Pokémon · Other
Onix
McDonald's Collection 2019 · #9 · 2019
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Market reference
$9.60
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 9 / 12
- Release year
- 2019
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Steelix
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 95
- Series
- Other
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 5 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 Onix 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 (Rage) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass 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.
How to beat Onix
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥50 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 · 2 decks
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Onix?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It usually lives underground. It searches for food while boring its way through the ground at 50 miles per hour."
CScreech
During your next turn, the Defending Pokémon takes 20 more damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
FFRage — 10+
This attack does 10 more damage for each damage counter on this Pokémon.
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Onix was legal.
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 2026/07/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $2.90 | $4.56 | $52.50 | $9.60 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.95 |
| 7-day average | €1.18 |
| 30-day average | €1.64 |
| Low | €0.15 |
| Trend price | €1.99 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.79 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.42 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.66 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.89 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.24 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Onix is real?
Onix 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 Onix worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Onix is $9.60; 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 Onix from?
Onix is from the Pokémon set "McDonald's Collection 2019" in the Other series, released in 2019.
Other Onix printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
