Pokémon · Black & White
Shelmet
Noble Victories · #11 · Common · 2011
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.22
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 11 / 102
- Release year
- 2011
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Accelgor
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Midori Harada
- Pokédex #
- 616
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Damage efficiency
- 10 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 Shelmet plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. 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 ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
How to beat Shelmet
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3 copies on average · 3 decks
More by Midori Harada
This card was illustrated by Midori Harada.
Building around Shelmet?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It evolves when bathed in an electric-like energy along with Karrablast. The reason is still unknown."
CMysterious Evolution
If Karrablast is in play, search your deck for a card that evolves from this Pokémon and put it onto this Pokémon. (This counts as evolving this Pokémon.) Shuffle your deck afterward.
GRam — 10
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Shelmet or Noble Victories.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Shelmet was legal.
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
1
ran Shelmet
Tournaments scanned
291
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Shelmet
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 | $0.09 | $0.25 | $19.98 | $0.22 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.50 | $0.81 | $19.98 | $0.72 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/30| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.14 |
| 7-day average | €0.13 |
| 30-day average | €0.13 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.17 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.07 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.67 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.15 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.56 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.47 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Shelmet is real?
Shelmet 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 Shelmet worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Shelmet is $0.22; 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 Shelmet from?
Shelmet is from the Pokémon set "Noble Victories" in the Black & White series, released in 2011.
What rarity is Shelmet?
Shelmet is a Common card in the Noble Victories set.
Other Shelmet printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
