# Cloyster #32/146 — XY

## Summary

Cloyster has been a Gen I favorite since Red and Blue, and this base-set Rare from the XY launch comes with Masakazu Fukuda's name attached. Its coin-flip Paralysis and Spike Cannon made it a gamble rather than a staple in play, so demand rests on nostalgia and Fukuda's work. A $0.48 modelled guide with no copies traded in 30 days says bulk, and the economics stop there: a PSA 10 guides at $37, 77 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 | XY |
| Number | 32/146 |
| Rarity | Rare |
| Era | XY |
| Illustrator | Masakazu Fukuda |
| Release date | 2014-02-05 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Shellder |
| HP | 100 |
| Types | Water |
| Attack: Clamp Crush | cost Water/Colorless — damage 30 — Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed and discard an Energy attached to that Pokémon. |
| Attack: Spike Cannon | cost Water/Water/Colorless — damage 30× — Flip 5 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. |
| Weakness | Grass ×2 |
| Retreat | 3 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded yes |
| Pokédex entry | [Cloyster #091](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/cloyster) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$0.48** (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: $1.69 — as of 2026-10-17T21:45:02.614Z
- Quant score: 24/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-10-17T21:45:02.614Z — 2 of 11 inputs · 20% weight · -35% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2014-02-05T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-09-17T10:37:24.204Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-09-10T15:03:13.427Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-09-04T03:15:49.603Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-09-10T15:03:13.427Z, confidence 70%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/xy/cloyster-32)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Axy1-32%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)