Pokémon · Black & White
Victini
Noble Victories · #43 · Rare · 2011
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$9.74
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 43 / 102
- Release year
- 2011
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Shin Nagasawa
- Pokédex #
- 494
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 120 damage
- 120 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 Victini 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.
- Hits for 120 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- 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.
- Seen in 1% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Victini
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 1.46 copies on average · 761 decks
- Match win rate
- 43.9%
- -3.2 pts vs the 47.1% 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.
Charcadet
in 54% of decks · 15 seen
Drilbur
in 68% of decks · 19 seen
Ethan's Quilava
in 96% of decks · 750 seen
Ethan's Typhlosion
in 96% of decks · 750 seen
Ethan's Cyndaquil
in 96% of decks · 750 seen
Ceruledge ex
in 68% of decks · 19 seen
Ethan's Adventure
in 96% of decks · 750 seen
Charcadet
in 36% of decks · 10 seen
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Shin Nagasawa
This card was illustrated by Shin Nagasawa.
Building around Victini?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It creates an unlimited supply of energy inside its body, which it shares with those who touch it."
PV-blast — 120
Flip 2 coins. If either of them is tails, this attack does nothing.
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 Victini was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Victini has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Victini — Surging Sparks
Played in 94 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 2026/08/20| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $6.00 | $11.99 | $168.43 | $9.74 | $168.43 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $15.00 | $18.97 | $299.90 | $18.93 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/24| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.10 |
| 7-day average | €3.73 |
| 30-day average | €6.98 |
| Low | €0.07 |
| Trend price | €1.47 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.90 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €5.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.27 |
| reverseHoloSell | €6.25 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.42 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.51 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.91 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Victini is real?
Victini 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 Victini worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Victini is $9.74; 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 Victini from?
Victini is from the Pokémon set "Noble Victories" in the Black & White series, released in 2011.
What rarity is Victini?
Victini is a Rare card in the Noble Victories set.
Other Victini printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
