Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Phione
Majestic Dawn · #12 · Rare Holo · 2008
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$7.03
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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
- 12 / 100
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Daisuke Ito
- Pokédex #
- 489
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 Phione plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥30 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 Phione
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- 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
- 1 copies on average · 1 decks
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Building around Phione?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"A Pokémon that lives in warm seas. It inflates the flotation sac on its head to drift and search for food."
CEvolution Wish
Search your deck for a card that evolves from 1 of your Pokémon and put it onto that Pokémon. (This counts as evolving that Pokémon.) Shuffle your deck afterward.
WWWater Pulse — 30
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
Weakness:L+10
Retreat cost:C
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $5.00 | $8.08 | $4,321.00 | $7.03 | $7.99 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $2.05 | $5.33 | $62.60 | $5.29 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.50 |
| 7-day average | €2.99 |
| 30-day average | €3.15 |
| Low | €0.40 |
| Trend price | €3.88 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.20 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.40 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.91 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.43 |
| averageSellPrice | €3.52 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.98 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.50 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Phione is real?
Phione 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 Phione worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Phione is $7.03; 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 Phione from?
Phione is from the Pokémon set "Majestic Dawn" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Phione?
Phione is a Rare Holo card in the Majestic Dawn set.
Other Phione printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
