Pokémon · EX
Shuckle
Unseen Forces · #47 · Uncommon · 2005
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$6.62
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 47 / 145
- Release year
- 2005
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Miki Tanaka
- Pokédex #
- 213
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Damage Prevention
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Shuckle 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.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Shuckle
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.31 copies on average · 83 decks
- Match win rate
- 38.1%
- -9.2 pts vs the 47.3% 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Miki Tanaka
This card was illustrated by Miki Tanaka.
Building around Shuckle?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Body: Extra-tight
Prevent all damage done to Shuckle by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon-ex.
GCToxic
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on the Defending Pokémon between turns.
Weakness:R×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
1
ran Shuckle
Tournaments scanned
308
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Shuckle
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 | $5.00 | $15.99 | $132.99 | $6.62 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $79.99 | $100.00 | $772.20 | $58.26 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.00 |
| 7-day average | €3.56 |
| 30-day average | €1.47 |
| Low | €0.05 |
| Trend price | €2.78 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.40 |
| Reverse holo low | €2.90 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €9.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €12.34 |
| reverseHoloSell | €25.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.89 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €8.10 |
| Reverse holo trend | €11.68 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Shuckle is real?
Shuckle 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 Shuckle worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Shuckle is $6.62; 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 Shuckle from?
Shuckle is from the Pokémon set "Unseen Forces" in the EX series, released in 2005.
What rarity is Shuckle?
Shuckle is a Uncommon card in the Unseen Forces set.
Other Shuckle printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
