Pokémon · E-Card
Croconaw
Expedition Base Set · #74 · Uncommon · 2002
Listings
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Market reference
$8.54
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 74 / 165
- Release year
- 2002
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Totodile
- Evolves to
- Feraligatr
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 159
- Series
- E-Card
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 13.33 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Croconaw plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Take Down) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning 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.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Totodile; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Croconaw
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.15 copies on average · 75 decks
- Match win rate
- 24.5%
- -22.8 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.
Mega Feraligatr ex
in 93% of decks · 13 seen
Feraligatr
in 87% of decks · 65 seen
Mega Feraligatr ex
in 87% of decks · 65 seen
Totodile
in 100% of decks · 75 seen
Totodile
in 93% of decks · 13 seen
Team Rocket's Crobat ex
in 21% of decks · 16 seen
Team Rocket's Golbat
in 21% of decks · 16 seen
Team Rocket's Zubat
in 21% of decks · 16 seen
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Croconaw?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CCTackle — 20
CCCTake Down — 40
Croconaw does 10 damage to itself.
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Croconaw has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Croconaw — Temporal Forces
Played in 30 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 2026/07/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $8.99 | $20.25 | $96.85 | $8.54 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $45.70 | $239.35 | $433.00 | $42.04 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/04| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.15 |
| 7-day average | €2.49 |
| 30-day average | €2.36 |
| Low | €0.40 |
| Trend price | €1.02 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.50 |
| Reverse holo low | €2.20 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €8.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €8.75 |
| reverseHoloSell | €8.13 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.70 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €7.42 |
| Reverse holo trend | €7.79 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Croconaw is real?
Croconaw 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 Croconaw worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Croconaw is $8.54; 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 Croconaw from?
Croconaw is from the Pokémon set "Expedition Base Set" in the E-Card series, released in 2002.
What rarity is Croconaw?
Croconaw is a Uncommon card in the Expedition Base Set set.
Other Croconaw printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
