# Marowak #52/130 — Base Set 2

## Summary

Marowak is a mid-tier uncommon, the sort of pull that fills out a binder without turning heads. Kanto's bone-wielding mourner has real fan affection through Cubone's sad backstory, and Arita's long association with the early sets gives even a modest Base Set 2 evolution some quiet completionist appeal. At a $2.77 modelled guide, up 9% over 30 days on 37 copies traded, with 594 days of inventory on the board, this printing is almost entirely collector premium, since the same card plays for $0.17 out of Stellar Crown; a PSA 10 brings $135, 49 times raw, but a 31% gem rate against $65 of fees makes grading a losing trade.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Base Set 2 |
| Number | 52/130 |
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Era | WOTC |
| Illustrator | Mitsuhiro Arita |
| Release date | 2000-02-24 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Cubone |
| HP | 60 |
| Types | Fighting |
| Attack: Bonemerang | cost Fighting/Fighting — damage 30 — Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. |
| Attack: Call for Friend | cost Fighting/Fighting/Colorless — Search your deck for a Fighting Basic Pokémon card and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. (You can't use this attack if your Bench is full.) |
| Weakness | Grass ×2 |
| Resistance | Lightning -30 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Marowak #105](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/marowak) |
| Finishes | Normal |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$2.77** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-12
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: 0.00% · 7d change: +11.20% — as of 2026-11-12
- Floor delivered ask: $2.49 — as of 2026-11-12T22:58:33.586Z
- Quant score: 67/100, regime FLOOR_FORMING — as of 2026-11-12T22:58:33.586Z — 7 of 11 inputs · 72% weight · -14% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2000-02-24T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-12T21:47:19.632Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-12T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-12T21:47:19.634Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-11-10T23:24:29.090Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-12T21:47:19.632Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-11-11T12:48:47.896Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/base-set-2/marowak-52)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Abase4-52%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)