Pokémon · Platinum
Shaymin
Platinum · #14 · Rare Holo · 2009
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$28.41
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 14 / 133
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 492
- Series
- Platinum
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 Shaymin 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 Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Damage Aid) 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 ≥35 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 Shaymin
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥35 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
- 27% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 15189 decks
- Match win rate
- 48.2%
- +0.9 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 Shaymin?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It lives in flower patches and avoids detection by curling up to look like a flowering plant."
GFlower Aroma — 10
Remove 2 damage counters from Shaymin. The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
GCDamage Aid — 30+
If the Defending Pokémon is affected by a Special Condition, this attack does 30 damage plus 50 more damage. Then, remove all Special Conditions from the Defending Pokémon.
Weakness:R+20
Resistance:W-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Shaymin has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Shaymin — Destined Rivals
Played in 6,427 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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $16.80 | $24.99 | $192.00 | $28.41 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $13.28 | $49.99 | $499.90 | $13.28 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/30| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.00 |
| 7-day average | €4.75 |
| 30-day average | €4.46 |
| Low | €0.75 |
| Trend price | €4.86 |
| Low (excellent+) | €2.83 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.75 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €3.42 |
| reverseHoloSell | €3.48 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.21 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.83 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.63 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Shaymin is real?
Shaymin 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 Shaymin worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Shaymin is $28.41; 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 Shaymin from?
Shaymin is from the Pokémon set "Platinum" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Shaymin?
Shaymin is a Rare Holo card in the Platinum set.
Other Shaymin printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
