# Staryu #28/181 — Team Up

## Summary

Staryu is a bulk common, a Water-type filler pull that fills out a binder page without anyone chasing it. Ken Sugimori, the original Pokémon artist, still draws a small crowd of Gen I completionists, and that nostalgia is the only demand a card like this will see. A $0.15 modelled guide, down 6% over 30 days on 4 copies traded, says bulk, with 450 days of inventory on the board, and the economics stop there: a PSA 10 guides at $31, 208 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 | Team Up |
| Number | 28/181 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Era | SM |
| Illustrator | Ken Sugimori |
| Release date | 2019-01-31 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 50 |
| Types | Water |
| Attack: Numbing Water | cost Colorless — damage 10 — Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. |
| 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: **$0.15** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-07
- 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 2026-11-07
- Floor delivered ask: $1.54 — as of 2026-10-17T21:45:02.614Z
- Quant score: 33/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-07T23:47:55.260Z — 5 of 11 inputs · 55% weight · -22% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2019-01-31T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-20T11:01:40.440Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-07T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-18T02:48:26.904Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-15T17:54:01.027Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-18T02:48:26.904Z, confidence 70%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/team-up/staryu-28)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Asm9-28%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)