Pokémon · Black & White
Deino
Dragons Exalted · #93 · Common · 2012
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.27
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 93 / 128
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Zweilous
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- kawayoo
- Pokédex #
- 633
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Deino 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.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Its main attack (Power Breath) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Darkness / Psychic Energy to attack — note its own type is Dragon, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Dragon type, weak to Dragon ×2 — a Dragon 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 Deino
- Exploit its Dragon weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.1 copies on average · 164 decks
- Match win rate
- 38.3%
- -8.9 pts vs the 47.3% 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 kawayoo
This card was illustrated by kawayoo.
Building around Deino?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It tends to bit everything, and it is not a picky eater. Approaching it carelessly is dangerous."
DDeep Growl
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
PCPower Breath — 30
Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon.
Weakness:N×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Deino was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Deino has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Deino — Surging Sparks
Played in 47 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 2026/07/29| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.15 | $0.35 | $19.98 | $0.27 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $2.39 | $3.80 | $22.98 | $3.90 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.02 |
| 7-day average | €0.12 |
| 30-day average | €0.22 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.21 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.10 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.01 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.77 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.12 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.60 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.92 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Deino is real?
Deino 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 Deino worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Deino is $0.27; 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 Deino from?
Deino is from the Pokémon set "Dragons Exalted" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Deino?
Deino is a Common card in the Dragons Exalted set.
Other Deino printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
