Pokémon · Gym
Erika's Tangela
Gym Heroes · #79 · Common · 2000
Listings
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Market reference
$0.89
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 79 / 132
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Tangrowth
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 114
- Series
- Gym
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- 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 Erika's Tangela 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.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥30 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 Erika's Tangela
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.39 copies on average · 96 decks
- Match win rate
- 38.2%
- -9.0 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.
Erika's Victreebel
in 68% of decks · 64 seen
Erika's Bellsprout
in 68% of decks · 64 seen
Erika's Weepinbell
in 68% of decks · 64 seen
Erika's Vileplume ex
in 91% of decks · 86 seen
Erika's Oddish
in 91% of decks · 86 seen
Erika's Gloom
in 91% of decks · 86 seen
Yanma
in 14% of decks · 13 seen
Yanmega ex
in 14% of decks · 13 seen
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
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About this card
GVine Slap — 10
GGCStretch Vine
If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, choose 1 of them and this attack does 20 damage to it. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Erika's Tangela has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Erika's Tangela — Ascended Heroes
Played in 62 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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $0.28 | $0.75 | $16.90 | $0.89 | $0.99 |
| 1st Edition | $1.55 | $3.93 | $45.37 | $4.07 | $12.62 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.63 |
| 7-day average | €0.57 |
| 30-day average | €0.84 |
| Low | €0.04 |
| Trend price | €0.55 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.35 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.88 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.82 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.88 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.62 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Erika's Tangela is real?
Erika's Tangela 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 Erika's Tangela worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Erika's Tangela is $0.89; 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 Erika's Tangela from?
Erika's Tangela is from the Pokémon set "Gym Heroes" in the Gym series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Erika's Tangela?
Erika's Tangela is a Common card in the Gym Heroes set.
Other Erika's Tangela printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
