Pokémon · Platinum
Fan Rotom
Rising Rivals · #RT1 · Rare · 2009
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Market reference
$32.40
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- RT1 / 120
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Illustrator
- Motofumi Fujiwara
- Pokédex #
- 479
- Series
- Platinum
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 20 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 Fan Rotom 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 (Air Slash) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Lightning type, weak to Darkness ×2 — a Darkness 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.
- Seen in 7% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Fan Rotom
- Exploit its Darkness weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 7% of decks
- 1.33 copies on average · 4301 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.9%
- -0.2 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Motofumi Fujiwara
This card was illustrated by Motofumi Fujiwara.
Building around Fan Rotom?
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About this card
Poké-Power: Fan Shift
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may use this power. Fan Rotom's type is Colorless until the end of your turn.
CCSpin Storm
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent returns the Defending Pokémon and all cards attached to it to his or her hand.
CCCAir Slash — 60
Flip a coin. If tails, discard an Energy attached to Fan Rotom.
Weakness:D+20
Resistance:C-20
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Fan Rotom has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Fan Rotom — Stellar Crown
Played in 1,597 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reverse Holofoil | $25.00 | $39.32 | $49.99 | $32.40 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/12/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €6.00 |
| 7-day average | €3.80 |
| 30-day average | €3.64 |
| Low | €2.00 |
| Trend price | €4.20 |
| Low (excellent+) | €5.50 |
| Reverse holo low | €2.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €4.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €10.30 |
| reverseHoloSell | €10.77 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €7.95 |
| Reverse holo trend | €10.41 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Fan Rotom is real?
Fan Rotom 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 Fan Rotom worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Fan Rotom is $32.40; 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 Fan Rotom from?
Fan Rotom is from the Pokémon set "Rising Rivals" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Fan Rotom?
Fan Rotom is a Rare card in the Rising Rivals set.
Other Fan Rotom printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
