Pokémon · XY
Honedge
XY Black Star Promos · #XY12 · Promo · 2013
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$3.23
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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
- XY12 / 216
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Doublade
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- 5ban Graphics
- Pokédex #
- 679
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- 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
Strategy & play
How Honedge 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 (Slash) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Metal Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Metal type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire 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.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.
How to beat Honedge
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.98 copies on average · 191 decks
- Match win rate
- 40.5%
- -6.6 pts vs the 47.1% 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.
Aegislash
in 100% of decks · 190 seen
Doublade
in 100% of decks · 190 seen
Steven's Beldum
in 28% of decks · 54 seen
Steven's Metagross ex
in 28% of decks · 54 seen
Steven's Metang
in 28% of decks · 53 seen
Kofu
in 13% of decks · 25 seen
Genesect ex
in 99% of decks · 188 seen
Magnetic Metal Energy
in 18% of decks · 35 seen
More by 5ban Graphics
This card was illustrated by 5ban Graphics.
Building around Honedge?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Apparently this Pokémon is born when a departed spirit inhabits a sword. It attaches itself to people and drinks their life force."
CSwords Dance
During your next turn, this Pokémon's Slash attack's base damage is 40.
MCSlash — 20
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Honedge was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Honedge has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Honedge — Perfect Order
Played in 39 recent decks
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 2026/07/21| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $1.29 | $2.73 | $41.20 | $3.23 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €7.99 |
| 7-day average | €6.52 |
| 30-day average | €5.51 |
| Low | €8.95 |
| Trend price | €6.56 |
| Low (excellent+) | €9.90 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €4.90 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.78 |
| averageSellPrice | €7.50 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.66 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.65 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Honedge is real?
Honedge 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 Honedge worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Honedge is $3.23; 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 Honedge from?
Honedge is from the Pokémon set "XY Black Star Promos" in the XY series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Honedge?
Honedge is a Promo card in the XY Black Star Promos set.
Other Honedge printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
