Pokémon · EX
Mudkip ★
Team Rocket Returns · #107 · Rare Holo Star · 2004
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 107 / 111
- Release year
- 2004
- Rarity
- Rare Holo Star
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic · Star
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 258
- 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 Mudkip ★ 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 (Spring Back) 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 Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥35 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 Mudkip ★
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
More by Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
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About this card
WWhirlpool
Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon.
WWSpring Back — 20+
If your opponent has only 1 Prize card left, this attack does 20 damage plus 50 more damage and the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
You can't have more than 1 Pokémon Star in your deck.
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $3,999.99 | $3,999.99 | $3,999.99 | — | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/15| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €6450.00 |
| 7-day average | €3242.85 |
| 30-day average | €1264.39 |
| Low | €2599.00 |
| Trend price | €3101.79 |
| Low (excellent+) | €3249.99 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €350.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €532.14 |
| averageSellPrice | €4550.00 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €279.79 |
| Reverse holo trend | €562.10 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Mudkip ★ is real?
Mudkip ★ 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 Mudkip ★ worth?
As of the latest data, 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 Mudkip ★ from?
Mudkip ★ is from the Pokémon set "Team Rocket Returns" in the EX series, released in 2004.
What rarity is Mudkip ★?
Mudkip ★ is a Rare Holo Star card in the Team Rocket Returns set.
