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Octillery

HeartGold & SoulSilver

HS—Unleashed · #6 · Rare Holo · 2010

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Market reference

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Card facts

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Set position: 6 / 96
Release year: 2010
Rarity: Rare Holo
HP: 80
Subtype: Stage 1
Evolves from: Remoraid
Retreat cost: 2 energy
Illustrator: Ken Sugimori
Pokédex #: 224
Series: HeartGold & SoulSilver

Card analysis

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Primary role: Bench Damage
Damage efficiency: 50 damage; 16.67 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

Attacker

Strategy & play

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

Its main attack (Ink Bomb) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning 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 Remoraid; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.

How to beat Octillery

Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
Gust it before the evolution is set up.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 0% of decks; 2.25 copies on average · 8 decks

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About this card

HP: 80Type:WWaterSubtype: Stage 1Evolves from: Remoraid

"It traps foes with the suction cups on its tentacles, then smashes them with its rock-hard head."

WSwitch Cannon

Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 30 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Switch Octillery with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

WCCInk Bomb — 50

If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing.

Weakness:L×2

Retreat cost:CC

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

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	$2.31	$2.98	$43.10	$3.31	—
Reverse Holofoil	$1.39	$5.77	$69.80	$5.00	—

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/07/01

Variant	Price
1-day average	€5.99
7-day average	€2.52
30-day average	€2.10
Low	€0.34
Trend price	€2.34
Low (excellent+)	€0.70
Reverse holo low	€0.50
reverseHoloAvg1	€5.99
Reverse holo 7-day	€2.97
reverseHoloSell	€4.50
averageSellPrice	€2.27
Reverse holo 30-day	€2.87
Reverse holo trend	€4.00

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Octillery is real?

Octillery 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 Octillery worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Octillery is $3.31; 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 Octillery from?

Octillery is from the Pokémon set "HS—Unleashed" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.

What rarity is Octillery?

Octillery is a Rare Holo card in the HS—Unleashed set.