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Smeargle
McDonald's Collection 2022 · #15 · 2022
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Market reference
$1.19
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 15 / 15
- Release year
- 2022
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- E
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex #
- 235
- Series
- Other
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 Smeargle 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 (Live Painting) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Colorless type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥40 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 Smeargle
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥40 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 Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
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Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It draws symbols with the fluid that oozes from the tip of its tail. Depending on the symbol, Smeargle fanatics will pay big money for them."
CCLive Painting — 30+
Reveal any number of basic Energy cards from your hand. This attack does 30 more damage for each type of basic Energy you revealed in this way.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Smeargle 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 2026/07/15| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.29 | $0.99 | $19.98 | $1.19 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.05 |
| 7-day average | €0.24 |
| 30-day average | €0.38 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.32 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.37 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Smeargle is real?
Smeargle 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 Smeargle worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Smeargle is $1.19; 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 Smeargle from?
Smeargle is from the Pokémon set "McDonald's Collection 2022" in the Other series, released in 2022.
Other Smeargle printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
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