# Maractus #007/202 — Sword & Shield

## Summary

Maractus is a Gen V cactus Grass type with a modest but affectionate following, and this is a plain common from the opening Sword & Shield set, a filler slot that never anchored a pack. Atsuko Nishida, one of the original card artists, gives it a small curiosity premium among her completists. A $0.15 modelled guide, down 12% over 30 days on 9 copies traded, says bulk, with 2,152 days of inventory sitting 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 $0.11 out of Journey Together.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Sword & Shield |
| Number | 007/202 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Era | SWSH |
| Illustrator | Atsuko Nishida |
| Release date | 2020-02-07 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 110 |
| Types | Grass |
| Attack: Zzzt | cost Colorless — damage 20 |
| Attack: Powerful Needles | cost Grass/Colorless — damage 60× — Flip a coin for each Energy attached to this Pokémon. This attack does 60 damage for each heads. |
| Weakness | Fire ×2 |
| Retreat | 2 |
| Regulation mark | D |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded yes |
| Pokédex entry | [Maractus #556](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/maractus) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$0.15** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-03
- 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 2026-11-03
- Floor delivered ask: $1.55 — as of 2026-11-02T23:11:36.708Z
- Quant score: 26/100, regime FLOOR_FORMING — as of 2026-11-02T23:11:36.708Z — 4 of 11 inputs · 38% weight · -31% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2020-02-07T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-22T18:36:42.466Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-03T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-19T01:34:21.447Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-16T18:02:02.990Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-19T01:34:21.447Z, confidence 70%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/sword-shield/maractus-7)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aswsh1-7%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)