Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Rayquaza
Guardians Rising · #106 · Rare · 2017
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$2.00
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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
- 106 / 180
- Release year
- 2017
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Yoshinobu Saito
- Pokédex #
- 384
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Energy Acceleration
- Damage efficiency
- 80 damage
- 26.67 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 Rayquaza plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is energy acceleration. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Colorless type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥60 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 Rayquaza
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥60 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
- 1 copies on average · 6 decks
More by Yoshinobu Saito
This card was illustrated by Yoshinobu Saito.
Building around Rayquaza?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It lives in the ozone layer far above the clouds and cannot be seen from the ground."
CCTurbo Storm — 30
Attach 2 basic Energy cards from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
CCCDragon Claw — 80
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Rayquaza was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Rayquaza has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Rayquaza ex δ — Dragon Frontiers
Played in 32 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 | $0.75 | $1.93 | $4,321.00 | $2.00 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $3.18 | $9.99 | $4,321.00 | $13.15 | $14.00 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/12/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.65 |
| 7-day average | €0.83 |
| 30-day average | €1.02 |
| Low | €0.05 |
| Trend price | €0.90 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.79 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.74 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.81 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.97 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.32 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.94 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Rayquaza is real?
Rayquaza 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 Rayquaza worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Rayquaza is $2.00; 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 Rayquaza from?
Rayquaza is from the Pokémon set "Guardians Rising" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2017.
What rarity is Rayquaza?
Rayquaza is a Rare card in the Guardians Rising set.
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