Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Heatran
SM Black Star Promos · #SM96 · Promo · 2017
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Market reference
$2.56
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- SM96 / 250
- Release year
- 2017
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- tetsuya koizumi
- Pokédex #
- 485
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 130 damage
- 43.33 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 Heatran 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 (Boiling Impact) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 130 — 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 Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥65 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 Heatran
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 1.17 copies on average · 24 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.7%
- -1.1 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 tetsuya koizumi
This card was illustrated by tetsuya koizumi.
Building around Heatran?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Boiling blood, like plasma, circulates through its body. It makes its dwelling place in volcanic caves."
MCGuard Press — 30
During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
MMCBoiling Impact — 130
Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon.
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Heatran was legal.
Expanded Tourney #2
4 days ago
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5 days ago
Expanded Tourney #2
last week
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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 Heatran has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Heatran — Twilight Masquerade
Played in 234 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 2026/06/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $2.50 | $5.08 | $36.50 | $2.56 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.00 |
| 7-day average | €6.22 |
| 30-day average | €5.29 |
| Low | €1.99 |
| Trend price | €6.34 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.99 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.25 |
| averageSellPrice | €5.72 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.80 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.80 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Heatran is real?
Heatran 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 Heatran worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Heatran is $2.56; 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 Heatran from?
Heatran is from the Pokémon set "SM Black Star Promos" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2017.
What rarity is Heatran?
Heatran is a Promo card in the SM Black Star Promos set.
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Other Heatran printings
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