Pokémon · Platinum
Shellos West Sea
Rising Rivals · #80 · Common · 2009
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From
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Market reference
$0.34
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 80 / 120
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Gastrodon
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Miki Tanaka
- Pokédex #
- 422
- Series
- Platinum
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 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 Shellos West Sea 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 (Mud Shot) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass 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 Shellos West Sea
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
More by Miki Tanaka
This card was illustrated by Miki Tanaka.
Building around Shellos West Sea?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Beware of pushing strongly on its squishy body, as it makes a mysterious purple fluid ooze out."
Healing Sea
Flip 2 coins. Choose 1 of your Pokémon. For each heads, remove 1 damage counter from that Pokémon.
CCMud Shot — 20
Weakness:G+20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 | $0.15 | $0.31 | $19.98 | $0.34 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $4.88 | $24.65 | $66.60 | $4.03 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.05 |
| 7-day average | €0.21 |
| 30-day average | €0.15 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.16 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.20 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.25 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.20 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.60 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.15 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.74 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.05 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Shellos West Sea is real?
Shellos West Sea 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 Shellos West Sea worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Shellos West Sea is $0.34; 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 Shellos West Sea from?
Shellos West Sea is from the Pokémon set "Rising Rivals" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Shellos West Sea?
Shellos West Sea is a Common card in the Rising Rivals set.
Other Shellos West Sea printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
