Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Cinderace
Shining Fates Shiny Vault · #SV017 · Rare Shiny · 2021
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Market reference
$6.74
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- SV017 / 122
- Release year
- 2021
- Rarity
- Rare Shiny
- HP
- 170
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Raboot
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- D
- Illustrator
- Hitoshi Ariga
- Pokédex #
- 815
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Ability Engine
- Damage efficiency
- 190 damage
- 63.33 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Cinderace plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is Ability-based draw/search. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥85 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Raboot first).
- Seen in 1% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.
How to beat Cinderace
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥85 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 3.57 copies on average · 414 decks
- Match win rate
- 39.0%
- -8.2 pts vs the 47.2% 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Hitoshi Ariga
This card was illustrated by Hitoshi Ariga.
Building around Cinderace?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It's skilled at both offense and defense, and it gets pumped up when cheered on. But if it starts showboating, it could put itself in a tough spot."
Ability: Libero
Once during your turn, when this Pokémon moves from your Bench to the Active Spot, you may attach up to 2 Fire Energy cards from your discard pile to it.
RRCFlare Striker — 190
Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Cinderace or Shining Fates Shiny Vault.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Cinderace was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Cinderace has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Cinderace — Mega Evolution
Played in 163 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 2026/07/16| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $4.36 | $6.77 | $49.99 | $6.74 | $9.97 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.75 |
| 7-day average | €4.57 |
| 30-day average | €4.82 |
| Low | €3.40 |
| Trend price | €4.61 |
| Low (excellent+) | €3.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €13.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €14.64 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.65 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €12.21 |
| Reverse holo trend | €12.87 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Cinderace is real?
Cinderace 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 Cinderace worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Cinderace is $6.74; 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 Cinderace from?
Cinderace is from the Pokémon set "Shining Fates Shiny Vault" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2021.
What rarity is Cinderace?
Cinderace is a Rare Shiny card in the Shining Fates Shiny Vault set.
Other Cinderace printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
