Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Goldeen
Twilight Masquerade · #44 · Common · 2024
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.16
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 44 / 226
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Seaking
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Illustrator
- saino misaki
- Pokédex #
- 118
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Disruption
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 5 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 Goldeen 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.
- Its main attack (Whirlpool) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning 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.
- Seen in 4% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Goldeen
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 4% of decks
- 1.66 copies on average · 4248 decks
- Match win rate
- 47.7%
- +0.6 pts vs the 47.1% 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.
Hand Trimmer
in 83% of decks · 91 seen
Gladion's Final Battle
in 95% of decks · 105 seen
Seaking
in 98% of decks · 4237 seen
Seaking
in 95% of decks · 105 seen
Applin
in 28% of decks · 1223 seen
Gladion's Final Battle
in 70% of decks · 3023 seen
Thwackey
in 100% of decks · 4321 seen
Grookey
in 100% of decks · 4320 seen
Building around Goldeen?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Its dorsal, pectoral, and tail fins wave elegantly in water. That is why it is known as the Water Dancer."
Ability: Festival Lead
If Festival Grounds is in play, this Pokémon may use an attack it has twice. If the first attack Knocks Out your opponent's Active Pokémon, you may attack again after your opponent chooses a new Active Pokémon.
CCWhirlpool — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Goldeen or Twilight Masquerade.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Goldeen was legal.
Oceania Open! | Season 4 - Week 1
today
Rare Candy Club Blitz #3 (30TH LEGAL)
today
La Techgece Casual #7 [BO1] (30C Legal!)
today
12° Torneo del circuito CarroTCG/Prof. Fili
today
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today
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Winner Takes All - 100 Codes
today
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
653
ran Goldeen
Tournaments scanned
308
past 30 days
Competitive note
Currently a meta staple.
60 top-cut decks · best finish 1st
Top decks running Goldeen
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 | $20.00 | $0.16 | $0.06 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.25 | $38.00 | $0.24 | $0.23 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.03 |
| 7-day average | €0.03 |
| 30-day average | €0.05 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.04 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.06 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.09 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.11 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.11 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.10 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Goldeen is real?
Goldeen 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 Goldeen worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Goldeen is $0.16; 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 Goldeen from?
Goldeen is from the Pokémon set "Twilight Masquerade" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Goldeen?
Goldeen is a Common card in the Twilight Masquerade set.
Other Goldeen printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
