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Cresselia

Sun & Moon

Ultra Prism · #59 · Rare Holo · 2018

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$0.75

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Card facts

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Set position: 59 / 178
Release year: 2018
Rarity: Rare Holo
HP: 120
Subtype: Basic
Retreat cost: 1 energy
Illustrator: chibi
Pokédex #: 488
Series: Sun & Moon

Card analysis

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Primary role: Attacker
Damage efficiency: 60 damage; 20 per Energy
Prize liability: 1 Prize given up; Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
Setup: Basic; Plays straight down — no evolution needed

Strategy & play

How Cresselia 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 (Psychic) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥60 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 Cresselia

Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 0% of decks; 1.6 copies on average · 5 decks

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About this card

HP: 120Type:PPsychicSubtype: Basic

"Those who sleep holding Cresselia's feather are assured of joyful dreams. It is said to represent the crescent moon."

PLunar Payback

Discard an Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, switch all damage counters on this Pokémon with those on your opponent's Active Pokémon.

PCCPsychic — 60+

This attack does 20 more damage times the amount of Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon.

Weakness:P×2

Retreat cost:C

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

expandedLegal

unlimitedLegal

Recent tournament results

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Tournaments from the past 30 days where Cresselia was legal.

tournament

4to Torneo Tropical Beach

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last week

tournament

The Wild Area Expanded #7 - 18 Codes

expanded

3 weeks ago

tournament

The Wild Area Expanded #6 - 18 Codes

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4 weeks ago

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 2026/07/18

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Holofoil	$0.42	$0.79	$19.98	$0.75	$3.73
Reverse Holofoil	$0.70	$1.08	$4,321.00	$1.08	$3.97

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/02/01

Variant	Price
1-day average	€0.99
7-day average	€0.91
30-day average	€0.71
Low	€0.20
Trend price	€0.94
Low (excellent+)	€0.40
Reverse holo low	€0.49
reverseHoloAvg1	€0.90
Reverse holo 7-day	€1.31
reverseHoloSell	€0.90
averageSellPrice	€0.94
Reverse holo 30-day	€1.11
Reverse holo trend	€1.32

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Cresselia is real?

Cresselia 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 Cresselia worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Cresselia is $0.75; 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 Cresselia from?

Cresselia is from the Pokémon set "Ultra Prism" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2018.

What rarity is Cresselia?

Cresselia is a Rare Holo card in the Ultra Prism set.