Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Carracosta
Unified Minds · #45 · Uncommon · 2019
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Market reference
$0.28
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 45 / 260
- Release year
- 2019
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 160
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Tirtouga
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex #
- 565
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 80 damage
- 26.67 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
Strategy & play
How Carracosta plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Aqua Impact) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — note its own type is Water, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
- Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥80 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
- 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 Tirtouga first).
How to beat Carracosta
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥80 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.8 copies on average · 10 decks
More by Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
Building around Carracosta?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Its jaws are terrifyingly powerful. It could eat Omastar and Omanyte whole and not be bothered in the slightest by their shells."
Ability: Ancient Custom
Pokémon Tool cards attached to your opponent's Pokémon have no effect.
FCCAqua Impact — 80+
This attack does 20 more damage for each Colorless in your opponent's Active Pokémon's Retreat Cost.
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Carracosta 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 | $0.03 | $0.29 | $2.99 | $0.28 | $0.15 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.25 | $0.66 | $19.98 | $0.66 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.18 |
| 7-day average | €0.10 |
| 30-day average | €0.13 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.09 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.07 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.62 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.76 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.05 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.62 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.72 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Carracosta is real?
Carracosta 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 Carracosta worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Carracosta is $0.28; 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 Carracosta from?
Carracosta is from the Pokémon set "Unified Minds" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2019.
What rarity is Carracosta?
Carracosta is a Uncommon card in the Unified Minds set.
Other Carracosta printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
