Pokémon · XY
Dewgong
Fates Collide · #16 · Uncommon · 2016
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Market reference
$0.26
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 16 / 129
- Release year
- 2016
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Seel
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Naoyo Kimura
- Pokédex #
- 87
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 100 damage
- 25 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Dewgong plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- 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.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Aurora Beam) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Metal ×2 — a Metal attacker doing ≥60 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 Dewgong
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
- 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
- 2.05 copies on average · 38 decks
- Match win rate
- 34.1%
- -13.2 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.
Seel
in 91% of decks · 29 seen
Misty's Vitality
in 56% of decks · 18 seen
Wailmer
in 31% of decks · 10 seen
Wailord ex
in 31% of decks · 10 seen
Terapagos ex
in 31% of decks · 10 seen
Bubbly Water Energy
in 31% of decks · 10 seen
Prism Energy
in 34% of decks · 11 seen
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex
in 47% of decks · 15 seen
More by Naoyo Kimura
This card was illustrated by Naoyo Kimura.
Building around Dewgong?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Its streamlined body has little drag in water. The colder the temperature, the friskier it gets."
WFreezing Breath — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. If tails, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep.
WCCCAurora Beam — 100
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Dewgong 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 2026/07/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.05 | $0.26 | $1,000.00 | $0.26 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.49 | $1.03 | $18.64 | $1.15 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/30| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.14 |
| 7-day average | €0.25 |
| 30-day average | €0.24 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.17 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.94 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.01 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.24 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.04 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.63 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Dewgong is real?
Dewgong 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 Dewgong worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Dewgong is $0.26; 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 Dewgong from?
Dewgong is from the Pokémon set "Fates Collide" in the XY series, released in 2016.
What rarity is Dewgong?
Dewgong is a Uncommon card in the Fates Collide set.
Other Dewgong printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
