Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Moltres
SM Black Star Promos · #SM143 · Promo · 2017
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Market reference
$9.93
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- SM143 / 250
- Release year
- 2017
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hitoshi Ariga
- Pokédex #
- 146
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 150 damage
- 37.5 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 Moltres 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 (Sky Attack) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 150 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning 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.
How to beat Moltres
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 9% of decks
- 1.01 copies on average · 7628 decks
- Match win rate
- 49.9%
- +3.0 pts vs the 46.9% 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Hitoshi Ariga
This card was illustrated by Hitoshi Ariga.
Building around Moltres?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It is said to be the legendary bird Pokémon of fire. Every flap of its wings creates a dazzling flare of flames."
RCCWing Attack — 70
RCCCSky Attack — 150
Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Moltres was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Moltres has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Moltres — Phantasmal Flames
Played in 2,661 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 2026/07/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $6.11 | $17.00 | $96.95 | $9.93 | $11.19 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €8.99 |
| 7-day average | €6.74 |
| 30-day average | €7.35 |
| Low | €1.49 |
| Trend price | €7.59 |
| Low (excellent+) | €2.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €15.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €7.87 |
| averageSellPrice | €6.72 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €5.62 |
| Reverse holo trend | €7.50 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Moltres is real?
Moltres 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 Moltres worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Moltres is $9.93; 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 Moltres from?
Moltres is from the Pokémon set "SM Black Star Promos" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2017.
What rarity is Moltres?
Moltres is a Promo card in the SM Black Star Promos set.
Other Moltres printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
