Pokémon · NP
Beldum
Nintendo Black Star Promos · #22 · Promo · 2003
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$5.29
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 22 / 40
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Metang
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 374
- Series
- NP
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Ability Engine
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 Beldum plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is Ability-based draw/search. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Metal Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Metal type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 3% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.
How to beat Beldum
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 3% of decks
- 3.83 copies on average · 1533 decks
- Match win rate
- 47.4%
- +0.2 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Beldum?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Power: Magnetic Call
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for a Metal Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. This power can't be used if Beldum is affected by a Special Condition.
MCMetal Charge — 30
Put 1 damage counter on Beldum.
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:G-30
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Beldum has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Beldum — Temporal Forces
Played in 1,072 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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $5.00 | $6.99 | $69.90 | $5.29 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €14.95 |
| 7-day average | €12.91 |
| 30-day average | €14.79 |
| Low | €12.50 |
| Trend price | €13.31 |
| Low (excellent+) | €12.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €14.95 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Beldum is real?
Beldum 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 Beldum worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Beldum is $5.29; 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 Beldum from?
Beldum is from the Pokémon set "Nintendo Black Star Promos" in the NP series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Beldum?
Beldum is a Promo card in the Nintendo Black Star Promos set.
Other Beldum printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
