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Steven's Carbink

Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet

Steven's Carbink

Scarlet & Violet

Destined Rivals · #86 · Common · 2025

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Market reference

$0.12

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Card facts

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Set position
86 / 244
Release year
2025
Rarity
Common
HP
80
Subtype
Basic
Retreat cost
2 energy
Regulation mark
I
Illustrator
Ligton
Pokédex #
703
Series
Scarlet & Violet

Card analysis

Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.

Primary role
Attacker
Damage efficiency
80 damage
26.67 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 Steven's Carbink 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.
  • Its main attack (Magical Shot) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
  • Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
  • Psychic type, weak to Metal ×2 — a Metal 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.
  • Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.

How to beat Steven's Carbink

  • Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion
0% of decks
1.62 copies on average · 13 decks

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About this card

HP: 80Type:PPsychicSubtype: Basic

"It has slept underground for hundreds of millions of years since its birth. It's occasionally found during the excavation of caves."

Ability: Stone Palace

As long as this Pokémon is on your Bench, all of your Steven's Pokémon take 30 less damage from attacks from your opponent's Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance). The effect of Stone Palace doesn't stack.

PCCMagical Shot — 80

Weakness:M×2

Retreat cost:CC

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

expandedLegal
standardLegal
unlimitedLegal

Tournament play

Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).

Recent decks

6

ran Steven's Carbink

Tournaments scanned

292

past 30 days

Competitive note

Occasional competitive appearance.

2 top-cut decks · best finish 4th

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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 2026/07/10
VariantLowMidHighMarketDirect Low
Normal$0.01$0.15$19.98$0.12$0.01
Reverse Holofoil$0.02$0.20$50.00$0.18$0.10

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/01/16
VariantPrice
1-day average€0.02
7-day average€0.04
30-day average€0.04
Low€0.02
Trend price€0.04
Low (excellent+)€0.02
Reverse holo low€0.02
reverseHoloAvg1€0.04
Reverse holo 7-day€0.14
reverseHoloSell€0.09
averageSellPrice€0.03
Reverse holo 30-day€0.11
Reverse holo trend€0.11

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Steven's Carbink is real?

Steven's Carbink 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 Steven's Carbink worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Steven's Carbink is $0.12; 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 Steven's Carbink from?

Steven's Carbink is from the Pokémon set "Destined Rivals" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.

What rarity is Steven's Carbink?

Steven's Carbink is a Common card in the Destined Rivals set.