Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet

Cresselia

Scarlet & Violet

Shrouded Fable · #71 · Illustration Rare · 2024

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Market reference

$30.50

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Card facts

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Set position: 71 / 99
Release year: 2024
Rarity: Illustration Rare
HP: 120
Subtype: Basic
Retreat cost: 1 energy
Regulation mark: H
Pokédex #: 488
Series: Scarlet & Violet

Card analysis

Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.

Primary role: Healing
Damage efficiency: 80 damage; 26.67 per Energy
Prize liability: 1 Prize given up; Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
Setup: Basic; Plays straight down — no evolution needed

Also does

Attacker

Strategy & play

How Cresselia 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 (Crescent Purge) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Psychic type, weak to Darkness ×2 — a Darkness attacker doing ≥60 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 Cresselia

Exploit its Darkness weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 0% of decks; 1.67 copies on average · 3 decks

Budget alternatives

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$0.73 · in 1% of decks

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About this card

HP: 120Type:PPsychicSubtype: Basic

PHealing Pirouette

Heal 20 damage from each of your Pokémon.

PPPCrescent Purge — 80+

You may turn 1 of your face-down Prize cards face up. If you do, this attack does 80 more damage. (That Prize card remains face up for the rest of the game.)

Weakness:D×2

Resistance:F-30

Retreat cost:C

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

expandedLegal

standardLegal

unlimitedLegal

Upcoming events

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Tournaments and releases relevant to Cresselia or Shrouded Fable.

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Oceania Open! | Season 3 - Week 9

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Aug 28, 2026

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Recent tournament results

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Tournaments from the past 30 days where Cresselia was legal.

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Torneo Relámpago ⚡ #72 PTCG Live

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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 2026/07/10

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Holofoil	$28.70	$33.59	$205.50	$30.50	$38.49

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/01/19

Variant	Price
1-day average	€14.63
7-day average	€13.90
30-day average	€13.93
Low	€8.75
Trend price	€14.25
Low (excellent+)	€8.75
averageSellPrice	€13.24

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Cresselia is real?

Cresselia 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 Cresselia worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Cresselia is $30.50; 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 Cresselia from?

Cresselia is from the Pokémon set "Shrouded Fable" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.

What rarity is Cresselia?

Cresselia is a Illustration Rare card in the Shrouded Fable set.