Pokémon · EX
Hitmontop
Unseen Forces · #26 · Rare · 2005
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$1.82
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 26 / 145
- Release year
- 2005
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hisao Nakamura
- Pokédex #
- 237
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 12.5 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 Hitmontop 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 (Spiral Kick) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- 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.
How to beat Hitmontop
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 5 decks
More by Hisao Nakamura
This card was illustrated by Hisao Nakamura.
Building around Hitmontop?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Body: Stages of Evolution
As long as Hitmontop is an Evolved Pokémon, is your Active Pokémon, and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if Hitmontop is Knocked Out), put 2 damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon.
FCUpward Kick — 20+
If the Defending Pokémon already has at least 2 damage counters on it, this attack does 20 damage plus 30 more damage.
CCCCSpiral Kick — 50
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
4
ran Hitmontop
Tournaments scanned
307
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
3 top-cut decks · best finish 4th
Top decks running Hitmontop
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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $1.13 | $2.29 | $31.20 | $1.82 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $19.99 | $59.69 | $524.70 | $36.42 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.00 |
| 7-day average | €4.55 |
| 30-day average | €2.29 |
| Low | €0.19 |
| Trend price | €4.98 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.30 |
| Reverse holo low | €3.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €7.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €10.84 |
| averageSellPrice | €3.13 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €17.92 |
| Reverse holo trend | €13.94 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Hitmontop is real?
Hitmontop 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 Hitmontop worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Hitmontop is $1.82; 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 Hitmontop from?
Hitmontop is from the Pokémon set "Unseen Forces" in the EX series, released in 2005.
What rarity is Hitmontop?
Hitmontop is a Rare card in the Unseen Forces set.
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