Pokémon · E-Card
Beedrill
Skyridge · #H4 · Rare Holo · 2003
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- H4 / 182
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Kakuna
- Illustrator
- Hikaru Koike
- Pokédex #
- 15
- Series
- E-Card
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 5 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 Beedrill plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Its main attack (Needle Rush) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥40 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 Beedrill
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
More by Hikaru Koike
This card was illustrated by Hikaru Koike.
Building around Beedrill?
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About this card
Poké-Power: Venom Spray
When you play Beedrill from your hand to evolve your Active Pokémon, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed and Poisoned.
CCNeedle Rush — 10+
Flip 4 coins. If you get 1 heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 10 more damage. If you get 2 heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 20 more damage. If you get 3 heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 50 more damage. If you get 4 heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 90 more damage.
Weakness:R×2
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Beedrill has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Beedrill ex — Chaos Rising
Played in 354 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.
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €63.33 |
| 7-day average | €87.10 |
| 30-day average | €203.09 |
| Low | €28.00 |
| Trend price | €282.40 |
| Low (excellent+) | €53.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €69.90 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €24.32 |
| averageSellPrice | €67.25 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €29.26 |
| Reverse holo trend | €10.15 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Beedrill is real?
Beedrill 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 Beedrill worth?
As of the latest data, 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 Beedrill from?
Beedrill is from the Pokémon set "Skyridge" in the E-Card series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Beedrill?
Beedrill is a Rare Holo card in the Skyridge set.
Other Beedrill printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
