Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Orthworm ex
Stellar Crown · #162 · Ultra Rare · 2024
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Market reference
$1.25
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 162 / 175
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Ultra Rare
- HP
- 220
- Subtype
- Basic · ex
- Retreat cost
- 4 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Pokédex #
- 968
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
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
- 2 Prizes given up
- Two-prize Pokémon — a single KO swings the prize race
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Orthworm ex 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 (Rock Tomb) 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.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Metal type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥110 effectively one-shots it.
- A two-prize Pokémon — each KO gives the opponent 2 Prizes, so a single bad trade can lose the race. Back it with single-prize attackers.
How to beat Orthworm ex
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥110 damage one-shots it.
- Trap it Active — 4 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
- It gives up 2 Prizes — out-trade it with single-prize attackers.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.49 copies on average · 45 decks
- Match win rate
- 40.3%
- -7.0 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.
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About this card
Ability: Pummeling Payback
If this Pokémon is damaged by an attack from your opponent's Pokémon (even if this Pokémon is Knocked Out), put 2 damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon for each Metal Energy attached to this Pokémon.
CCCCRock Tomb — 150
During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat.
Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:G-30
Retreat cost:CCCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.64 | $1.35 | $19.98 | $1.25 | $2.11 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.80 |
| 7-day average | €1.21 |
| 30-day average | €1.15 |
| Low | €0.30 |
| Trend price | €1.30 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.30 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.15 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Orthworm ex is real?
Orthworm ex 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 Orthworm ex worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Orthworm ex is $1.25; 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 Orthworm ex from?
Orthworm ex is from the Pokémon set "Stellar Crown" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Orthworm ex?
Orthworm ex is a Ultra Rare card in the Stellar Crown set.
Other Orthworm ex printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
