Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Rabsca
Paldean Fates · #163 · Shiny Rare · 2024
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Market reference
$2.04
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 163 / 245
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Shiny Rare
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Rellor
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- G
- Illustrator
- Nelnal
- Pokédex #
- 954
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Recovery
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 25 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Rabsca plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Its main attack (Psybeam) 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 Darkness ×2 — a Darkness attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Rellor; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Rabsca
- Exploit its Darkness weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 4% of decks
- 1.02 copies on average · 2122 decks
- Match win rate
- 48.4%
- +1.2 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.
More by Nelnal
This card was illustrated by Nelnal.
Building around Rabsca?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"The body that supports the ball barely moves. Therefore, it is thought that the true body of this Pokémon is actually inside the ball."
CRevival Blessing
Put a Pokémon from your discard pile onto your Bench.
PPPsybeam — 50
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.
Weakness:D×2
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Rabsca or Paldean Fates.
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Recent tournament results
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Tournament play
This printing of Rabsca has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Rabsca — Temporal Forces
Played in 1,134 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 2026/07/11| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $1.25 | $2.20 | $28.50 | $2.04 | $2.50 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €3.25 |
| 7-day average | €2.26 |
| 30-day average | €2.07 |
| Low | €1.49 |
| Trend price | €2.27 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.49 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.25 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Rabsca is real?
Rabsca 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 Rabsca worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Rabsca is $2.04; 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 Rabsca from?
Rabsca is from the Pokémon set "Paldean Fates" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Rabsca?
Rabsca is a Shiny Rare card in the Paldean Fates set.
Other Rabsca printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
