Pokémon · Black & White
Maractus
Plasma Storm · #11 · Uncommon · 2013
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.33
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 11 / 138
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 90
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Shigenori Negishi
- Pokédex #
- 556
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 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 Maractus plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Its main attack (Ambush) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥45 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Maractus
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥45 damage one-shots it.
- 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
- 1% of decks
- 1.05 copies on average · 391 decks
- Match win rate
- 44.5%
- -2.7 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 Shigenori Negishi
This card was illustrated by Shigenori Negishi.
Building around Maractus?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"When it moves rhythmically, it makes a sound similar to maracas, making the surprised Pokémon flee."
GDazzle Dance — 10
The Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
GCAmbush — 20+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 more damage.
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:W-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Maractus or Plasma Storm.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Maractus was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Maractus has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Maractus — Journey Together
Played in 163 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 2026/07/28| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.20 | $0.39 | $19.98 | $0.33 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.43 | $0.75 | $19.98 | $1.79 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/30| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.30 |
| 7-day average | €0.29 |
| 30-day average | €0.36 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.33 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.19 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.48 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.29 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.99 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.31 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.41 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.81 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Maractus is real?
Maractus 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 Maractus worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Maractus is $0.33; 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 Maractus from?
Maractus is from the Pokémon set "Plasma Storm" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Maractus?
Maractus is a Uncommon card in the Plasma Storm set.
Other Maractus printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
