Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Orbeetle
Sword & Shield · #19 · Rare · 2020
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.12
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 19 / 216
- Release year
- 2020
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Dottler
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- D
- Illustrator
- Hitoshi Ariga
- Pokédex #
- 826
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Card Selection
- Damage efficiency
- 90 damage
- 45 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Orbeetle plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is card selection. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥65 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Dottler first).
How to beat Orbeetle
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
More by Hitoshi Ariga
This card was illustrated by Hitoshi Ariga.
Building around Orbeetle?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It emits psychic energy to observe and study what's around it—and what's around it can include things over six miles away."
Ability: Bug's Radar
Once during your turn, you may look at the top 3 cards of your opponent's deck and put them back in any order.
GCBrainwave — 90+
This attack does 30 more damage for each Psychic Energy attached to this Pokémon.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Orbeetle was legal.
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 2026/07/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.07 | $0.23 | $19.98 | $0.12 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.20 | $0.40 | $19.98 | $0.39 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.30 |
| 7-day average | €0.24 |
| 30-day average | €0.22 |
| Low | €0.03 |
| Trend price | €0.25 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.29 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.76 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.90 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.24 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.78 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.76 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Orbeetle is real?
Orbeetle 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 Orbeetle worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Orbeetle is $0.12; 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 Orbeetle from?
Orbeetle is from the Pokémon set "Sword & Shield" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2020.
What rarity is Orbeetle?
Orbeetle is a Rare card in the Sword & Shield set.
Other Orbeetle printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
