Pokémon · Base
Cool Porygon
Wizards Black Star Promos · #15 · Promo · 1999
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Market reference
$88.92
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 15 / 53
- Release year
- 1999
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Porygon2
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hiromichi Sugiyama
- Pokédex #
- 137
- Series
- Base
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 6.67 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 Cool Porygon 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 (3-D Attack) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Colorless type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥25 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 Cool Porygon
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Hiromichi Sugiyama
This card was illustrated by Hiromichi Sugiyama.
Building around Cool Porygon?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"A Pokémon that consists entirely of programming code. Capable of moving freely in cyberspace."
CCCTexture Magic
You may change Cool Porygon's Resistance to a type of your choice other than Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon has a Weakness, you may change it to a type of your choice other than Colorless. (Benching either Pokémon ends the effect on that Pokémon.)
CCC3-D Attack — 20×
Flip 3 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.
Weakness:F×2
Resistance:P-30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $82.00 | $89.68 | $908.31 | $88.92 | $500.97 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €60.00 |
| 7-day average | €56.71 |
| 30-day average | €53.32 |
| Low | €14.99 |
| Trend price | €51.42 |
| Low (excellent+) | €59.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €12.45 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €20.96 |
| averageSellPrice | €63.12 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €22.29 |
| Reverse holo trend | €25.90 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Cool Porygon is real?
Cool Porygon 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 Cool Porygon worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Cool Porygon is $88.92; 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 Cool Porygon from?
Cool Porygon is from the Pokémon set "Wizards Black Star Promos" in the Base series, released in 1999.
What rarity is Cool Porygon?
Cool Porygon is a Promo card in the Wizards Black Star Promos set.
