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Staryu
McDonald's Collection 2015 · #4 · 2015
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 4 / 12
- Release year
- 2015
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Starmie
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Tomokazu Komiya
- Pokédex #
- 120
- Series
- Other
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 20 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 Staryu 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.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass 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.
- Seen in 4% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Staryu
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 4% of decks
- 2.65 copies on average · 1905 decks
- Match win rate
- 42.6%
- -4.6 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.
Bronzor
in 1% of decks · 19 seen
Mega Starmie ex
in 100% of decks · 1894 seen
Team Rocket's Golbat
in 8% of decks · 145 seen
Team Rocket's Crobat ex
in 8% of decks · 143 seen
Team Rocket's Zubat
in 8% of decks · 145 seen
Salvatore
in 30% of decks · 575 seen
Mega Froslass ex
in 55% of decks · 1049 seen
Bubbly Water Energy
in 11% of decks · 204 seen
More by Tomokazu Komiya
This card was illustrated by Tomokazu Komiya.
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About this card
"It appears in large numbers by seashores. At night, its central core flashes with a red light."
CLunge — 20
Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Staryu or McDonald's Collection 2015.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Staryu was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Staryu has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Staryu — Perfect Order
Played in 401 recent decks
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Staryu is real?
Staryu 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 Staryu worth?
As of the latest data, 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 Staryu from?
Staryu is from the Pokémon set "McDonald's Collection 2015" in the Other series, released in 2015.
Other Staryu printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
