Pokémon · Black & White
Litwick
BW Black Star Promos · #BW27 · Promo · 2011
Listings
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Market reference
$19.73
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- BW27 / 101
- Release year
- 2011
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Lampent
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Atsuko Nishida
- Pokédex #
- 607
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- 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
Also does
Strategy & play
How Litwick plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Darkness ×2 — a Darkness attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 1% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.
How to beat Litwick
- Exploit its Darkness weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 3.67 copies on average · 325 decks
- Match win rate
- 42.3%
- -4.8 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Atsuko Nishida
This card was illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.
Building around Litwick?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Litwick shines a light that absorbs the life energy of people and Pokémon, which becomes the fuel that it burns."
CCall for Family
Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.
PCWill-O-Wisp — 20
Weakness:D×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Litwick was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Litwick has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Litwick — Pitch Black
Played in 295 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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $18.99 | $22.99 | $199.70 | $19.73 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €15.00 |
| 7-day average | €7.26 |
| 30-day average | €5.11 |
| Low | €1.25 |
| Trend price | €7.73 |
| Low (excellent+) | €8.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.30 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.10 |
| averageSellPrice | €15.00 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.80 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.18 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Litwick is real?
Litwick 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 Litwick worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Litwick is $19.73; 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 Litwick from?
Litwick is from the Pokémon set "BW Black Star Promos" in the Black & White series, released in 2011.
What rarity is Litwick?
Litwick is a Promo card in the BW Black Star Promos set.
Other Litwick printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
