Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Hoopa
Forbidden Light · #54 · Uncommon · 2018
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.63
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 54 / 150
- Release year
- 2018
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Aya Kusube
- Pokédex #
- 720
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 10 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 Hoopa plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- 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.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic 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.
How to beat Hoopa
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- 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
- 1 copies on average · 1 decks
More by Aya Kusube
This card was illustrated by Aya Kusube.
Building around Hoopa?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It gathers things it likes and passes them through its loop to teleport them to a secret place."
PHyperspace Ring
Search your deck for up to 2 Item cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
PPsy Bolt — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Hoopa 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 | $0.25 | $0.58 | $19.98 | $0.63 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.50 | $5.99 | $4,321.00 | $3.53 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.19 |
| 7-day average | €0.24 |
| 30-day average | €0.23 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.19 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.76 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.80 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.22 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.65 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.85 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Hoopa is real?
Hoopa 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 Hoopa worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Hoopa is $0.63; 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 Hoopa from?
Hoopa is from the Pokémon set "Forbidden Light" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2018.
What rarity is Hoopa?
Hoopa is a Uncommon card in the Forbidden Light set.
Other Hoopa printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
