Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Thwackey
Chilling Reign · #17 · Uncommon · 2021
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Market reference
$0.13
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 17 / 233
- Release year
- 2021
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Stage 1 · Rapid Strike
- Evolves from
- Grookey
- Evolves to
- Rillaboom
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- E
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex #
- 811
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Disruption
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 Thwackey plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Knock Off) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥50 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 Grookey; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Seen in 5% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.
How to beat Thwackey
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥50 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
- 5% of decks
- 3.6 copies on average · 2701 decks
- Match win rate
- 48.4%
- +1.3 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.
More by Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
Building around Thwackey?
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About this card
"When it's drumming out rapid beats in battle, it gets so caught up in the rhythm that it won't even notice that it's already knocked out its opponent."
GCKnock Off — 30
Discard a random card from your opponent's hand.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Thwackey was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Thwackey has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Thwackey — Twilight Masquerade
Played in 1,429 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 | $0.15 | $30.00 | $0.13 | $0.03 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.04 | $0.25 | $19.98 | $0.19 | $0.12 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/24| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.02 |
| 7-day average | €0.03 |
| 30-day average | €0.04 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.04 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.03 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.20 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.21 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.15 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.04 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.17 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.18 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Thwackey is real?
Thwackey 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 Thwackey worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Thwackey is $0.13; 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 Thwackey from?
Thwackey is from the Pokémon set "Chilling Reign" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2021.
What rarity is Thwackey?
Thwackey is a Uncommon card in the Chilling Reign set.
Other Thwackey printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
