- Match win rate
- 38.6%
- -8.4 pts vs the 47.1% 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.
Antique Cover Fossil
in 96% of decks · 55 seen
Relicanth
in 37% of decks · 21 seen
Antique Root Fossil
in 26% of decks · 15 seen
Fossil Quarry
in 75% of decks · 43 seen
Antique Armor Fossil
in 33% of decks · 19 seen
Shieldon
in 25% of decks · 14 seen
Bastiodon
in 28% of decks · 16 seen
Terapagos ex
in 18% of decks · 10 seen
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Illustrated by Akino Fukuji
Building around Tirtouga?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Restored from a fossil, this Pokémon can dive to depths beyond half a mile."
WAncient Seaweed — 30×
This attack does 30 damage for each Item card in your opponent's discard pile.
WCCSurf — 80
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
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Recent tournament results
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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 | $38.95 | $43.04 | $170.20 | $39.24 | $40.99 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/12/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €10.80 |
| 7-day average | €10.54 |
| 30-day average | €10.79 |
| Low | €5.50 |
| Trend price | €10.63 |
| Low (excellent+) | €5.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €10.95 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Tirtouga is real?
Tirtouga 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 Tirtouga worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Tirtouga is $39.24; 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 Tirtouga from?
Tirtouga is from the Pokémon set "Black Bolt" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Tirtouga?
Tirtouga is a Illustration Rare card in the Black Bolt set.
Other Tirtouga printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
