Pokémon · EX
Staryu
Delta Species · #85 · Common · 2005
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.59
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 85 / 114
- Release year
- 2005
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Starmie
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hisao Nakamura
- Pokédex #
- 120
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Staryu 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.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 4% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Staryu
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 4% of decks
- 2.66 copies on average · 2140 decks
- Match win rate
- 43.3%
- -3.8 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.
Bronzor
in 1% of decks · 26 seen
Mega Starmie ex
in 100% of decks · 2126 seen
Glastrier
in 1% of decks · 12 seen
Team Rocket's Golbat
in 8% of decks · 163 seen
Team Rocket's Crobat ex
in 8% of decks · 161 seen
Team Rocket's Zubat
in 8% of decks · 163 seen
Salvatore
in 32% of decks · 677 seen
Bubbly Water Energy
in 15% of decks · 311 seen
More by Hisao Nakamura
This card was illustrated by Hisao Nakamura.
Building around Staryu?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CSurprise Attack — 20
Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.
WRecover
Discard a Water Energy card attached to Staryu and remove 4 damage counters from Staryu (all if there are less than 4).
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Staryu has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Staryu — Perfect Order
Played in 419 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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.19 | $0.54 | $19.98 | $0.59 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $27.99 | $50.61 | $161.80 | $16.50 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.35 |
| 7-day average | €0.44 |
| 30-day average | €0.68 |
| Low | €0.03 |
| Trend price | €0.36 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.94 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €3.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €6.85 |
| reverseHoloSell | €5.95 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.45 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €5.77 |
| Reverse holo trend | €6.83 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Staryu is real?
Staryu 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 Staryu worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Staryu is $0.59; 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 Staryu from?
Staryu is from the Pokémon set "Delta Species" in the EX series, released in 2005.
What rarity is Staryu?
Staryu is a Common card in the Delta Species set.
Other Staryu printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
