Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Heatran
Legends Awakened · #30 · Rare · 2008
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$1.26
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 30 / 146
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex #
- 485
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
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 Heatran 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 (Heavy Metal) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Metal type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥50 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 Heatran
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥50 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
- 1% of decks
- 1.19 copies on average · 422 decks
- Match win rate
- 51.6%
- +4.4 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.
More by Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
Building around Heatran?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It dwells in volcanic caves. It digs in with its cross-shaped feet to crawl on ceilings and walls."
Poké-Power: Smelt
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may move a Metal Energy attached to 1 of your Pokémon to Heatran. This power can't be used if Heatran is affected by a Special Condition.
CCCHeavy Metal — 40+
Flip a coin for each Metal Energy attached to Heatran. This attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage for each heads.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Heatran has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Heatran — Twilight Masquerade
Played in 73 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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.66 | $1.17 | $27.10 | $1.26 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.25 | $2.42 | $31.20 | $1.77 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/08| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.95 |
| 7-day average | €5.74 |
| 30-day average | €5.72 |
| Low | €5.00 |
| Trend price | €5.29 |
| Low (excellent+) | €25.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €3.16 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.16 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.95 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Heatran is real?
Heatran 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 Heatran worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Heatran is $1.26; 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 Heatran from?
Heatran is from the Pokémon set "Legends Awakened" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Heatran?
Heatran is a Rare card in the Legends Awakened set.
Other Heatran printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
