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Dhelmise

Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet

Dhelmise

Scarlet & Violet

Journey Together · #70 · Common · 2025

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Market reference

$0.19

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Card facts

Quick reference for collectors and graders.

Set position
70 / 190
Release year
2025
Rarity
Common
HP
130
Subtype
Basic
Retreat cost
3 energy
Regulation mark
H
Illustrator
Sanosuke Sakuma
Pokédex #
781
Series
Scarlet & Violet

Card analysis

Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.

Primary role
Attacker
Damage efficiency
130 damage
32.5 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 Dhelmise 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 (Anchor Smash) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
  • Hits for 130 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
  • Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
  • Psychic type, weak to Darkness ×2 — a Darkness attacker doing ≥65 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 Dhelmise

  • Exploit its Darkness weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
  • Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion
2% of decks
3.57 copies on average · 1530 decks
Match win rate
45.2%
-2.1 pts vs the 47.3% field average

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About this card

HP: 130Type:PPsychicSubtype: Basic

"After a piece of seaweed merged with debris from a sunken ship, it was reborn as this ghost Pokémon."

PCCBind Down — 60

During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat.

PPCCAnchor Smash — 130

Weakness:D×2

Resistance:F-30

Retreat cost:CCC

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

expandedLegal
standardLegal
unlimitedLegal

Tournament play

This printing of Dhelmise has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.

DhelmisePitch Black

Played in 935 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.

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Updated 2026/07/10
VariantLowMidHighMarketDirect Low
Normal$0.01$0.19$19.98$0.19$0.01
Reverse Holofoil$0.01$0.22$19.98$0.20$0.10

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/01/19
VariantPrice
1-day average€0.04
7-day average€0.03
30-day average€0.03
Low€0.02
Trend price€0.04
Low (excellent+)€0.02
Reverse holo low€0.02
reverseHoloAvg1€0.06
Reverse holo 7-day€0.07
reverseHoloSell€0.09
averageSellPrice€0.03
Reverse holo 30-day€0.08
Reverse holo trend€0.09

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Dhelmise is real?

Dhelmise 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 Dhelmise worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Dhelmise is $0.19; 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 Dhelmise from?

Dhelmise is from the Pokémon set "Journey Together" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.

What rarity is Dhelmise?

Dhelmise is a Common card in the Journey Together set.