Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Kricketune
HS—Triumphant · #24 · Rare · 2010
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From
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Market reference
$2.37
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 24 / 103
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Kricketot
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Tomokazu Komiya
- Pokédex #
- 402
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Kricketune plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Its main attack (Entrancing Melody) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Kricketot; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Kricketune
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
More by Tomokazu Komiya
This card was illustrated by Tomokazu Komiya.
Building around Kricketune?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"By allowing its cry to resonate in the hollow of its belly, it produces a captivating sound."
GCEntrancing Melody — 30
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
GGCFury Cutter — 20+
Flip 3 coins. If 1 of them is heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage. If 2 of them are heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 40 more damage. If all of them are heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 100 more damage.
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 | $1.00 | $1.12 | $30.16 | $2.37 | $29.44 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $6.53 | $19.00 | $20.52 | $8.10 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.15 |
| 7-day average | €3.08 |
| 30-day average | €2.06 |
| Low | €0.15 |
| Trend price | €2.08 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.46 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.79 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €3.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €6.87 |
| reverseHoloSell | €4.25 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.93 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €4.22 |
| Reverse holo trend | €7.23 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Kricketune is real?
Kricketune 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 Kricketune worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Kricketune is $2.37; 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 Kricketune from?
Kricketune is from the Pokémon set "HS—Triumphant" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Kricketune?
Kricketune is a Rare card in the HS—Triumphant set.
Other Kricketune printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
