Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Absol
Secret Wonders · #21 · Rare · 2007
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Market reference
$8.60
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 21 / 132
- Release year
- 2007
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 359
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
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 Absol 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 Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Darkness type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting 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.
How to beat Absol
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.75 copies on average · 8 decks
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Absol?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It senses disasters coming and appears before people only to warn them of impending danger."
CBaleful Wind
Choose a card from your opponent's hand without looking and discard it. If you discarded a Trainer, Supporter, or Stadium card, choose 1 more card from your opponent's hand without looking and discard it.
DRaid — 10
If you played Absol from your hand during this turn, this attack's base damage is 40 instead of 10.
Weakness:F+20
Resistance:P-20
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $4.90 | $9.68 | $77.50 | $8.60 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $22.80 | $44.98 | $479.80 | $33.81 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/27| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.99 |
| 7-day average | €1.61 |
| 30-day average | €1.75 |
| Low | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €2.44 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.55 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.75 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.20 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.08 |
| reverseHoloSell | €4.08 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.31 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.83 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.56 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Absol is real?
Absol 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 Absol worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Absol is $8.60; 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 Absol from?
Absol is from the Pokémon set "Secret Wonders" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2007.
What rarity is Absol?
Absol is a Rare card in the Secret Wonders set.
Other Absol printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
