Pokémon · XY
Binacle
Fates Collide · #22 · Common · 2016
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.20
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 22 / 129
- Release year
- 2016
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Barbaracle
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Tomokazu Komiya
- Pokédex #
- 688
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 5 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 Binacle 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 (Swing Around) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass 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.
- Seen in 1% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Binacle
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 2.19 copies on average · 440 decks
- Match win rate
- 47.4%
- +0.3 pts vs the 47.2% 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 Tomokazu Komiya
This card was illustrated by Tomokazu Komiya.
Building around Binacle?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"They stretch and then contract, yanking their rocks along with them in bold hops. They eat seaweed that washes up on the shoreline."
WCSwing Around — 10+
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 more damage for each heads.
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Binacle was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Binacle has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Binacle — Perfect Order
Played in 169 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 2026/07/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.05 | $0.25 | $1,000.00 | $0.20 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.09 | $0.47 | $4,321.00 | $0.45 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.08 |
| 7-day average | €0.14 |
| 30-day average | €0.15 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.12 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.05 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.40 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.50 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.56 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.15 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.51 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.64 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Binacle is real?
Binacle 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 Binacle worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Binacle is $0.20; 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 Binacle from?
Binacle is from the Pokémon set "Fates Collide" in the XY series, released in 2016.
What rarity is Binacle?
Binacle is a Common card in the Fates Collide set.
Other Binacle printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
