Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Celesteela
SM Black Star Promos · #SM131 · Promo · 2017
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Market reference
$5.74
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- SM131 / 250
- Release year
- 2017
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 140
- Subtype
- Basic · Ultra Beast
- Retreat cost
- 4 energy
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 797
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 160 damage
- 32 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Celesteela 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 (Moon Raker) needs 5 Energy — a turn-5 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 160 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Needs Metal Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Metal type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥70 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 Celesteela
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥70 damage one-shots it.
- Trap it Active — 4 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Celesteela?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"One kind of Ultra Beast. Witnesses have seen it burn down a forest by expelling gas from its two arms."
MCCCCMoon Raker — 160
If the total of both players' remaining Prize cards is exactly 6, this attack can be used for Metal.
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-20
Retreat cost:CCCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Celesteela was legal.
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 2026/07/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $4.10 | $5.96 | $49.91 | $5.74 | $19.99 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €6.40 |
| 7-day average | €11.20 |
| 30-day average | €6.51 |
| Low | €3.45 |
| Trend price | €9.59 |
| Low (excellent+) | €3.97 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €7.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.25 |
| averageSellPrice | €11.60 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.90 |
| Reverse holo trend | €4.62 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Celesteela is real?
Celesteela 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 Celesteela worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Celesteela is $5.74; 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 Celesteela from?
Celesteela is from the Pokémon set "SM Black Star Promos" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2017.
What rarity is Celesteela?
Celesteela is a Promo card in the SM Black Star Promos set.
Other Celesteela printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
