Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Tympole
Black Bolt · #19 · Common · 2025
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Market reference
$0.09
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 19 / 172
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Palpitoad
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Yukihiro Tada
- Pokédex #
- 535
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 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 Tympole 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 (Round) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- 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 3 copies.
How to beat Tympole
- 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
- 3.09 copies on average · 33 decks
- Match win rate
- 25.0%
- -22.0 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.
Palpitoad
in 100% of decks · 34 seen
Neutralization Zone
in 68% of decks · 23 seen
Drayton
in 32% of decks · 11 seen
Shieldon
in 44% of decks · 15 seen
Antique Armor Fossil
in 50% of decks · 17 seen
Bastiodon
in 50% of decks · 17 seen
Fossil Quarry
in 50% of decks · 17 seen
Rocky Fighting Energy
in 88% of decks · 30 seen
More by Yukihiro Tada
This card was illustrated by Yukihiro Tada.
Building around Tympole?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"They warn others of danger by vibrating their cheeks to create a high-pitched sound."
CCRound — 20×
This attack does 20 damage for each of your Pokémon in play that has the Round attack.
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Tympole or Black Bolt.
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La Techgece Cup #5 [BO3] (30C Legal!)
Oct 11, 2026
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Oct 12, 2026
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Tympole was legal.
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today
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today
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today
La Techgece Cup #4 [BO3] (30C Legal!)
today
Elite Four Fridays
today
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
24
ran Tympole
Tournaments scanned
313
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Tympole
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.15 | $19.98 | $0.09 | $0.01 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.03 | $0.20 | $19.98 | $0.17 | $0.05 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/12| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.02 |
| 7-day average | €0.02 |
| 30-day average | €0.02 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.03 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.04 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.09 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.10 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.10 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Tympole is real?
Tympole 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 Tympole worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Tympole is $0.09; 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 Tympole from?
Tympole is from the Pokémon set "Black Bolt" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Tympole?
Tympole is a Common card in the Black Bolt set.
Other Tympole printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
