Pokémon · Black & White
Basculin
Next Destinies · #30 · Uncommon · 2012
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Market reference
$0.29
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 30 / 103
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 550
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 40 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 Basculin 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.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning 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 Basculin
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
More by Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Basculin?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Red and blue Basculin usually do not get along, but sometimes members of one school mingle with the other's school."
CBite — 10
WBared Fangs — 40
If, before this Pokémon does damage, the Defending Pokémon has no damage counters on it, this attack does nothing.
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Basculin 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 2026/06/30| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.06 | $0.27 | $5.00 | $0.29 | $0.11 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.22 | $0.75 | $19.98 | $0.71 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/14| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.25 |
| 7-day average | €0.13 |
| 30-day average | €0.15 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.15 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.09 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.74 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.58 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.15 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.20 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.70 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Basculin is real?
Basculin 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 Basculin worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Basculin is $0.29; 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 Basculin from?
Basculin is from the Pokémon set "Next Destinies" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Basculin?
Basculin is a Uncommon card in the Next Destinies set.
Other Basculin printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
