Pokémon · Neo
Sunkern
Neo Genesis · #78 · Common · 2000
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.73
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 78 / 111
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Sunflora
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 191
- Series
- Neo
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Energy Acceleration
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 10 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 Sunkern plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is energy acceleration. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥20 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 Sunkern
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥20 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
More by Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Sunkern?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a Spearow, it violently shakes its leaves."
GGrowth
Flip a coin. If heads, you may attach up to 2 Grass Energy cards from your hand to Sunkern.
GGGMega Drain — 30
Remove a number of damage counters from Sunkern equal to half the damage done to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance) (rounded up to the nearest 10). If Sunkern has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:CC
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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited | $0.30 | $0.75 | $30.49 | $0.73 | — |
| 1st Edition | $0.94 | $2.00 | $27.16 | $1.90 | $4.80 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.09 |
| 7-day average | €0.73 |
| 30-day average | €0.64 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.67 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.68 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Sunkern is real?
Sunkern 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 Sunkern worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Sunkern is $0.73; 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 Sunkern from?
Sunkern is from the Pokémon set "Neo Genesis" in the Neo series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Sunkern?
Sunkern is a Common card in the Neo Genesis set.
Other Sunkern printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
