Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Phione
Majestic Dawn · #27 · Rare · 2008
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Market reference
$1.95
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 27 / 100
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 489
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- 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
Strategy & play
How Phione 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 (Whirlpool) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- 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.
How to beat Phione
- 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 copies on average · 1 decks
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
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."
CCharm
During your opponent's next turn, any damage done by attacks from the Defending Pokémon is reduced by 20 (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
WWWhirlpool — 30
Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $1.60 | $2.25 | $33.00 | $1.95 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $3.69 | $4.49 | $52.00 | $4.74 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/27| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.70 |
| 7-day average | €0.56 |
| 30-day average | €0.67 |
| Low | €0.20 |
| Trend price | €0.85 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.25 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.45 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.04 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.13 |
| reverseHoloSell | €5.84 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.75 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.07 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.60 |
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 $1.95; 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 card in the Majestic Dawn set.
Other Phione printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
