Pokémon · Neo
Croconaw
Neo Genesis · #31 · Uncommon · 2000
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From
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Market reference
$3.56
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 31 / 111
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Totodile
- Evolves to
- Feraligatr
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 159
- Series
- Neo
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Croconaw plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Jaw Clamp) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass 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.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Totodile; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Croconaw
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.24 copies on average · 80 decks
- Match win rate
- 25.0%
- -22.2 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.
Mega Feraligatr ex
in 95% of decks · 18 seen
Feraligatr
in 88% of decks · 70 seen
Mega Feraligatr ex
in 88% of decks · 70 seen
Totodile
in 100% of decks · 80 seen
Totodile
in 84% of decks · 16 seen
Team Rocket's Crobat ex
in 19% of decks · 15 seen
Team Rocket's Golbat
in 19% of decks · 15 seen
Team Rocket's Zubat
in 19% of decks · 15 seen
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Croconaw?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"If it loses a fang, a new one grows back in its place. There are always 48 fangs lining its mouth."
CScreech
Until the end of your next turn, if an attack damages the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), that attack does 20 more damage to the Defending Pokémon
WWCJaw Clamp — 30
Until the end of your opponent's next turn, as long as Croconaw is your Active Pokémon, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat, and if the effect of an attack, Pokémon Power, or Trainer card would change that player's Active Pokémon, that part of the effect does nothing.
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Croconaw has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Croconaw — Temporal Forces
Played in 32 recent decks
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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $0.62 | $2.00 | $96.95 | $3.56 | $6.24 |
| 1st Edition | $3.25 | $6.98 | $96.87 | $6.26 | $8.88 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €7.35 |
| 7-day average | €3.51 |
| 30-day average | €2.40 |
| Low | €0.07 |
| Trend price | €3.05 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.40 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.78 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.50 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Croconaw is real?
Croconaw 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 Croconaw worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Croconaw is $3.56; 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 Croconaw from?
Croconaw is from the Pokémon set "Neo Genesis" in the Neo series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Croconaw?
Croconaw is a Uncommon card in the Neo Genesis set.
Other Croconaw printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
