Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver

Feraligatr

HeartGold & SoulSilver

HGSS Black Star Promos · #HGSS07 · Promo · 2010

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Card facts

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Set position: HGSS07 / 25
Release year: 2010
Rarity: Promo
HP: 140
Subtype: Stage 2 · Prime
Evolves from: Croconaw
Retreat cost: 3 energy
Illustrator: Kent Kanetsuna
Pokédex #: 160
Series: HeartGold & SoulSilver

Card analysis

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Primary role: Ability Engine
Damage efficiency: 60 damage; 15 per Energy
Prize liability: 1 Prize given up; Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
Setup: Stage 2; Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up

Also does

AttackerEnergy Acceleration

Strategy & play

How Feraligatr plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

Not a main attacker — its job is Ability-based draw/search. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥70 effectively one-shots it.
A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Croconaw first).

How to beat Feraligatr

Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥70 damage one-shots it.
KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 0% of decks; 1.52 copies on average · 75 decks
Match win rate: 27.9%; -19.3 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.

Croconaw

in 79% of decks · 69 seen

Mega Feraligatr ex

in 69% of decks · 60 seen

Totodile

in 100% of decks · 87 seen

Team Rocket's Crobat ex

in 18% of decks · 16 seen

Team Rocket's Golbat

in 18% of decks · 16 seen

Team Rocket's Zubat

in 18% of decks · 16 seen

Relicanth

in 37% of decks · 32 seen

Neo Upper Energy

in 71% of decks · 62 seen

Budget alternatives

Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.

Dudunsparce

$0.86 · in 20% of decks

Mega Kangaskhan ex

$0.89 · in 13% of decks

Teal Mask Ogerpon ex

$2.88 · in 9% of decks

Fan Rotom

$0.16 · in 8% of decks

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About this card

HP: 140Type:WWaterSubtype: Stage 2 · PrimeEvolves from: Croconaw

Poké-Power: Rain Dance

As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a Water Energy from your hand to 1 of your Water Pokémon. This power can't be used if Feraligatr is affected by a Special Condition.

WWWWHydro Crunch — 60+

Does 60 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on the Defending Pokémon.

Weakness:G×2

Retreat cost:CCC

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

Tournament play

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

Feraligatr — Temporal Forces

Played in 38 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.

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Updated 2026/07/01

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Holofoil	$179.99	$231.16	$518.84	$70.60	$199.98

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Feraligatr is real?

Feraligatr 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 Feraligatr worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Feraligatr is $70.60; 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 Feraligatr from?

Feraligatr is from the Pokémon set "HGSS Black Star Promos" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.

What rarity is Feraligatr?

Feraligatr is a Promo card in the HGSS Black Star Promos set.