Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Noctowl
Prismatic Evolutions · #78 · Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$0.20
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 78 / 180
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Hoothoot
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Pokédex #
- 164
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Ability Engine
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 30 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Noctowl plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is Ability-based draw/search. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Colorless type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥50 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Hoothoot; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Seen in 3% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Noctowl
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 3% of decks
- 2.48 copies on average · 1810 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.7%
- -0.4 pts vs the 47.1% 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.
Building around Noctowl?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Ability: Jewel Seeker
Once during your turn, when you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon, if you have any Tera Pokémon in play, you may search your deck for up to 2 Trainer cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
CCSpeed Wing — 60
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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Tournament play
This printing of Noctowl has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Noctowl — Stellar Crown
Played in 859 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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.21 | $50.00 | $0.20 | $0.01 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.05 | $0.23 | $19.98 | $0.19 | $0.13 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Noctowl is real?
Noctowl 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 Noctowl worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Noctowl is $0.20; 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 Noctowl from?
Noctowl is from the Pokémon set "Prismatic Evolutions" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Noctowl?
Noctowl is a Rare card in the Prismatic Evolutions set.
Other Noctowl printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
RareNoctowl
Stellar Crown · #115
CommonNoctowl
Temporal Forces · #127
PromoNoctowl
Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos · #141
UncommonNoctowl
Astral Radiance · #121
RareNoctowl
Sword & Shield · #144
PromoNoctowl
SWSH Black Star Promos · #SWSH027
UncommonNoctowl
Unified Minds · #166
UncommonNoctowl
Burning Shadows · #107
