Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Spoink
HS—Triumphant · #77 · Common · 2010
Listings
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Market reference
$0.33
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 77 / 103
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Grumpig
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Yukiko Baba
- Pokédex #
- 325
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Spoink 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.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- 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.
How to beat Spoink
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- 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
- 0% of decks
- 2 copies on average · 2 decks
More by Yukiko Baba
This card was illustrated by Yukiko Baba.
Building around Spoink?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It bounces around on its tail to keep its heart pumping. It carries a pearl from Clamperl on its head."
PSleep Pearl
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Switch Spoink with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
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 | $0.05 | $0.35 | $19.02 | $0.33 | $0.23 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.00 | $1.82 | $28.00 | $1.47 | $1.64 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.03 |
| 7-day average | €0.22 |
| 30-day average | €0.14 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.16 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.89 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.86 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.89 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.16 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.80 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.72 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Spoink is real?
Spoink 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 Spoink worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Spoink is $0.33; 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 Spoink from?
Spoink is from the Pokémon set "HS—Triumphant" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Spoink?
Spoink is a Common card in the HS—Triumphant set.
Other Spoink printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
