Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Celebi
HS—Triumphant · #3 · Rare Holo · 2010
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$21.03
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 3 / 103
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Shin Nagasawa
- Pokédex #
- 251
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Card Selection
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 Celebi 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.
- 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.
- Needs Psychic / Grass Energy to attack — note its own type is Psychic, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 3% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Celebi
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- 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
- 3% of decks
- 1.27 copies on average · 1544 decks
- Match win rate
- 50.3%
- +3.1 pts vs the 47.3% 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Shin Nagasawa
This card was illustrated by Shin Nagasawa.
Building around Celebi?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"This Pokémon wanders across time. Grass and trees flourish in the forests in which it has appeared."
PFuture Sight
Look at the top 5 cards of either player's deck and put them back on top of that player's deck in any order.
GCLeaf Bind — 30
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Celebi has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Celebi — Mega Evolution
Played in 501 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $12.05 | $24.00 | $223.00 | $21.03 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $17.75 | $19.75 | $499.90 | $19.36 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €8.75 |
| 7-day average | €5.82 |
| 30-day average | €7.74 |
| Low | €0.89 |
| Trend price | €4.46 |
| Low (excellent+) | €2.45 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.38 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €14.98 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €8.05 |
| reverseHoloSell | €5.96 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.50 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €6.78 |
| Reverse holo trend | €9.68 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Celebi is real?
Celebi 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 Celebi worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Celebi is $21.03; 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 Celebi from?
Celebi is from the Pokémon set "HS—Triumphant" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Celebi?
Celebi is a Rare Holo card in the HS—Triumphant set.
Other Celebi printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
