Pokémon · Black & White
Carracosta
Plasma Blast · #28 · Rare · 2013
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Market reference
$0.96
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 28 / 105
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 140
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Tirtouga
- Retreat cost
- 4 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 565
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 80 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Carracosta plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Waterfall) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 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 Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥70 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 4 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Tirtouga; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Carracosta
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥70 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 4 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
- 1.86 copies on average · 7 decks
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Carracosta?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It could knock out a foe with a slap from one of its developed front appendages and chew it up, shell or bones and all."
WCCFossil Clutch — 50+
You may discard an Item card that has Fossil in its name from your hand. If you do, this attack does 50 more damage.
WWCCWaterfall — 80
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:CCCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Carracosta was legal.
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 2026/07/27| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.40 | $0.95 | $19.98 | $0.96 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.25 | $2.03 | $26.70 | $1.96 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/14| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.20 |
| 7-day average | €1.07 |
| 30-day average | €1.05 |
| Low | €0.34 |
| Trend price | €0.81 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.40 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.90 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €3.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.53 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.07 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.37 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.97 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Carracosta is real?
Carracosta 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 Carracosta worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Carracosta is $0.96; 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 Carracosta from?
Carracosta is from the Pokémon set "Plasma Blast" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Carracosta?
Carracosta is a Rare card in the Plasma Blast set.
Other Carracosta printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
