Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver

Croconaw

HeartGold & SoulSilver

Call of Legends · #41 · Uncommon · 2011

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Card facts

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Set position: 41 / 106
Release year: 2011
Rarity: Uncommon
HP: 80
Subtype: Stage 1
Evolves from: Totodile
Evolves to: Feraligatr
Retreat cost: 2 energy
Illustrator: kawayoo
Pokédex #: 159
Series: HeartGold & SoulSilver

Card analysis

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Primary role: Attacker
Damage efficiency: 50 damage; 16.67 per Energy
Prize liability: 1 Prize given up; Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
Setup: Stage 1; One evolution step from a Basic

Strategy & play

How Croconaw plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

Its main attack (Big Bite) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
A Stage 1 — one step up from Totodile; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.

How to beat Croconaw

Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
Gust it before the evolution is set up.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 0% of decks; 2.14 copies on average · 79 decks
Match win rate: 24.6%; -22.7 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.

Mega Feraligatr ex

in 93% of decks · 13 seen

Feraligatr

in 87% of decks · 69 seen

Mega Feraligatr ex

in 86% of decks · 68 seen

Totodile

in 100% of decks · 79 seen

Totodile

in 93% of decks · 13 seen

Team Rocket's Crobat ex

in 20% of decks · 16 seen

Team Rocket's Golbat

in 20% of decks · 16 seen

Team Rocket's Zubat

in 20% of decks · 16 seen

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About this card

HP: 80Type:WWaterSubtype: Stage 1Evolves from: TotodileEvolves to: Feraligatr

"If it loses a fang, a new one grows back in its place. There are always 48 fangs lining its mouth."

WCWave Splash — 30

WCCBig Bite — 50

The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn.

Weakness:G×2

Retreat cost:CC

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

Tournament play

This printing of Croconaw has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.

Croconaw — Temporal Forces

Played in 31 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.

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Updated 2026/07/01

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Normal	$0.35	$0.58	$19.98	$0.76	—
Reverse Holofoil	$1.99	$29.99	$160.00	$8.55	—

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/03/11

Variant	Price
1-day average	€0.02
7-day average	€0.41
30-day average	€1.01
Low	€0.02
Trend price	€1.01
Low (excellent+)	€0.05
Reverse holo low	€0.50
reverseHoloAvg1	€3.08
Reverse holo 7-day	€3.45
averageSellPrice	€2.39
Reverse holo 30-day	€3.91
Reverse holo trend	€4.46

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Croconaw is real?

Croconaw 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 Croconaw worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Croconaw is $0.76; 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 Croconaw from?

Croconaw is from the Pokémon set "Call of Legends" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2011.

What rarity is Croconaw?

Croconaw is a Uncommon card in the Call of Legends set.