Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Tapu Koko
Lost Thunder · #85 · Rare Holo · 2018
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.90
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 85 / 240
- Release year
- 2018
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- kawayoo
- Pokédex #
- 785
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Switching
- Damage efficiency
- 120 damage
- 40 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 Tapu Koko 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 (Flashing Bolt) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 120 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥60 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 Tapu Koko
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 26 decks
- Match win rate
- 27.6%
- -19.6 pts vs the 47.2% 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 kawayoo
This card was illustrated by kawayoo.
Building around Tapu Koko?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It confuses its enemies by flying too quickly for the eye to follow. It has a hair-trigger temper but forgets what made it angry an instant later."
CCStrafe — 30
You may switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
LLCFlashing Bolt — 120
This Pokémon can't use Flashing Bolt during your next turn.
Weakness:F×2
Resistance:M-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Tapu Koko was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Tapu Koko has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Tapu Koko ex — Journey Together
Played in 41 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 2026/07/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.33 | $0.95 | $2.49 | $0.90 | $0.45 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.50 | $0.94 | $19.98 | $0.96 | $0.74 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.50 |
| 7-day average | €1.09 |
| 30-day average | €1.22 |
| Low | €0.48 |
| Trend price | €1.05 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.86 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.90 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.77 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.90 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.75 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.88 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.69 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Tapu Koko is real?
Tapu Koko 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 Tapu Koko worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Tapu Koko is $0.90; 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 Tapu Koko from?
Tapu Koko is from the Pokémon set "Lost Thunder" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2018.
What rarity is Tapu Koko?
Tapu Koko is a Rare Holo card in the Lost Thunder set.
Other Tapu Koko printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
