Pokémon · EX
Jirachi
Team Magma vs Team Aqua · #97 · Rare Secret · 2004
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Market reference
$156.75
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 97 / 97
- Release year
- 2004
- Rarity
- Rare Secret
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 385
- Series
- EX
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 Jirachi 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 (Swift) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥25 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 Jirachi
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Jirachi?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
PHypnoblast — 10
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
CCSwift — 20
This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon.
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Jirachi has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Jirachi — Deoxys
Played in 40 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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $149.00 | $289.37 | $1,750.00 | $156.75 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €30.00 |
| 7-day average | €54.68 |
| 30-day average | €28.38 |
| Low | €4.99 |
| Trend price | €29.64 |
| Low (excellent+) | €19.98 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €12.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €20.38 |
| averageSellPrice | €53.29 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €14.89 |
| Reverse holo trend | €24.58 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Jirachi is real?
Jirachi 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 Jirachi worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Jirachi is $156.75; 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 Jirachi from?
Jirachi is from the Pokémon set "Team Magma vs Team Aqua" in the EX series, released in 2004.
What rarity is Jirachi?
Jirachi is a Rare Secret card in the Team Magma vs Team Aqua set.
Other Jirachi printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
