Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Banette
Chilling Reign · #63 · Rare · 2021
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.22
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 63 / 233
- Release year
- 2021
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 1 · Single Strike
- Evolves from
- Shuppet
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- E
- Illustrator
- Megumi Higuchi
- Pokédex #
- 354
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 25 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Banette plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Its main attack (Eerie Light) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Darkness ×2 — a Darkness 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 Shuppet; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Banette
- Exploit its Darkness weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 3.57 copies on average · 590 decks
- Match win rate
- 44.4%
- -2.8 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.
More by Megumi Higuchi
This card was illustrated by Megumi Higuchi.
Building around Banette?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Resentment at being cast off made it spring into being. Some say that treating it well will satisfy it, and it will once more become a stuffed toy."
PResolute Spite — 20×
Put up to 7 damage counters on this Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage for each damage counter you placed in this way.
PCEerie Light — 50
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.
Weakness:D×2
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Banette or Chilling Reign.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Banette was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Banette has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Banette — Pitch Black
Played in 573 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 2026/07/16| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.22 | $20.00 | $0.22 | $0.10 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.06 | $0.25 | $19.98 | $0.21 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.11 |
| 7-day average | €0.06 |
| 30-day average | €0.10 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.09 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.04 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.25 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.14 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.23 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.12 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.22 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.19 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Banette is real?
Banette 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 Banette worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Banette is $0.22; 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 Banette from?
Banette is from the Pokémon set "Chilling Reign" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2021.
What rarity is Banette?
Banette is a Rare card in the Chilling Reign set.
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