Pokémon · Gym
Misty's Horsea
Gym Challenge · #87 · Common · 2000
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Market reference
$1.66
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 87 / 132
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Seadra
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 116
- Series
- Gym
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 Misty's Horsea 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 (Ink Spurt) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning 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.
How to beat Misty's Horsea
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Misty's Horsea?
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About this card
WWInk Spurt — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, whenever the Defending Pokémon tries to attack, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing. (This effect lasts until the Defending Pokémon evolves or is Benched.)
Weakness:L×2
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $0.44 | $1.15 | $18.90 | $1.66 | $3.98 |
| 1st Edition | $1.50 | $3.05 | $48.70 | $2.54 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.21 |
| 7-day average | €1.00 |
| 30-day average | €0.92 |
| Low | €0.04 |
| Trend price | €1.02 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.70 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.98 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Misty's Horsea is real?
Misty's Horsea 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 Misty's Horsea worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Misty's Horsea is $1.66; 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 Misty's Horsea from?
Misty's Horsea is from the Pokémon set "Gym Challenge" in the Gym series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Misty's Horsea?
Misty's Horsea is a Common card in the Gym Challenge set.
Other Misty's Horsea printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
