Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Rillaboom
Darkness Ablaze · #197 · Rare Secret · 2020
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From
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Market reference
$7.30
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 197 / 201
- Release year
- 2020
- Rarity
- Rare Secret
- HP
- 170
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Thwackey
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Regulation mark
- D
- Illustrator
- 5ban Graphics
- Pokédex #
- 812
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Ability Engine
- Damage efficiency
- 140 damage
- 35 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Rillaboom plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is Ability-based draw/search. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥85 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Thwackey first).
How to beat Rillaboom
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥85 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 439 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.7%
- -0.5 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 5ban Graphics
This card was illustrated by 5ban Graphics.
Building around Rillaboom?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"By drumming, it taps into the power of its special tree stump. The roots of the stump follow its direction in battle."
Ability: Voltage Beat
Once during your turn, you may search your deck for up to 2 Grass Energy cards and attach them to 1 of your Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck.
GGGCHammer In — 140
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Rillaboom or Darkness Ablaze.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Rillaboom was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Rillaboom has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Rillaboom — Twilight Masquerade
Played in 126 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $5.05 | $7.43 | $69.00 | $7.30 | $7.99 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €7.55 |
| 7-day average | €8.69 |
| 30-day average | €9.44 |
| Low | €3.99 |
| Trend price | €8.48 |
| Low (excellent+) | €6.90 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €39.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €35.79 |
| averageSellPrice | €9.02 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €34.19 |
| Reverse holo trend | €35.80 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Rillaboom is real?
Rillaboom 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 Rillaboom worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Rillaboom is $7.30; 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 Rillaboom from?
Rillaboom is from the Pokémon set "Darkness Ablaze" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2020.
What rarity is Rillaboom?
Rillaboom is a Rare Secret card in the Darkness Ablaze set.
Other Rillaboom printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
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