# Basculin #43/236 — Unified Minds

## Summary

Basculin is a Unova fish that never became a fan darling, so demand here is quiet and mostly completionist. Satoshi Nakai is a long-serving Pokémon illustrator, and an uncommon from this big mixed set was a filler pull, with a bench-sniping gimmick that was never a tournament threat. A $0.22 modelled guide, up 5% over 30 days on 12 copies traded, says bulk, with 390 days of inventory on the board, and the economics stop there: a CGC 10 brings $5.50, 25 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 | Unified Minds |
| Number | 43/236 |
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Era | SM |
| Illustrator | SATOSHI NAKAI |
| Release date | 2019-08-02 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 80 |
| Types | Water |
| Attack: Swarming Bites | cost Colorless — This attack does 20 damage for each Basculin you have in play to 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) |
| Attack: Tackle | cost Colorless — damage 20 |
| Weakness | Grass ×2 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded yes |
| Pokédex entry | [Basculin #550](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/basculin) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$0.22** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-10
- 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: +4.80% — as of 2026-11-10
- Floor delivered ask: $1.59 — as of 2026-11-08T22:49:36.787Z
- Quant score: 42/100, regime MARKUP — as of 2026-11-09T22:37:21.807Z — 5 of 11 inputs · 57% weight · -21% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2019-08-02T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-09T13:59:31.624Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-10T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-09T13:59:31.284Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-11-07T03:27:23.617Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-09T13:59:31.284Z, confidence 70%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/unified-minds/basculin-43)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Asm11-43%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)