Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Moltres
Majestic Dawn · #10 · Rare Holo · 2008
Listings
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Market reference
$48.58
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 10 / 100
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 146
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 100 damage
- 33.33 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 Moltres 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 (Scorching Wing) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire 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.
- Seen in 9% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Moltres
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 9% of decks
- 1.01 copies on average · 7050 decks
- Match win rate
- 49.8%
- +2.7 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Moltres?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"One of the legendary bird Pokémon. It is said that its appearance indicates the coming of spring."
Poké-Power: Flame Charge
Once during your turn, when you put Moltres from your hand onto your Bench, you may flip a coin. If heads, search your discard pile for up to 3 Fire Energy cards and attach them to Moltres.
RRCScorching Wing — 100
Discard all Fire Energy attached to Moltres.
Weakness:W×2
Resistance:F-20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Moltres has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Moltres — Phantasmal Flames
Played in 2,587 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $27.00 | $49.94 | $4,321.00 | $48.58 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $23.00 | $24.98 | $259.20 | $25.93 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €14.99 |
| 7-day average | €6.90 |
| 30-day average | €9.37 |
| Low | €1.00 |
| Trend price | €11.83 |
| Low (excellent+) | €5.00 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.49 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.22 |
| reverseHoloSell | €5.31 |
| averageSellPrice | €9.27 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €4.72 |
| Reverse holo trend | €5.55 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Moltres is real?
Moltres 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 Moltres worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Moltres is $48.58; 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 Moltres from?
Moltres is from the Pokémon set "Majestic Dawn" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Moltres?
Moltres is a Rare Holo card in the Majestic Dawn set.
Other Moltres printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
