Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Celebi
Shining Fates · #3 · Rare · 2021
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.16
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 3 / 73
- Release year
- 2021
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- E
- Illustrator
- Yuu Nishida
- Pokédex #
- 251
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Card Selection
- Damage efficiency
- 40 damage
- 13.33 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 Celebi plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is card selection. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire 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.
- Seen in 4% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Celebi
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 4% of decks
- 1.32 copies on average · 113 decks
- Match win rate
- 49.2%
- +1.4 pts vs the 47.8% 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 Yuu Nishida
This card was illustrated by Yuu Nishida.
Building around Celebi?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It has the power to travel across time, but it is said to appear only in peaceful times."
Ability: Woodland Stroll
Once during your turn, if this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, you may look at the top 6 cards of your deck, reveal an Energy card you find there, and put it into your hand. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.
GCCLeaf Step — 40
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Celebi was legal.
Expanded Tourney #2
4 days ago
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Webcam Expanded
5 days ago
Expanded Tourney #2
last week
The Wild Area Expanded #2 - 18 Codes
last week
The Wild Area Expanded #1 - 24 Codes
2 weeks ago
The Wild Area Expanded #1 - 24 Codes
3 weeks ago
Tournament play
This printing of Celebi has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Celebi — Mega Evolution
Played in 923 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 2026/06/24| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.02 | $0.25 | $50.00 | $0.16 | $0.09 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.15 | $0.61 | $30.00 | $0.55 | $0.42 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/24| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.36 |
| 7-day average | €0.19 |
| 30-day average | €0.16 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.17 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.05 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.20 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.55 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.40 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.14 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.42 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.67 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Celebi is real?
Celebi 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 Celebi worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Celebi is $0.16; 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 Celebi from?
Celebi is from the Pokémon set "Shining Fates" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2021.
What rarity is Celebi?
Celebi is a Rare card in the Shining Fates set.
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Other Celebi printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
