Rarity: Rare
Type: Water
HP: 70
Illustrator: Hajime Kusajima
National number: #73
Year: 2003

Tentacruel

PokémonRareNormalReverse holo

Current price · Normal€4.16

from Cardmarketas of 3 September 2026Range €1.00 – €4.16

Prices by printing

Printing	Cardmarket	TCGplayer	PriceCharting
Normal	€4.16from €1.00 · 3 Sept 2026	$13.183 Sept 2026	$15.232 Sept 2026
Reverse holo	€7.54from €2.50 · 3 Sept 2026	$34.993 Sept 2026	$30.102 Sept 2026

Each finish is its own market. Figures are the latest each venue published.

Graded copies

Grade	Printing	Price
PSA 10	Reverse holo	$669.69
PSA 10	Normal	$141.35
BGS 10	Reverse holo	$871.00
BGS 10	Normal	$184.00
CGC 10	Reverse holo	$402.00
CGC 10	Normal	$32.00
SGC 10	Reverse holo	$402.00
SGC 10	Normal	$85.00
Grade 9.5	Reverse holo	$122.00
Grade 9.5	Normal	$55.00
Grade 9	Reverse holo	$110.50
Grade 9	Normal	$50.00
Grade 8	Reverse holo	$82.23
Grade 8	Normal	$45.00
Grade 7	Reverse holo	$43.57
Grade 7	Normal	$4.42

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Card text

Abilities

Strange Tentacles · Poke-POWER
Once during your turn (before your attack), as long as the number of Energy cards attached to the Defending Pokémon is less than the number of Energy cards attached to your Active Pokémon, you may choose an Energy card, if any, in your opponent's discard pile and attach it to the Defending Pokémon. This power can't be used if Tentacruel is affected by a Special Condition.

Attacks

Poison Sting20Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Weakness — Lightning x2
Resistance — —
Retreat cost — 0

Attributes

Set: Aquapolis
Number: 38/147
Stage: Stage1
Evolves from: Tentacool
Format: Outside Standard and Expanded
Printed language: English
Release date: 15 January 2003
Identifier: ecard2-38

Other printings

The same card, in other sets. Each has its own price.

TentacruelSecluded Springs—

TentacruelShining Revelry—

TentacruelGenetic Apex—

Tentacruel151—

TentacruelEvolving Skies—

TentacruelUnbroken Bonds—

TentacruelTeam Up—

TentacruelGuardians Rising—

TentacruelPrimal Clash—

TentacruelTriumphant—

TentacruelLegends Awakened—

TentacruelLegend Maker—

TentacruelHidden Legends—

TentacruelAquapolis—

TentacruelLegendary Collection—

TentacruelSouthern Islands—

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Questions about this card

How much is Tentacruel 38/147 from Aquapolis worth?

As of 3 September 2026, Tentacruel trades around €4.16 according to Cardmarket. Across the venues Zukan reads, figures for this printing range from €1.00 to €4.16. Condition and finish move the price; a graded copy is a different market.

Which printings of Tentacruel exist?

Tentacruel was printed as Normal, Reverse holo. The same card also appears in Secluded Springs, Shining Revelry, Genetic Apex, 151, Evolving Skies, Unbroken Bonds, each with its own price.

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