Pokémon · Black & White
Garchomp
Plasma Freeze · #120 · Rare Secret · 2013
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Market reference
$499.00
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 120 / 122
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Rare Secret
- HP
- 140
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Gabite
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ayaka Yoshida
- Pokédex #
- 445
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 100 damage
- 60 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Strategy & play
How Garchomp plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Dragonblade) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fighting / Water Energy to attack — note its own type is Dragon, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Dragon type, weak to Dragon ×2 — a Dragon 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.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Gabite first).
How to beat Garchomp
- Exploit its Dragon weakness — ≥70 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Building around Garchomp?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"This extremely rare Pokémon is a different color than usual. It is very hard to find."
FMach Cut — 60
Discard a Special Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.
WFDragonblade — 100
Discard the top 2 cards of your deck.
Weakness:N×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Garchomp 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $636.00 | $636.00 | $636.00 | $499.00 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/25| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €275.00 |
| 7-day average | €133.12 |
| 30-day average | €159.78 |
| Low | €43.99 |
| Trend price | €161.04 |
| Low (excellent+) | €129.90 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €40.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €35.38 |
| averageSellPrice | €152.50 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €29.16 |
| Reverse holo trend | €35.12 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Garchomp is real?
Garchomp 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 Garchomp worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Garchomp is $499.00; 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 Garchomp from?
Garchomp is from the Pokémon set "Plasma Freeze" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Garchomp?
Garchomp is a Rare Secret card in the Plasma Freeze set.
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