Pokémon · Black & White
Kingdra
Plasma Freeze · #84 · Rare Holo · 2013
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From
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Market reference
$2.91
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 84 / 122
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 140
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Seadra
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Naoyo Kimura
- Pokédex #
- 230
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 20 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
Also does
Strategy & play
How Kingdra plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Needs 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 Seadra first).
How to beat Kingdra
- Exploit its Dragon weakness — ≥70 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
More by Naoyo Kimura
This card was illustrated by Naoyo Kimura.
Building around Kingdra?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It lives in caves on the seafloor and creates giant whirlpools every time it moves."
CDragon Vortex — 20×
Does 20 damage times the number of Water Energy cards and Lightning Energy cards in your discard pile. Then, shuffle all of those cards back into your deck.
WTri Bullet
This attack does 30 damage to 3 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
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 Kingdra 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 | $1.99 | $2.99 | $96.40 | $2.91 | $96.40 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $4.26 | $9.07 | $62.50 | $6.13 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.99 |
| 7-day average | €2.64 |
| 30-day average | €2.95 |
| Low | €0.40 |
| Trend price | €3.13 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.30 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.45 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.32 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.92 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.50 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.63 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.07 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Kingdra is real?
Kingdra 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 Kingdra worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Kingdra is $2.91; 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 Kingdra from?
Kingdra is from the Pokémon set "Plasma Freeze" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Kingdra?
Kingdra is a Rare Holo card in the Plasma Freeze set.
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