Primarina-GX, Sun & Moon 42/149, ultra-rare

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Primarina-GX

Sun & Moon 42/149 • ultra-rare

Set: Sun & Moon
Number: 42/149
Rarity: Rare Holo GX
Released: 2017
Energy type: water energy
Finish: Holographic
Market price: $3.55
Artist: 5ban Graphics

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What it's worth

$3.55market price via TCGplayer · Sep 21, 2026$3.08 – $6.92 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

As a Rare Holo GX from the debut Sun & Moon expansion, this card represents the introduction of the GX mechanic, which significantly shifted the competitive landscape of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. Collectors prize this card for its elegant art style and its role as a signature Pokémon of the Alola region’s water-type specialists.

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Card face

What it does

250 HPStage 2GX

Cost: colorless energy colorless energyBubble Beat10+

This attack does 20 more damage times the amount of Water Energy attached to your Pokémon.

Cost: water energy water energy water energy colorless energyRoaring Seas120

Discard an Energy from your opponent's Active Pokémon.

Cost: colorless energy colorless energyGrand Echo-GX

Heal all damage from all of your Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)

Weaknessgrass energy×2Retreatcolorless energy colorless energy

Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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Provenance

Where it came from

The Primarina-GX card was introduced in the Sun & Moon base set, released in early 2017 to mark the debut of the seventh generation of Pokémon. As an ultra-rare card, it highlights the final evolutionary stage of the Alola region's water-type starter, Primarina. The design serves to showcase the shift in game mechanics at the time, introducing the GX move—a powerful, once-per-game ability intended to alter the flow of competitive matches.

The artwork was illustrated by 5ban Graphics, a creative team frequently commissioned for the Pokémon Trading Card Game to render 3D-style models of characters. Their approach for this card emphasizes the elegance and aquatic grace of Primarina, utilizing a holographic foil treatment common to the Rare Holo GX tier to accentuate the character's bubbles and performance-based aesthetic. It remains a hallmark of the early Sun & Moon era, reflecting the transition toward more stylized, high-impact card designs.

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