Pokémon · Platinum
Wash Rotom
Rising Rivals · #RT5 · Rare · 2009
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Market reference
$50.26
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- RT5 / 120
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 90
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Hiroki Fuchino
- Pokédex #
- 479
- Series
- Platinum
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Disruption
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 Wash 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 (Drain Wash) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — note its own type is Lightning, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Lightning type, weak to Darkness ×2 — a Darkness attacker doing ≥45 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 Wash Rotom
- Exploit its Darkness weakness — ≥45 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.67 copies on average · 3 decks
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Hiroki Fuchino
This card was illustrated by Hiroki Fuchino.
Building around Wash Rotom?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Power: Wash Shift
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may use this power. Wash Rotom's type is Water until the end of your turn.
CCleanse Away
Remove 3 damage counters from each of your Benched Pokémon.
WCDrain Wash — 30
Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, choose 1 card from your opponent's hand without looking and discard it.
Weakness:D+20
Resistance:C-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reverse Holofoil | $44.00 | $60.62 | $528.90 | $50.26 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/12/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €5.99 |
| 7-day average | €5.49 |
| 30-day average | €4.34 |
| Low | €2.00 |
| Trend price | €4.96 |
| Low (excellent+) | €3.99 |
| Reverse holo low | €2.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €15.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €10.73 |
| reverseHoloSell | €10.11 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €9.05 |
| Reverse holo trend | €10.70 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Wash Rotom is real?
Wash 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 Wash Rotom worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Wash Rotom is $50.26; 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 Wash Rotom from?
Wash Rotom is from the Pokémon set "Rising Rivals" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Wash Rotom?
Wash Rotom is a Rare card in the Rising Rivals set.
Other Wash Rotom printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
