Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Tinkatink
Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos · #25 · Promo · 2023
Listings
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Market reference
$0.40
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 25 / 196
- Release year
- 2023
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- G
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex #
- 957
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Disruption
- 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
Also does
Strategy & play
How Tinkatink 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.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Metal ×2 — a Metal 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.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Tinkatink
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
More by Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
Building around Tinkatink?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It swings its handmade hammer around to protect itself, but the hammer is often stolen by Pokémon that eat metal."
PSmithereen Smash — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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Recent tournament results
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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 2026/07/12| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.23 | $0.46 | $50.00 | $0.40 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.55 |
| 7-day average | €0.27 |
| 30-day average | €0.29 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.37 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.29 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Tinkatink is real?
Tinkatink 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 Tinkatink worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Tinkatink is $0.40; 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 Tinkatink from?
Tinkatink is from the Pokémon set "Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2023.
What rarity is Tinkatink?
Tinkatink is a Promo card in the Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos set.
Other Tinkatink printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
