Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Crustle
Unified Minds · #11 · Rare · 2019
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Market reference
$0.63
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 11 / 260
- Release year
- 2019
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Dwebble
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Tomokazu Komiya
- Pokédex #
- 558
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 16.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Crustle plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Fury Cutter) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire 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.
- Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Dwebble; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Crustle
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥60 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
- 2% of decks
- 2.9 copies on average · 1002 decks
- Match win rate
- 49.9%
- +2.7 pts vs the 47.2% 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.
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in 28% of decks · 289 seen
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in 85% of decks · 865 seen
More by Tomokazu Komiya
This card was illustrated by Tomokazu Komiya.
Building around Crustle?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It possesses legs of enormous strength, enabling it to carry heavy slabs for many days, even when crossing arid land."
Ability: Shell Armor
This Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
GCCFury Cutter — 50+
Flip 3 coins. If 1 of them is heads, this attack does 40 more damage. If 2 of them are heads, this attack does 80 more damage. If all of them are heads, this attack does 150 more damage.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Crustle was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Crustle has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Crustle — Destined Rivals
Played in 281 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 2026/07/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.22 | $0.64 | $19.98 | $0.63 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.00 | $1.36 | $19.44 | $1.34 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/29| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.50 |
| 7-day average | €0.66 |
| 30-day average | €0.57 |
| Low | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €0.85 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.15 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.49 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.83 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.77 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.46 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.98 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.16 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Crustle is real?
Crustle 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 Crustle worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Crustle is $0.63; 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 Crustle from?
Crustle is from the Pokémon set "Unified Minds" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2019.
What rarity is Crustle?
Crustle is a Rare card in the Unified Minds set.
Other Crustle printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
