Pokémon · EX
Goldeen
Ruby & Sapphire · #55 · Common · 2003
Listings
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Market reference
$0.57
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 55 / 109
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Seaking
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hajime Kusajima
- Pokédex #
- 118
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 10 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 Goldeen 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.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 4% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Goldeen
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 4% of decks
- 1.58 copies on average · 2562 decks
- Match win rate
- 49.0%
- +1.9 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.
More by Hajime Kusajima
This card was illustrated by Hajime Kusajima.
Building around Goldeen?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CFlail — 10×
Does 10 damage for each damage counter on Goldeen.
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Goldeen has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Goldeen — Twilight Masquerade
Played in 1,453 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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.20 | $0.64 | $19.98 | $0.57 | $0.56 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $5.25 | $6.04 | $62.70 | $5.87 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.25 |
| 7-day average | €0.34 |
| 30-day average | €0.25 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.25 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.45 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.27 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.36 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.25 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.71 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.82 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Goldeen is real?
Goldeen 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 Goldeen worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Goldeen is $0.57; 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 Goldeen from?
Goldeen is from the Pokémon set "Ruby & Sapphire" in the EX series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Goldeen?
Goldeen is a Common card in the Ruby & Sapphire set.
Other Goldeen printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
