Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Grotle
Majestic Dawn · #37 · Uncommon · 2008
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.70
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 37 / 100
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 90
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Turtwig
- Evolves to
- Torterra
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Daisuke Ito
- Pokédex #
- 388
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Energy Acceleration
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Grotle plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is energy acceleration. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥45 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 Grotle
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥45 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
- 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
- 2.5 copies on average · 6 decks
Building around Grotle?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"The shell is hardened soil. Some Pokémon come to peck the berries growing on the trees on its back."
CPlanting — 20
Attach a Grass Energy card from your hand to 1 of your Pokémon.
GGCBody Slam — 40
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weakness:R+20
Resistance:W-20
Retreat cost:CCC
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 | $0.15 | $0.60 | $19.98 | $0.70 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $19.99 | $19.99 | $19.99 | $9.91 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/04/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.07 |
| 7-day average | €0.21 |
| 30-day average | €0.21 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.17 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.04 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.20 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.81 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.47 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.25 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.76 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.66 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Grotle is real?
Grotle 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 Grotle worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Grotle is $0.70; 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 Grotle from?
Grotle is from the Pokémon set "Majestic Dawn" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Grotle?
Grotle is a Uncommon card in the Majestic Dawn set.
Other Grotle printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
