Majestic Dawn

Manaphy

MDFR8· Rare Holo
Manaphy MD 8

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.

HP
70
Type
Water
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
+20

Its Ability

Aqua Skin

When you attach a Water Energy card from your hand to Manaphy, remove 2 damage counters from Manaphy.

Its attacks

Chase Up

Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for any 1 card and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Fountain

30

You may attach up to 2 basic Water Energy cards from your hand to your Benched Pokémon in any way you like.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Aqua Skin. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  4. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,414 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning +20. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,414 tournament lists we have read, 288 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 18 Manaphy cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Manaphy card and its price