Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Trapinch
Surging Sparks · #104 · Common · 2024
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Market reference
$0.05
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 104 / 252
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Vibrava
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Pokédex #
- 328
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- 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 Trapinch plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass 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.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Trapinch
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.32 copies on average · 31 decks
- Match win rate
- 36.6%
- -10.7 pts vs the 47.3% 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.
Building around Trapinch?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CCall for Family
Search your deck for up to 2 Basic Pokémon and put them onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck.
FCBite — 20
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Trapinch or Surging Sparks.
Pitch Black Tourney - Last Prize Series #10
Jul 28, 2026
Pudding Weekly #6 | Funky Ehh
Jul 29, 2026
Torneo Relámpago ⚡ #63 PTCG Live
Jul 29, 2026
SEASAC League Challenge #4 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
Jul 29, 2026
PokeMagee Weekly #12 (36 codes winner)
Jul 29, 2026
Zard-Pokénight #011
Jul 29, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Trapinch was legal.
🇧🇷 Hit Challenge #15 • TCG Live | Booster Box
today
👑 CrownOfSpain 👑 #3 (10€ paypal)
today
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Winner Takes All - 50 Codes
today
Turtwig Den Revival Series Challenge 42
today
Team Corna Weekly July #6
today
SEASAC League Challenge #3 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
today
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
17
ran Trapinch
Tournaments scanned
294
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
2 top-cut decks · best finish 2nd
Top decks running Trapinch
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.15 | $10.01 | $0.05 | $0.01 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.23 | $19.98 | $0.23 | $0.10 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/12/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.02 |
| 7-day average | €0.03 |
| 30-day average | €0.04 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.04 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.15 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.07 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.08 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.04 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.08 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.10 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Trapinch is real?
Trapinch 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 Trapinch worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Trapinch is $0.05; 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 Trapinch from?
Trapinch is from the Pokémon set "Surging Sparks" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Trapinch?
Trapinch is a Common card in the Surging Sparks set.
Other Trapinch printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
