Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Litwick
Guardians Rising · #11 · Common · 2017
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From
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Market reference
$0.20
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 11 / 180
- Release year
- 2017
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Lampent
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 607
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- 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 Litwick 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.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water 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 Litwick
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- 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
- 3.54 copies on average · 210 decks
- Match win rate
- 38.9%
- -8.3 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 Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Litwick?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"While shining a light and pretending to be a guide, it leeches off the life force of any who follow it."
RFlickering Flames — 10
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Litwick was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Litwick has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Litwick — Pitch Black
Played in 193 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 | $0.04 | $0.20 | $19.98 | $0.20 | $0.18 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.19 | $0.44 | $17.32 | $0.43 | $0.29 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.03 |
| 7-day average | €0.11 |
| 30-day average | €0.06 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.10 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.30 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.34 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.39 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.29 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.21 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Litwick is real?
Litwick 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 Litwick worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Litwick is $0.20; 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 Litwick from?
Litwick is from the Pokémon set "Guardians Rising" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2017.
What rarity is Litwick?
Litwick is a Common card in the Guardians Rising set.
Other Litwick printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
