Pokémon · EX
Mawile
Sandstorm · #9 · Rare Holo · 2003
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From
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Market reference
$64.66
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 9 / 100
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 303
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Disruption
- 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 Mawile 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 (Metal Hook) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Metal Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Metal type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire 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 Mawile
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.46 copies on average · 13 decks
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 Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Mawile?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CScam
Look at your opponent's hand. You may have your opponent shuffle a Supporter card you find there into his or her deck. If you do, your opponent draws a card.
MCMetal Hook — 20
Before doing damage, you may switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with 1 of the Defending Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 20 damage to the new Defending Pokémon.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $40.00 | $65.20 | $637.90 | $64.66 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $39.41 | $57.26 | $599.80 | $60.82 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €10.00 |
| 7-day average | €19.54 |
| 30-day average | €17.57 |
| Low | €3.00 |
| Trend price | €23.33 |
| Low (excellent+) | €9.89 |
| Reverse holo low | €5.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €20.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €18.36 |
| reverseHoloSell | €8.33 |
| averageSellPrice | €17.61 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €15.45 |
| Reverse holo trend | €18.27 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Mawile is real?
Mawile 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 Mawile worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Mawile is $64.66; 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 Mawile from?
Mawile is from the Pokémon set "Sandstorm" in the EX series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Mawile?
Mawile is a Rare Holo card in the Sandstorm set.
Other Mawile printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
