# Relicanth #51/106 — Great Encounters

## Summary

Relicanth carries a quiet cult following as Hoenn's living-fossil fish, and Ken Sugimori, the artist who drew the original Pokémon designs, adds some authorship weight. As an uncommon in a mid-era Diamond & Pearl set it was a modest pull, never a tournament pressure card. A $0.85 modelled guide, up 9% over 30 days on 8 copies traded, says bulk, with 333 days of inventory on the board, and the economics stop there: PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it, and the same card plays for $0.07 out of Pitch Black.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Great Encounters |
| Number | 51/106 |
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Era | DP |
| Illustrator | Ken Sugimori |
| Release date | 2008-02-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 70 |
| Types | Water |
| Attack: Primal Calling | Search your deck for up to 3 Trainer cards that have Fossil in their names, show them to your opponent, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. |
| Attack: Sleep Swirl | cost Colorless/Colorless — damage 30 — Both Relicanth and the Defending Pokémon are now Asleep. |
| Weakness | Lightning +20 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Relicanth #369](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/relicanth) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$0.85** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-10-17T21:45:02.614Z
- 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 2026-10-17T21:45:02.614Z
- Floor delivered ask: $0.99 — as of 2026-10-17T21:45:02.614Z
- Quant score: 63/100, regime MARKUP — as of 2026-10-17T21:45:02.614Z — 4 of 11 inputs · 38% weight · -31% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-16T13:25:30.780Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-16T13:25:29.449Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-10T22:00:50.750Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-16T13:25:29.449Z, confidence 70%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/great-encounters/relicanth-51)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Adp4-51%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)