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Heatran
Pokémon Rumble · #4 · 2009
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Market reference
$109.98
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 4 / 16
- Release year
- 2009
- HP
- 110
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 4 energy
- Illustrator
- Pokemon Rumble
- Pokédex #
- 485
- Series
- Other
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Heatran 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.
- Its main attack (Heat Boiler) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥55 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.
How to beat Heatran
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥55 damage one-shots it.
- 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
- 1% of decks
- 1.21 copies on average · 439 decks
- Match win rate
- 51.2%
- +3.9 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.
Building around Heatran?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
RCCCHeat Boiler — 60+
If the Defending Pokémon is a Water Pokémon, this attack does 60 damage plus 40 more damage.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:CCCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Heatran has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Heatran — Twilight Masquerade
Played in 85 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $99.15 | $104.99 | $109.98 | $109.98 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €20.00 |
| 7-day average | €23.28 |
| 30-day average | €21.29 |
| Low | €11.50 |
| Trend price | €25.60 |
| Low (excellent+) | €28.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €10.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €5.31 |
| averageSellPrice | €23.00 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €5.31 |
| Reverse holo trend | €9.53 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Heatran is real?
Heatran 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 Heatran worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Heatran is $109.98; 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 Heatran from?
Heatran is from the Pokémon set "Pokémon Rumble" in the Other series, released in 2009.
Other Heatran printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
