Pokémon · EX
Spinarak
Unseen Forces · #75 · Common · 2005
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.55
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 75 / 145
- Release year
- 2005
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Ariados
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Sachiko Adachi
- Pokédex #
- 167
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- 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 Spinarak 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.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Its main attack (Pierce) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
How to beat Spinarak
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥25 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
- 2.3 copies on average · 27 decks
- Match win rate
- 23.8%
- -23.4 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.
Ariados
in 74% of decks · 20 seen
Gravity Gemstone
in 63% of decks · 17 seen
Dedenne
in 37% of decks · 10 seen
Elgyem
in 37% of decks · 10 seen
Xerosic's Machinations
in 59% of decks · 16 seen
Battle Cage
in 63% of decks · 17 seen
Telepathic Psychic Energy
in 41% of decks · 11 seen
Air Balloon
in 63% of decks · 17 seen
More by Sachiko Adachi
This card was illustrated by Sachiko Adachi.
Building around Spinarak?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
GStun Poison
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed and Poisoned.
CCPierce — 20
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 Spinarak
Tournaments scanned
302
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
1 top-cut deck · best finish 5th
Top decks running Spinarak
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 | $0.20 | $0.49 | $19.42 | $0.55 | $0.50 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $22.49 | $52.03 | $582.39 | $30.00 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/04| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.40 |
| 7-day average | €0.17 |
| 30-day average | €0.64 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €1.05 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.80 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €5.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €9.55 |
| reverseHoloSell | €17.98 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.96 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €5.36 |
| Reverse holo trend | €10.01 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Spinarak is real?
Spinarak 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 Spinarak worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Spinarak is $0.55; 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 Spinarak from?
Spinarak is from the Pokémon set "Unseen Forces" in the EX series, released in 2005.
What rarity is Spinarak?
Spinarak is a Common card in the Unseen Forces set.
Other Spinarak printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
