Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver

Dunsparce

HeartGold & SoulSilver

HeartGold & SoulSilver · #41 · Uncommon · 2010

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Market reference

$0.53

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Card facts

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Set position: 41 / 124
Release year: 2010
Rarity: Uncommon
HP: 50
Subtype: Basic
Retreat cost: 1 energy
Illustrator: Ken Sugimori
Pokédex #: 206
Series: HeartGold & SoulSilver

Card analysis

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Primary role: Status Conditions
Damage efficiency: 20 damage; 20 per Energy
Prize liability: 1 Prize given up; Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
Setup: Basic; Plays straight down — no evolution needed

Also does

Attacker

Strategy & play

How Dunsparce 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 Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
Colorless type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting 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 16% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.

How to beat Dunsparce

Exploit its Fighting 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: 16% of decks; 2.32 copies on average · 9302 decks
Match win rate: 48.7%; +1.5 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.

Trapinch

in 1% of decks · 18 seen

Vibrava

in 0% of decks · 16 seen

Larvesta

in 0% of decks · 11 seen

Flygon ex

in 1% of decks · 31 seen

Billy & O'Nare

in 0% of decks · 14 seen

Trapinch

in 1% of decks · 27 seen

Abra

in 15% of decks · 500 seen

Vibrava

in 0% of decks · 15 seen

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About this card

HP: 50Type:CColorlessSubtype: Basic

"When spotted, this Pokémon escapes backward by furiously boring into the ground with its tail."

CGlare

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

CFade Out — 20

Return Dunsparce and all cards attached to it to your hand.

Weakness:F×2

Retreat cost:C

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

Tournament play

This printing of Dunsparce has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.

Dunsparce — Journey Together

Played in 3,161 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 2026/07/01

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Normal	$0.24	$0.49	$19.98	$0.53	—
Reverse Holofoil	$0.97	$2.57	$27.30	$2.48	—

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/03/08

Variant	Price
1-day average	€0.35
7-day average	€0.38
30-day average	€0.36
Low	€0.02
Trend price	€0.36
Low (excellent+)	€0.04
Reverse holo low	€0.03
reverseHoloAvg1	€0.38
Reverse holo 7-day	€0.89
reverseHoloSell	€0.54
averageSellPrice	€0.38
Reverse holo 30-day	€1.03
Reverse holo trend	€0.65

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Dunsparce is real?

Dunsparce 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 Dunsparce worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Dunsparce is $0.53; 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 Dunsparce from?

Dunsparce is from the Pokémon set "HeartGold & SoulSilver" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.

What rarity is Dunsparce?

Dunsparce is a Uncommon card in the HeartGold & SoulSilver set.