Pokémon · XY
Staryu
BREAKpoint · #25 · Common · 2016
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.12
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 25 / 126
- Release year
- 2016
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Starmie
- Illustrator
- Hiroki Asanuma
- Pokédex #
- 120
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 20 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 Staryu 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 Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥20 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 4% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Staryu
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥20 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 4% of decks
- 2.65 copies on average · 1980 decks
- Match win rate
- 42.9%
- -4.5 pts vs the 47.3% 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.
Bronzor
in 1% of decks · 17 seen
Mega Starmie ex
in 100% of decks · 1980 seen
Team Rocket's Golbat
in 8% of decks · 156 seen
Team Rocket's Crobat ex
in 8% of decks · 154 seen
Team Rocket's Zubat
in 8% of decks · 156 seen
Salvatore
in 30% of decks · 601 seen
Mega Froslass ex
in 56% of decks · 1103 seen
Bubbly Water Energy
in 12% of decks · 233 seen
Building around Staryu?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It appears in large numbers by seashores. At night, its central core flashes with a red light."
WSmack — 20
Weakness:G×2
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Staryu was legal.
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
1
ran Staryu
Tournaments scanned
292
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Staryu
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 2026/07/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.20 | $1,000.00 | $0.12 | $0.19 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.20 | $0.52 | $371.79 | $0.54 | $0.37 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/08| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.09 |
| 7-day average | €0.08 |
| 30-day average | €0.09 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.08 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.07 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.56 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.39 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.09 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.40 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.51 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Staryu is real?
Staryu 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 Staryu worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Staryu is $0.12; 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 Staryu from?
Staryu is from the Pokémon set "BREAKpoint" in the XY series, released in 2016.
What rarity is Staryu?
Staryu is a Common card in the BREAKpoint set.
Other Staryu printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
