Cloyster GEN 20/83

Name: Cloyster GEN 20/83
Brand: Pokémon

GENUncommon

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Seller location

Cloyster has appeared in several sets: Generations (GEN 20) and XY (XY 32). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

Generations landed here on 22 February 2016.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

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

HP: 100
Type: Water
Stage: Stage 1
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Number: 20/83
Set: GenerationsGENSet guide
Illustrated by: Masakazu Fukuda

Its attacks

Clamp Crush

Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed and discard an Energy attached to that Pokémon.

Spike Cannon

30×

Flip 5 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.

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.

Keep in mind
Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
None of the 9,387 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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 9,387 tournament lists we have read, 5,847 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

Cloyster GEN 20/83GenerationsUncommonThe one you are looking atUncommon
Cloyster XY 32/146XYRareRare

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 14 Cloyster cards on one page, priciest first.

View all Cloyster cards

Cloyster GEN 20/83

The market for this printing

When it came out