Pokémon · Black & White
Riolu
BW Black Star Promos · #BW33 · Promo · 2011
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$250.00
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- BW33 / 101
- Release year
- 2011
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Lucario
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- sui
- Pokédex #
- 447
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Switching
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 Riolu 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 (Hook) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic 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 3% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Riolu
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 3% of decks
- 3.03 copies on average · 1683 decks
- Match win rate
- 47.3%
- +0.2 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 sui
This card was illustrated by sui.
Building around Riolu?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It has the peculiar power of being able to see emotions such as joy and rage in the form of waves."
CRun Around
Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
FCHook — 30
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Riolu or BW Black Star Promos.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Riolu was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Riolu has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Riolu — Mega Evolution
Played in 503 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 | $239.94 | $249.00 | $250.00 | $250.00 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/05| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €9.35 |
| 7-day average | €8.83 |
| 30-day average | €6.32 |
| Low | €1.00 |
| Trend price | €9.12 |
| Low (excellent+) | €2.71 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.75 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.74 |
| averageSellPrice | €8.13 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.86 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.86 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Riolu is real?
Riolu 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 Riolu worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Riolu is $250.00; 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 Riolu from?
Riolu is from the Pokémon set "BW Black Star Promos" in the Black & White series, released in 2011.
What rarity is Riolu?
Riolu is a Promo card in the BW Black Star Promos set.
Other Riolu printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
