# Banette #1/100 — Crystal Guardians

## Summary

Banette's Safeguard Poke-Body shut out Pokémon-ex attacks at a time when ex cards ruled the format, so a Stage 1 with this ability was a purposeful tech option. A Rare in this set sat just below the holo chases, and Kyoko Umemoto is a long-running Pokémon illustrator, so Hoenn ghost fans pick it up. At a $20 modelled guide, with 20 copies traded in 30 days, this printing is almost entirely collector premium, since the same card plays for $0.08 out of Ascended Heroes; PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Crystal Guardians |
| Number | 1/100 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | EX |
| Illustrator | Kyoko Umemoto |
| Release date | 2006-08-30 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Shuppet |
| HP | 70 |
| Types | Psychic |
| Ability: Safeguard | Prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Banette by your opponent's Pokémon-ex. |
| Attack: Night Murmurs | cost Psychic/Colorless — damage 30 — If the Defending Pokémon is a Basic Pokémon, that Pokémon is now Confused. |
| Weakness | Darkness ×2 |
| Resistance | Fighting -30 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Banette #354](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/banette) |
| Finishes | Holo, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$20.14** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-26T02:07:44.049Z
- 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 2026-10-26T02:07:44.049Z
- Floor delivered ask: $33.19 — as of 2026-10-26T02:07:44.049Z
- Quant score: 77/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-10-26T02:07:44.049Z — 3 of 11 inputs · 29% weight · -35% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2006-08-30T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-26T02:00:49.171Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-26T02:00:47.474Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-09-04T04:28:23.460Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-26T02:00:47.473Z, confidence 70%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 60%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-09T13:39:48.989Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/crystal-guardians/banette-1)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aex14-1%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)