Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Tyrantrum
Forbidden Light · #69 · Rare Holo · 2018
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Market reference
$10.62
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 69 / 150
- Release year
- 2018
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 160
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Tyrunt
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- hatachu
- Pokédex #
- 697
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Disruption
- Damage efficiency
- 100 damage
- 33.33 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Tyrantrum plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Crunch) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥80 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Tyrunt first).
How to beat Tyrantrum
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥80 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.8 copies on average · 71 decks
- Match win rate
- 35.4%
- -11.8 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by hatachu
This card was illustrated by hatachu.
Building around Tyrantrum?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Nothing could stop this Pokémon 100 million years ago, so it behaved like a king."
Ability: Tyrannical Heart
As long as you don't have more Pokémon in play than your opponent, this Pokémon's attacks do 60 more damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance), and it takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
FFCCrunch — 100
Discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Tyrantrum or Forbidden Light.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Tyrantrum was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Tyrantrum has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Tyrantrum — Perfect Order
Played in 56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $7.34 | $10.73 | $17.36 | $10.62 | $11.55 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $7.50 | $11.30 | $114.00 | $11.21 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €17.75 |
| 7-day average | €21.38 |
| 30-day average | €18.36 |
| Low | €8.30 |
| Trend price | €21.93 |
| Low (excellent+) | €9.99 |
| Reverse holo low | €9.99 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €23.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €15.48 |
| reverseHoloSell | €18.45 |
| averageSellPrice | €22.58 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €14.44 |
| Reverse holo trend | €16.29 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Tyrantrum is real?
Tyrantrum 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 Tyrantrum worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Tyrantrum is $10.62; 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 Tyrantrum from?
Tyrantrum is from the Pokémon set "Forbidden Light" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2018.
What rarity is Tyrantrum?
Tyrantrum is a Rare Holo card in the Forbidden Light set.
Other Tyrantrum printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
