# Staryu #29/162 — BREAKthrough

## Summary

Staryu is a bulk common from the XY block, a pull that fills a binder slot rather than anchoring a pack. Gen I Water types keep a loyal nostalgic following, and Shigenori Negishi is a longtime Pokémon illustrator, so completionists will take a copy without much fuss. A $0.32 modelled guide, up 10% over 30 days on 3 copies traded, says bulk, with 273 days of inventory on the board, and the economics stop there: a PSA 10 guides at $33, 102 times raw, but PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | BREAKthrough |
| Number | 29/162 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Era | XY |
| Illustrator | Shigenori Negishi |
| Release date | 2015-11-04 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 60 |
| Types | Water |
| Attack: Continuous Spin | cost Colorless — damage 10× — Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. |
| Weakness | Grass ×2 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded yes |
| Pokédex entry | [Staryu #120](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/staryu) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$0.32** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-06
- 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: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-11-06
- Floor delivered ask: $1.68 — as of 2026-11-03T07:19:51.807Z
- Quant score: 51/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-03T07:19:51.807Z — 3 of 11 inputs · 29% weight · -35% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2015-11-04T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-22T18:36:42.466Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-20T02:36:43.967Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-13T19:43:53.077Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-20T02:36:43.967Z, confidence 70%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/breakthrough/staryu-29)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Axy8-29%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)