Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Staryu
Brilliant Stars · #30 · Common · 2022
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Market reference
$0.18
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 30 / 186
- Release year
- 2022
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Starmie
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- F
- Illustrator
- Yuka Morii
- Pokédex #
- 120
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 10 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 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.
- 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 5% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Staryu
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 5% of decks
- 2.6 copies on average · 162 decks
- Match win rate
- 45.1%
- -2.7 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.
Mega Starmie ex
in 100% of decks · 162 seen
Team Rocket's Crobat ex
in 7% of decks · 12 seen
Team Rocket's Golbat
in 7% of decks · 12 seen
Team Rocket's Zubat
in 7% of decks · 12 seen
Salvatore
in 28% of decks · 45 seen
Legacy Energy
in 54% of decks · 87 seen
Froslass
in 39% of decks · 63 seen
Mega Froslass ex
in 59% of decks · 95 seen
More by Yuka Morii
This card was illustrated by Yuka Morii.
Building around Staryu?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"If you visit a beach at the end of summer, you'll be able to see groups of Staryu lighting up in a steady rhythm."
CDouble Spin — 10×
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage for each heads.
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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Tournament play
This printing of Staryu has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Staryu — Perfect Order
Played in 1,517 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 2026/06/24| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.20 | $19.98 | $0.18 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.05 | $0.30 | $19.98 | $0.29 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.02 |
| 7-day average | €0.03 |
| 30-day average | €0.04 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.04 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.23 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.15 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.15 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.04 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.15 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.17 |
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 $0.18; 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 "Brilliant Stars" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2022.
What rarity is Staryu?
Staryu is a Common card in the Brilliant Stars set.
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Other Staryu printings
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