Pokémon · Black & White
Ralts
Next Destinies · #55 · Common · 2012
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Market reference
$0.39
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 55 / 103
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Kirlia
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 280
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 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 Ralts 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 (Smack) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥30 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 Ralts
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.33 copies on average · 6 decks
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Ralts?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"If its horns capture the warm feelings of people or Pokémon, its body warms up slightly."
PPsyshot — 10
CCSmack — 20
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Ralts was legal.
Expanded Tourney #2
4 days ago
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Webcam Expanded
5 days ago
Expanded Tourney #2
last week
The Wild Area Expanded #2 - 18 Codes
last week
The Wild Area Expanded #1 - 24 Codes
2 weeks ago
The Wild Area Expanded #1 - 24 Codes
3 weeks ago
Tournament play
This printing of Ralts has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Ralts — Mega Evolution
Played in 78 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 2026/06/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.15 | $0.35 | $19.98 | $0.39 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.00 | $2.99 | $37.90 | $3.51 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.15 |
| 7-day average | €0.19 |
| 30-day average | €0.14 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.16 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.27 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.94 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.28 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.19 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.42 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.19 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Ralts is real?
Ralts 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 Ralts worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Ralts is $0.39; 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 Ralts from?
Ralts is from the Pokémon set "Next Destinies" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Ralts?
Ralts is a Common card in the Next Destinies set.
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Other Ralts printings
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