Pokémon · Neo
Shining Celebi
Neo Destiny · #106 · Rare Shining · 2002
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$1,800.50
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 106 / 113
- Release year
- 2002
- Rarity
- Rare Shining
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hironobu Yoshida
- Pokédex #
- 251
- Series
- Neo
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- 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
Also does
Strategy & play
How Shining Celebi 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.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Miracle Leaf) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Water / Grass / Psychic Energy to attack — note its own type is Grass, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
How to beat Shining Celebi
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Hironobu Yoshida
This card was illustrated by Hironobu Yoshida.
Building around Shining Celebi?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It is worshipped as a god of the forest. It appears only in undisturbed old-growth forests."
WHealing Water
Remove a number of damage counters from 1 of your Benched Pokémon equal to the number of Water Energy cards attached to Shining Celebi. If the Pokémon has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them.
GPMiracle Leaf — 10
Flip a number of coins equal to the number of Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. If you get 1 or more heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep, Confused, or Poisoned (your choice).
You can't have more than 1 Shining Celebi in your deck.
Weakness:R×2
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 2026/07/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited Holofoil | $595.00 | $599.99 | $999.98 | $423.33 | — |
| 1st Edition Holofoil | $1,500.00 | $1,997.50 | $3,781.98 | $1,800.50 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €540.00 |
| 7-day average | €381.63 |
| 30-day average | €385.42 |
| Low | €110.00 |
| Trend price | €327.51 |
| Low (excellent+) | €200.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €200.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €174.84 |
| averageSellPrice | €629.33 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €146.78 |
| Reverse holo trend | €195.12 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Shining Celebi is real?
Shining Celebi 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 Shining Celebi worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Shining Celebi is $1,800.50; 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 Shining Celebi from?
Shining Celebi is from the Pokémon set "Neo Destiny" in the Neo series, released in 2002.
What rarity is Shining Celebi?
Shining Celebi is a Rare Shining card in the Neo Destiny set.
Other Shining Celebi printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
