Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Spinarak
HeartGold & SoulSilver · #83 · Common · 2010
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.29
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 83 / 124
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Ariados
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 167
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- 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
Strategy & play
How Spinarak 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 ≥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 2 copies.
How to beat Spinarak
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.31 copies on average · 26 decks
- Match win rate
- 28.1%
- -19.1 pts vs the 47.1% 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.
Ariados
in 75% of decks · 18 seen
Gravity Gemstone
in 67% of decks · 16 seen
Elgyem
in 42% of decks · 10 seen
Dedenne
in 42% of decks · 10 seen
Xerosic's Machinations
in 58% of decks · 14 seen
Battle Cage
in 67% of decks · 16 seen
Telepathic Psychic Energy
in 42% of decks · 10 seen
Air Balloon
in 71% of decks · 17 seen
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Spinarak?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It lies still in the same pose for days in its web, waiting for its unsuspecting prey to wander close."
CHang Down — 10
GSpider Web
The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.09 | $0.30 | $19.98 | $0.29 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $3.00 | $5.66 | $132.90 | $4.83 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.10 |
| 7-day average | €0.14 |
| 30-day average | €0.14 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.12 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.04 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.15 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.35 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.20 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.12 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.43 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.21 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Spinarak is real?
Spinarak 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 Spinarak worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Spinarak is $0.29; 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 Spinarak from?
Spinarak is from the Pokémon set "HeartGold & SoulSilver" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Spinarak?
Spinarak is a Common card in the HeartGold & SoulSilver set.
Other Spinarak printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
