Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Shellos
Lost Origin · #39 · Common · 2022
Listings
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Market reference
$0.14
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 39 / 217
- Release year
- 2022
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Gastrodon
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- F
- Illustrator
- Saya Tsuruta
- Pokédex #
- 422
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 10 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 Shellos 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 (Surf) 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.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning 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.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Shellos
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.05 copies on average · 20 decks
- Match win rate
- 54.7%
- +7.7 pts vs the 47.0% 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.
Gastrodon
in 100% of decks · 17 seen
Rocky Fighting Energy
in 59% of decks · 10 seen
Premium Power Pro
in 59% of decks · 10 seen
Fighting Gong
in 59% of decks · 10 seen
Pokégear 3.0
in 65% of decks · 11 seen
Switch
in 71% of decks · 12 seen
Team Rocket's Petrel
in 71% of decks · 12 seen
Special Red Card
in 65% of decks · 11 seen
Building around Shellos?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"There's speculation that its appearance is determined by what it eats, but the truth remains elusive."
CRain Splash — 10
CCCSurf — 30
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Shellos or Lost Origin.
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Sep 27, 2026
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Sep 28, 2026
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Oct 1, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Shellos was legal.
TOURNAMENT OF DOOM! LET'S GO!
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today
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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 2026/07/13| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.15 | $20.00 | $0.14 | $0.03 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.06 | $0.25 | $19.98 | $0.22 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.02 |
| 7-day average | €0.03 |
| 30-day average | €0.03 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.03 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.11 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.16 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.14 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.12 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Shellos is real?
Shellos 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 Shellos worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Shellos is $0.14; 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 Shellos from?
Shellos is from the Pokémon set "Lost Origin" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2022.
What rarity is Shellos?
Shellos is a Common card in the Lost Origin set.
Other Shellos printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
