Pokémon · NP
Ludicolo
Nintendo Black Star Promos · #20 · Promo · 2003
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Market reference
$17.02
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 20 / 40
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 90
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Lombre
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex #
- 272
- Series
- NP
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 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Strategy & play
How Ludicolo plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Fury Swipes) 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 Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥45 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Lombre first).
How to beat Ludicolo
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥45 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
- 1.25 copies on average · 8 decks
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
Building around Ludicolo?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Body: Rain Dish
At any time between turns, remove 1 damage counter from Ludicolo.
WCCFury Swipes — 30×
Flip 3 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.
Weakness:L×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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $7.45 | $22.47 | $143.20 | $17.02 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €9.99 |
| 7-day average | €24.34 |
| 30-day average | €25.24 |
| Low | €24.95 |
| Trend price | €21.67 |
| Low (excellent+) | €40.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €8.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €8.18 |
| averageSellPrice | €8.97 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €8.26 |
| Reverse holo trend | €6.97 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Ludicolo is real?
Ludicolo 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 Ludicolo worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Ludicolo is $17.02; 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 Ludicolo from?
Ludicolo is from the Pokémon set "Nintendo Black Star Promos" in the NP series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Ludicolo?
Ludicolo is a Promo card in the Nintendo Black Star Promos set.
Other Ludicolo printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
