Pokémon · XY
Team Aqua's Poochyena
Double Crisis · #16 · Common · 2015
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Market reference
$1.64
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 16 / 34
- Release year
- 2015
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Mightyena
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex #
- 261
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 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 Team Aqua's Poochyena 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 (Bite) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — note its own type is Darkness, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Darkness type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Team Aqua's Poochyena
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
More by Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
Building around Team Aqua's Poochyena?
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About this card
"Poochyena can easily detect invading foes with its acute sense of smell. It's an excellent lookout!"
CRoar
Your opponent switches his or her Active Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon.
WCBite — 20
Weakness:F×2
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Team Aqua's Poochyena was legal.
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 2026/07/19| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.75 | $1.40 | $19.31 | $1.64 | $19.31 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $2.87 | $7.51 | $38.40 | $7.23 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.45 |
| 7-day average | €3.06 |
| 30-day average | €2.50 |
| Low | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €2.54 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.30 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.84 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €6.25 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €7.22 |
| reverseHoloSell | €7.40 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.36 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €7.21 |
| Reverse holo trend | €7.90 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Team Aqua's Poochyena is real?
Team Aqua's Poochyena 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 Team Aqua's Poochyena worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Team Aqua's Poochyena is $1.64; 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 Team Aqua's Poochyena from?
Team Aqua's Poochyena is from the Pokémon set "Double Crisis" in the XY series, released in 2015.
What rarity is Team Aqua's Poochyena?
Team Aqua's Poochyena is a Common card in the Double Crisis set.
Other Team Aqua's Poochyena printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
