Pokémon · Black & White
Psyduck
Boundaries Crossed · #33 · Common · 2012
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Market reference
$8.68
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 33 / 153
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Golduck
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 54
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Psyduck 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.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
- Seen in 13% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Psyduck
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- 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
- 13% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 397 decks
- Match win rate
- 45.9%
- -1.9 pts vs the 47.8% 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.
More by Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Psyduck?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"When headaches stimulate its brain cells, which are usually inactive, it can use a mysterious power."
WFirefighting
Discard a Fire Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Psyduck was legal.
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Tournament play
This printing of Psyduck has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Psyduck — Ascended Heroes
Played in 3,441 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 2026/06/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $1.61 | $6.99 | $43.88 | $8.68 | $43.88 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $74.99 | $93.99 | $100.00 | $24.00 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/14| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.25 |
| 7-day average | €0.90 |
| 30-day average | €2.27 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €1.80 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €19.95 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €24.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €7.77 |
| reverseHoloSell | €24.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €3.26 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €7.69 |
| Reverse holo trend | €9.34 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Psyduck is real?
Psyduck 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 Psyduck worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Psyduck is $8.68; 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 Psyduck from?
Psyduck is from the Pokémon set "Boundaries Crossed" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Psyduck?
Psyduck is a Common card in the Boundaries Crossed set.
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Other Psyduck printings
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