Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Baltoy
Great Encounters · #60 · Common · 2008
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$2.86
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 60 / 106
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Claydol
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Sumiyoshi Kizuki
- Pokédex #
- 343
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Draw
- 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
Also does
Strategy & play
How Baltoy plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is card draw. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass 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 3 copies.
How to beat Baltoy
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.18 copies on average · 33 decks
- Match win rate
- 38.8%
- -8.5 pts vs the 47.3% 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.
More by Sumiyoshi Kizuki
This card was illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki.
Building around Baltoy?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It moves by spinning on its foot. It is a rare Pokémon that was discovered in ancient ruins."
CPsychic Balance
If you have less cards in your hand than your opponent, draw cards until you have the same number of cards as your opponent. (If you have more or the same number of cards in your hand as your opponent, this attack does nothing.)
FCSpin Turn — 20
Switch Baltoy with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Weakness:G+10
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
13
ran Baltoy
Tournaments scanned
296
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
8 top-cut decks · best finish 1st
Top decks running Baltoy
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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $1.75 | $2.90 | $40.60 | $2.86 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $9.39 | $10.79 | $13.00 | $9.29 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.22 |
| 7-day average | €0.23 |
| 30-day average | €0.23 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.23 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.09 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.75 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.82 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.28 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.30 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.67 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.86 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Baltoy is real?
Baltoy 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 Baltoy worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Baltoy is $2.86; 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 Baltoy from?
Baltoy is from the Pokémon set "Great Encounters" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Baltoy?
Baltoy is a Common card in the Great Encounters set.
Other Baltoy printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
