Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Tornadus
Vivid Voltage · #142 · Rare Holo · 2020
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From
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Market reference
$0.21
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 142 / 203
- Release year
- 2020
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- D
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 641
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Disruption
- Damage efficiency
- 120 damage
- 40 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 Tornadus 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 (Air Slash) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 120 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Colorless type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning 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.
How to beat Tornadus
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.
More by Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Tornadus?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Tornadus expels massive energy from its tail, causing severe storms. Its power is great enough to blow houses away."
CJet Draft — 30
Discard a Special Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon.
CCCAir Slash — 120
Discard an Energy from this Pokémon.
Weakness:L×2
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Tornadus or Vivid Voltage.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Tornadus was legal.
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 2026/07/16| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.05 | $0.25 | $999.99 | $0.21 | $0.11 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.05 | $0.28 | $3.00 | $0.22 | $0.20 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.09 |
| 7-day average | €0.16 |
| 30-day average | €0.17 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.12 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.05 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.21 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.40 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.17 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.41 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.40 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Tornadus is real?
Tornadus 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 Tornadus worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Tornadus is $0.21; 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 Tornadus from?
Tornadus is from the Pokémon set "Vivid Voltage" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2020.
What rarity is Tornadus?
Tornadus is a Rare Holo card in the Vivid Voltage set.
Other Tornadus printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
