Pokémon · E-Card
Seel
Skyridge · #94 · Common · 2003
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$35.90
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 94 / 182
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Dewgong
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hisao Nakamura
- Pokédex #
- 86
- 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
- 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 Seel 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.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Seel
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.45 copies on average · 33 decks
- Match win rate
- 31.6%
- -15.6 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.
Dewgong
in 100% of decks · 35 seen
Misty's Vitality
in 57% of decks · 20 seen
Wailord ex
in 29% of decks · 10 seen
Terapagos ex
in 34% of decks · 12 seen
Regigigas
in 29% of decks · 10 seen
Bubbly Water Energy
in 29% of decks · 10 seen
Team Rocket's Spidops
in 31% of decks · 11 seen
Team Rocket's Tarountula
in 31% of decks · 11 seen
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Hisao Nakamura
This card was illustrated by Hisao Nakamura.
Building around Seel?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
WCold Breath — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
Weakness:L×2
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 2026/07/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $25.00 | $48.14 | $399.90 | $35.90 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $95.98 | $99.98 | $99.99 | $68.32 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/12/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €6.99 |
| 7-day average | €6.35 |
| 30-day average | €4.21 |
| Low | €2.50 |
| Trend price | €5.78 |
| Low (excellent+) | €5.55 |
| Reverse holo low | €3.90 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €8.58 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €7.23 |
| reverseHoloSell | €6.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €6.46 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €9.42 |
| Reverse holo trend | €10.46 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Seel is real?
Seel 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 Seel worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Seel is $35.90; 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 Seel from?
Seel is from the Pokémon set "Skyridge" in the E-Card series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Seel?
Seel is a Common card in the Skyridge set.
Other Seel printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
