Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Tauros
Legends Awakened · #74 · Uncommon · 2008
Listings
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Market reference
$0.82
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 74 / 146
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 128
- 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 Tauros 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 (Thrash) 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.
- Colorless type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting 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.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Tauros
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.39 copies on average · 28 decks
- Match win rate
- 35.4%
- -11.8 pts vs the 47.3% 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 Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Tauros?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Once it takes aim at its foe, it makes a headlong charge. It is famous for its violent nature."
CCHerd Charge — 20×
Flip a coin for each Tauros you have in play. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.
CCCThrash — 40+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage. If tails, Tauros does 10 damage to itself.
Weakness:F+20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 | $0.28 | $0.72 | $19.48 | $0.82 | $0.99 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $4.77 | $5.24 | $109.80 | $5.55 | $6.72 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/04| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.40 |
| 7-day average | €0.29 |
| 30-day average | €0.36 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.42 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.15 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.30 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.49 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.95 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.45 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.11 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.15 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Tauros is real?
Tauros 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 Tauros worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Tauros is $0.82; 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 Tauros from?
Tauros is from the Pokémon set "Legends Awakened" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Tauros?
Tauros is a Uncommon card in the Legends Awakened set.
Other Tauros printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
