Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Mesprit
Forbidden Light · #42 · Uncommon · 2018
Listings
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Market reference
$0.34
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 42 / 150
- Release year
- 2018
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- kodama
- Pokédex #
- 481
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 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 Mesprit 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 (Mind Splash) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥35 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 Mesprit
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 4 copies on average · 1 decks
More by kodama
This card was illustrated by kodama.
Building around Mesprit?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It sleeps at the bottom of a lake. Its spirit is said to leave its body to fly on the lake's surface."
Ability: Silent Waves
If you have Azelf in play, your opponent's Pokémon in play have no Resistance.
CCMind Splash — 20+
If Uxie is on your Bench, this attack does 50 more damage.
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 Mesprit 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 | $0.08 | $0.34 | $19.98 | $0.34 | $0.26 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.66 | $1.17 | $4,321.00 | $1.63 | $2.97 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.07 |
| 7-day average | €0.11 |
| 30-day average | €0.15 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.11 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.49 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.85 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.80 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.12 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.61 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.78 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Mesprit is real?
Mesprit 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 Mesprit worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Mesprit is $0.34; 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 Mesprit from?
Mesprit is from the Pokémon set "Forbidden Light" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2018.
What rarity is Mesprit?
Mesprit is a Uncommon card in the Forbidden Light set.
Other Mesprit printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
