Pokémon · XY
Honedge
Primal Clash · #98 · Common · 2015
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.21
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 98 / 164
- Release year
- 2015
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Doublade
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Atsuko Nishida
- Pokédex #
- 679
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Honedge 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.
- Needs Metal Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Metal type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
How to beat Honedge
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥30 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
- 0% of decks
- 4 copies on average · 10 decks
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 Atsuko Nishida
This card was illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.
Building around Honedge?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"If anyone dares to grab its hilt, it wraps a blue cloth around that person's arm and drains that person's life energy completely."
MMetal Sound
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Honedge was legal.
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Tournament play
This printing of Honedge has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Honedge — Perfect Order
Played in 93 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 2026/06/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.22 | $19.98 | $0.21 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.30 | $0.54 | $19.98 | $0.53 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.10 |
| 7-day average | €0.08 |
| 30-day average | €0.09 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.08 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.36 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.44 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.51 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Honedge is real?
Honedge 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 Honedge worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Honedge is $0.21; 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 Honedge from?
Honedge is from the Pokémon set "Primal Clash" in the XY series, released in 2015.
What rarity is Honedge?
Honedge is a Common card in the Primal Clash set.
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Other Honedge printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
