Pokémon · Platinum
Seel
Supreme Victors · #125 · Common · 2009
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$0.76
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 125 / 153
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Dewgong
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Atsuko Nishida
- Pokédex #
- 86
- Series
- Platinum
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Seel 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.
- Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Icy Wind) 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 Metal ×2 — a Metal attacker doing ≥30 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 Seel
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.43 copies on average · 30 decks
- Match win rate
- 32.0%
- -15.2 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.
Dewgong
in 100% of decks · 27 seen
Misty's Vitality
in 52% of decks · 14 seen
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex
in 44% of decks · 12 seen
Jumbo Ice Cream
in 44% of decks · 12 seen
Mega Kangaskhan ex
in 63% of decks · 17 seen
Area Zero Underdepths
in 37% of decks · 10 seen
Latias ex
in 63% of decks · 17 seen
Pokégear 3.0
in 48% of decks · 13 seen
More by Atsuko Nishida
This card was illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.
Building around Seel?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"A Pokémon that lives on icebergs. It swims in the sea using the point on its head to break up ice."
CTail Slap — 10
WCIcy Wind — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
Weakness:M+10
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.22 | $0.67 | $19.98 | $0.76 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.00 | $3.00 | $8.65 | $3.03 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/25| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.20 |
| 7-day average | €0.13 |
| 30-day average | €0.36 |
| Low | €0.05 |
| Trend price | €0.17 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.39 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €8.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €3.01 |
| reverseHoloSell | €8.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.24 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.52 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.89 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Seel is real?
Seel 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 Seel worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Seel is $0.76; 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 Seel from?
Seel is from the Pokémon set "Supreme Victors" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Seel?
Seel is a Common card in the Supreme Victors set.
Other Seel printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
