Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Unown
HeartGold & SoulSilver · #55 · Uncommon · 2010
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$1.55
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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
- 55 / 124
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hideaki Hakozaki
- Pokédex #
- 201
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Card Selection
- 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 Unown plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is card selection. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic 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 Unown
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Building around Unown?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Its flat, thin body is always stuck on walls. Its shape appears to have some meaning."
Poké-Power: FLASH
Once during your turn, when you put Unown from your hand onto your Bench, you may look at the top 5 cards of your deck and put them back on top of your deck in any order.
PHidden Power — 10
Weakness:P×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 | $0.38 | $1.55 | $19.98 | $1.55 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $10.40 | $21.25 | $139.99 | $10.50 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.50 |
| 7-day average | €0.44 |
| 30-day average | €0.59 |
| Low | €0.08 |
| Trend price | €0.37 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.08 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.35 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.39 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.86 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.39 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.40 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.63 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.60 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Unown is real?
Unown 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 Unown worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Unown is $1.55; 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 Unown from?
Unown is from the Pokémon set "HeartGold & SoulSilver" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Unown?
Unown is a Uncommon card in the HeartGold & SoulSilver set.
Other Unown printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
