Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Riolu
Unified Minds · #116 · Common · 2019
Listings
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Market reference
$0.37
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 116 / 260
- Release year
- 2019
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Lucario
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- AKIRA EGAWA
- Pokédex #
- 447
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 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 Riolu 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.
- Needs Fighting Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fighting type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic 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.
- Seen in 3% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Riolu
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 3% of decks
- 3.03 copies on average · 1803 decks
- Match win rate
- 47.6%
- +0.4 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.
More by AKIRA EGAWA
This card was illustrated by AKIRA EGAWA.
Building around Riolu?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It knows how people and Pokémon feel by looking at their auras. It doesn't approach dangerous opponents."
FKick — 20
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Riolu was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Riolu has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Riolu — Mega Evolution
Played in 540 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 | $0.14 | $0.36 | $19.98 | $0.37 | $0.33 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.10 | $0.65 | $19.98 | $0.62 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.35 |
| 7-day average | €0.16 |
| 30-day average | €0.15 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.15 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.04 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.53 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.41 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.52 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.15 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.44 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.44 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Riolu is real?
Riolu 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 Riolu worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Riolu is $0.37; 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 Riolu from?
Riolu is from the Pokémon set "Unified Minds" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2019.
What rarity is Riolu?
Riolu is a Common card in the Unified Minds set.
Other Riolu printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
