Pokémon · XY
Victini
XY Black Star Promos · #XY189 · Promo · 2013
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$7.85
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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
- XY189 / 216
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 494
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Energy Acceleration
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 25 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 Victini plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is energy acceleration. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 1% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Victini
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 1.44 copies on average · 505 decks
- Match win rate
- 45.5%
- -1.7 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.
Charcadet
in 50% of decks · 13 seen
Ethan's Typhlosion
in 96% of decks · 498 seen
Ethan's Quilava
in 96% of decks · 498 seen
Ethan's Cyndaquil
in 96% of decks · 498 seen
Ethan's Adventure
in 96% of decks · 498 seen
Drilbur
in 65% of decks · 17 seen
Ceruledge ex
in 65% of decks · 17 seen
Brilliant Blender
in 65% of decks · 17 seen
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Victini?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"When it shares the infinite energy it creates, that being's entire body will be overflowing with power."
CEnergy Assist
Flip a coin. If heads, attach a basic Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
RCVictory Ball — 50
Discard a Fire Energy attached to this Pokémon.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Victini or XY Black Star Promos.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Victini was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Victini has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Victini — Surging Sparks
Played in 193 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 | $3.54 | $8.96 | $4,321.00 | $7.85 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.00 |
| 7-day average | €1.04 |
| 30-day average | €1.45 |
| Low | €0.50 |
| Trend price | €1.34 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.90 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.75 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.98 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.14 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.80 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.08 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Victini is real?
Victini 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 Victini worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Victini is $7.85; 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 Victini from?
Victini is from the Pokémon set "XY Black Star Promos" in the XY series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Victini?
Victini is a Promo card in the XY Black Star Promos set.
Other Victini printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
