Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Shelmet
Journey Together · #12 · Common · 2025
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.03
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 12 / 190
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Accelgor
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Toshinao Aoki
- Pokédex #
- 616
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Damage Prevention
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Shelmet 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 (Shell Smack) 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 ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
How to beat Shelmet
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥35 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
- 0% of decks
- 3 copies on average · 2 decks
More by Toshinao Aoki
This card was illustrated by Toshinao Aoki.
Building around Shelmet?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It has a strange physiology that responds to electricity. When together with Karrablast, Shelmet evolves for some reason."
GCShell Smack — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Shelmet or Journey Together.
OceanicTournamentSeries2026 18/20
Aug 2, 2026
SEASAC League Challenge #6 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
Aug 2, 2026
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Aug 2, 2026
Turn Zero Rising! #6 (100 Codes)
Aug 2, 2026
Rare Candy Club Showdown #35 (50 CODES)
Aug 3, 2026
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Super Series - 100 Codes
Aug 3, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Shelmet was legal.
Cusca 3v3 Pro Series #17 ⚡
today
Vault Of Games #3 🏆|OFF-SEASON |WEEKLY
today
Redacted Chaos 2nd Chance #7 (50 Codes)
today
Redacted Chaos #9 (100 Codes)
today
The Stache Series 0: Trial Run
today
4to Torneo Tropical Beach
today
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
1
ran Shelmet
Tournaments scanned
295
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Shelmet
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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.15 | $19.98 | $0.03 | $0.01 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.02 | $0.25 | $19.98 | $0.26 | $0.10 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.05 |
| 7-day average | €0.03 |
| 30-day average | €0.02 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.03 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.08 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.08 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.09 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.08 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Shelmet is real?
Shelmet 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 Shelmet worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Shelmet is $0.03; 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 Shelmet from?
Shelmet is from the Pokémon set "Journey Together" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Shelmet?
Shelmet is a Common card in the Journey Together set.
Other Shelmet printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
