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Shaymin

Shaymin

Shaymin arrived with Destined Rivals on 30 May 2025. Here is what it does once it is on the table, and what it is worth right now.

What the card itself says

Every line in this block is copied straight off the card. Nothing rounded, nothing judged.

HP80
TypeGrass
StageBasic
Retreat cost1
WeaknessFire ×2
Regulation markI
SetDestined Rivals (DRI)

ITS ABILITY

Flower CurtainPrevent all damage done to your Benched Pokémon that don't have a Rule Box by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon. (Pokémon ex, Pokémon V, etc. have Rule Boxes.)

ITS ATTACKS

Smash Kick30Colorless + Colorless

Printed exactly as it appears on the card.

What to make of it

Every line below comes from a number. Either it is printed on the card, or we counted it on tournament lists. You will not find a score here — you will find what matters when you decide whether to run it.

WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT

  • Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.
  • It has an Ability, Flower Curtain. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
  • Ethan's Typhlosion runs it in 24 of the 24 lists we have read, seen across 23 different tournaments.
  • It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
  • Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.

WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR

  • Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 1,351 tournament lists we have read, 377 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

What it costs

We have no price to show you for this card today. The link below takes you where it sells, and you will see the day's numbers there.

Who plays it

We read tournament decklists one by one. The match is made on the set code printed at the bottom of the card, the one the player copied onto the list — never on the name, because two cards sometimes share one.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Ethan's Typhlosion24 of 2423DRI 10
Hop's Trevenant24 of 2423DRI 10
Alakazam / Dudunsparce21 of 2121DRI 10
Dhelmise19 of 2319DRI 10
Mega Starmie ex18 of 2417DRI 10
Erika's Victreebel17 of 2117DRI 10
Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik17 of 2316DRI 10
Toxtricity17 of 2116DRI 10
doublade-por16 of 1816DRI 10
Festival Lead16 of 2414DRI 10
Mega Dragonite ex16 of 2116DRI 10
Mega Chandelure ex13 of 2011DRI 10
Metagross13 of 2212DRI 10
Okidogi / Barbaracle12 of 2012DRI 10
Froslass / Munkidori11 of 2110DRI 10
other11 of 2211DRI 10
Cynthia's Garchomp ex9 of 208DRI 10
Mega Greninja ex9 of 229DRI 10
Mega Starmie ex / Froslass8 of 218DRI 10
Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce7 of 237DRI 10
Toucannon7 of 207DRI 10
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass6 of 226DRI 10
Mega Excadrill ex6 of 206DRI 10
Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex5 of 215DRI 10
Dragapult ex / Dudunsparce5 of 224DRI 10
Cinccino ex4 of 214DRI 10
Dragapult ex / Dusknoir4 of 224DRI 10
Dragapult ex4 of 224DRI 10
Mega Lucario ex4 of 264DRI 10
Mega Zygarde ex / Barbaracle4 of 204DRI 10
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex3 of 233DRI 10
mega-froslass-ex3 of 203DRI 10
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex3 of 233DRI 10
Blaziken / N's Zoroark ex2 of 212DRI 10
Ceruledge ex2 of 222DRI 10
Greninja ex2 of 232DRI 10
Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity2 of 202DRI 10
Slowking2 of 232DRI 10
Toxtricity2 of 192DRI 10
Beedrill ex1 of 201DRI 10
Mega Diancie ex / Dusknoir1 of 221DRI 10
Flareon ex / Noctowl1 of 211DRI 10
Lillie's Clefairy ex1 of 221DRI 10
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex1 of 201DRI 10
Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir1 of 251DRI 10
Steven's Metagross ex1 of 221DRI 10

When it came out

Destined Rivals landed here on 30 May 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 18 April 2025, under the code SV10. That is 42 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

Where to find it

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