Base Set

Clefairy

BS5· Rare
Clefairy BS 5

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
40
Type
Colorless
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Number
5/102
Set
Base SetBS
Illustrated by
Ken Sugimori

Its attacks

Sing

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

Metronome

Choose 1 of Defending Pokémon's attacks. Metronome copies that attack except for its Energy costs and anything else required in order to use that attack, such as discarding energy cards. (No matter what type the defender is, Clefairy's type is still Colorless.)

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

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,810 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 875 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.

When it came out

Base Set landed here on 9 January 1999.

Every set, with both of its dates

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 41 Clefairy cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Clefairy card and its price