Pokémon · Platinum
Spheal
Rising Rivals · #82 · Common · 2009
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Market reference
$3.51
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 82 / 120
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Sealeo
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Tomokazu Komiya
- Pokédex #
- 363
- Series
- Platinum
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- 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
Also does
Strategy & play
How Spheal 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 Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Ice Ball) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Metal ×2 — a Metal attacker doing ≥30 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 Spheal
- Exploit its Metal 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
- 3.33 copies on average · 3 decks
More by Tomokazu Komiya
This card was illustrated by Tomokazu Komiya.
Building around Spheal?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It rolls across ice floes to reach shore because its body is poorly shaped for swimming."
WPowder Snow
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
WCIce Ball — 20
Weakness:M+10
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 | $0.49 | $3.27 | $33.40 | $3.51 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $28.00 | $31.19 | $240.00 | $9.69 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.21 |
| 7-day average | €0.35 |
| 30-day average | €0.34 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.27 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.39 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €4.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.25 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.35 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.26 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.04 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Spheal is real?
Spheal 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 Spheal worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Spheal is $3.51; 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 Spheal from?
Spheal is from the Pokémon set "Rising Rivals" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Spheal?
Spheal is a Common card in the Rising Rivals set.
Other Spheal printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
