Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Tropius
HS—Undaunted · #22 · Rare · 2010
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From
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Market reference
$0.76
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 22 / 91
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 90
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 357
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 13.33 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Tropius 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.
- Its main attack (Cutting Wind) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥45 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 Tropius
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥45 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.33 copies on average · 3 decks
More by Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Tropius?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"The bunch of fruit around its neck ripens twice a year and is delicious. It's a highly favored tropical snack."
GFresh-Picked Fruit
Remove 6 damage counters from 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
CCCCutting Wind — 40
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-20
Retreat cost:CC
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 | $0.40 | $0.76 | $1.50 | $0.76 | $1.49 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.93 | $14.49 | $36.40 | $9.33 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/27| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.90 |
| 7-day average | €0.77 |
| 30-day average | €0.66 |
| Low | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €0.90 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.19 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.25 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.49 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.54 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.43 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.74 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.81 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.79 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Tropius is real?
Tropius 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 Tropius worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Tropius is $0.76; 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 Tropius from?
Tropius is from the Pokémon set "HS—Undaunted" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Tropius?
Tropius is a Rare card in the HS—Undaunted set.
Other Tropius printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
