Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Honedge
Forbidden Light · #46 · Common · 2018
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Market reference
$0.19
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 46 / 150
- Release year
- 2018
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Doublade
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 679
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 16.67 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 Honedge 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 (Slash) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Darkness ×2 — a Darkness attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.
How to beat Honedge
- Exploit its Darkness weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.98 copies on average · 180 decks
- Match win rate
- 40.1%
- -7.1 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.
Aegislash
in 100% of decks · 188 seen
Doublade
in 100% of decks · 188 seen
Steven's Metang
in 29% of decks · 54 seen
Steven's Beldum
in 29% of decks · 54 seen
Steven's Metagross ex
in 29% of decks · 54 seen
Kofu
in 11% of decks · 21 seen
Genesect ex
in 99% of decks · 186 seen
Magnetic Metal Energy
in 15% of decks · 29 seen
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Honedge?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"If anyone dares to grab its hilt, it wraps a blue cloth around that person's arm and drains that person's life energy completely."
Ability: Final Hour
If this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and is Knocked Out by damage from an opponent's attack, put 3 damage counters on 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.
PPPSlash — 50
Weakness:D×2
Resistance:F-20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Honedge was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Honedge has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Honedge — Perfect Order
Played in 41 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 | $0.20 | $1.80 | $0.19 | $0.15 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.25 | $0.51 | $19.98 | $0.53 | $0.49 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.10 |
| 7-day average | €0.07 |
| 30-day average | €0.11 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.07 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.25 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.34 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.40 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.08 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.30 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.32 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Honedge is real?
Honedge 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 Honedge worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Honedge is $0.19; 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 Honedge from?
Honedge is from the Pokémon set "Forbidden Light" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2018.
What rarity is Honedge?
Honedge is a Common card in the Forbidden Light set.
Other Honedge printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
