Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Psyduck
SM Black Star Promos · #SM199 · Promo · 2017
Listings
No active listings
From
—
Market reference
$8.54
TCGPlayer
Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- SM199 / 250
- Release year
- 2017
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Golduck
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Framestore
- Pokédex #
- 54
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 Psyduck 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 (Scratch) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 13% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Psyduck
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 13% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 397 decks
- Match win rate
- 45.9%
- -1.9 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Framestore
This card was illustrated by Framestore.
Building around Psyduck?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Using psychokinesis gives it a headache, so it normally passes the time spacing out and doing as little as possible."
WCScratch — 30
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Psyduck was legal.
Expanded Tourney #2
4 days ago
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Webcam Expanded
5 days ago
Expanded Tourney #2
last week
The Wild Area Expanded #2 - 18 Codes
last week
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 Psyduck has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Psyduck — Ascended Heroes
Played in 3,441 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 | $7.99 | $9.69 | $9,999.00 | $8.54 | $10.99 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €3.00 |
| 7-day average | €6.45 |
| 30-day average | €5.54 |
| Low | €1.00 |
| Trend price | €5.98 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.12 |
| averageSellPrice | €5.62 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.28 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.36 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Psyduck is real?
Psyduck 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 Psyduck worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Psyduck is $8.54; 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 Psyduck from?
Psyduck is from the Pokémon set "SM Black Star Promos" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2017.
What rarity is Psyduck?
Psyduck is a Promo card in the SM Black Star Promos set.
Watch on YouTube
Other Psyduck printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
