Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Tatsugiri
Paldean Fates · #127 · Shiny Rare · 2024
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Market reference
$7.58
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 127 / 245
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Shiny Rare
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- G
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 978
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 30 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 Tatsugiri 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 Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning 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.
- Seen in 4% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Tatsugiri
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥35 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
- 4% of decks
- 1.1 copies on average · 3061 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.7%
- -0.5 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 Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Tatsugiri?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"This is a small dragon Pokémon. It lives inside the mouth of Dondozo to protect itself from enemies on the outside."
WMise en Place
Search your deck for up to 2 Basic Water Energy cards and attach them to 1 of your Basic Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck.
WCurl Up — 30
Put this Pokémon and all attached cards into your hand.
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Tatsugiri or Paldean Fates.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Tatsugiri was legal.
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Liga São Roque 05/09
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Perth pokemon week 3
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Tournament play
This printing of Tatsugiri has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Tatsugiri — Twilight Masquerade
Played in 923 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 | $5.00 | $7.58 | $64.43 | $7.58 | $48.95 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.24 |
| 7-day average | €2.63 |
| 30-day average | €2.67 |
| Low | €1.50 |
| Trend price | €2.23 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.64 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Tatsugiri is real?
Tatsugiri 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 Tatsugiri worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Tatsugiri is $7.58; 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 Tatsugiri from?
Tatsugiri is from the Pokémon set "Paldean Fates" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Tatsugiri?
Tatsugiri is a Shiny Rare card in the Paldean Fates set.
Tatsugiri in the news
Recent posts from card communities and trading-card press mentioning Tatsugiri.
Other Tatsugiri printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
