Pokémon · Black & White
Minccino
BW Black Star Promos · #BW13 · Promo · 2011
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$30.28
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- BW13 / 101
- Release year
- 2011
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Cinccino
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Atsuko Nishida
- Pokédex #
- 572
- Series
- Black & White
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 Minccino 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 (Tail Smack) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Colorless type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting 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 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Minccino
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.58 copies on average · 212 decks
- Match win rate
- 43.3%
- -3.9 pts vs the 47.2% 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 Minccino?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"They greet one another by rubbing each other with their tails, which are always kept well groomed and clean."
CGnaw — 10
CCTail Smack — 20
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Minccino was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Minccino has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Minccino — Chaos Rising
Played in 66 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 | $45.67 | $165.88 | $349.80 | $30.28 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €24.99 |
| 7-day average | €16.87 |
| 30-day average | €16.61 |
| Low | €8.00 |
| Trend price | €16.17 |
| Low (excellent+) | €39.99 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €3.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.58 |
| averageSellPrice | €17.50 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.45 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.33 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Minccino is real?
Minccino 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 Minccino worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Minccino is $30.28; 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 Minccino from?
Minccino is from the Pokémon set "BW Black Star Promos" in the Black & White series, released in 2011.
What rarity is Minccino?
Minccino is a Promo card in the BW Black Star Promos set.
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