Pokémon · Black & White
Ralts
Legendary Treasures · #RC8 · Common · 2013
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Market reference
$8.57
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- RC8 / 140
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Kirlia
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Mizue
- Pokédex #
- 280
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- 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 Ralts 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.
- Its main attack (Pound) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥20 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 Ralts
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥20 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
- 3.17 copies on average · 100 decks
- Match win rate
- 38.0%
- -9.1 pts vs the 47.1% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Mizue
This card was illustrated by Mizue.
Building around Ralts?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"If its horns capture the warm feelings of people or Pokémon, its body warms up slightly."
PHypnotic Gaze
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
PCPound — 20
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Ralts was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Ralts has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Ralts — Mega Evolution
Played in 38 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.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/19| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $4.00 | $8.27 | $4,321.00 | $8.57 | $6.79 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/12/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.95 |
| 7-day average | €1.39 |
| 30-day average | €2.42 |
| Low | €0.40 |
| Trend price | €1.67 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.95 |
| Reverse holo low | €10.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.10 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.99 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.68 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.84 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.39 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Ralts is real?
Ralts 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 Ralts worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Ralts is $8.57; 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 Ralts from?
Ralts is from the Pokémon set "Legendary Treasures" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Ralts?
Ralts is a Common card in the Legendary Treasures set.
Other Ralts printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
