Tentacruel is the menace Tentacool grows into — eighty stinging tentacles and a genuinely fearsome reputation in the Kanto seas. Unlike most mid-tier lines, it carries a surprisingly deep stack of vintage holos: Legendary Collection, Aquapolis, Misty's gym rare, and the cult-favorite Southern Islands print.
Tentacruel has real holo depth — the 2002 Legendary Collection reverse, the Aquapolis H26 holo, Misty's Gym Heroes holo rare, and the gorgeous Southern Islands promo all clear real money. This is a line where the final form genuinely rewards collectors, ranked by verified sold price.
Legendary Collection (2002) is beloved for its crosshatch reverse-holo foil, and a clean reverse Tentacruel sits at the top of the line. These LC reverses have quietly become vintage chase cards — the foil grades stunningly and clean copies are far scarcer than the 2002 print run implies.
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The H-prefix marks a full Aquapolis holo, the e-Card era's showpiece. Aquapolis (2003) holos are notorious for off-center cuts, so a well-centered, clean Tentacruel is a genuine find — scarcity, not hype, holding it near the top.
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Misty's Tentacruel was a holo rare in Gym Heroes (2000), the flagship of Cerulean's water deck. The gym-leader 'ownership' framing plus true holo rarity makes it one of the most characterful and collectible cards in the whole line.
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Southern Islands (2001) was a special tropical-themed set sold only in select regions, prized for its lush, painterly artwork. This Tentacruel is one of the prettier cards in that cult-favorite collection — scarce in the West and beloved by vintage art collectors.
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The non-holo Aquapolis Tentacruel from 2003, sibling to the H26 holo above. Same thin e-Card run, same centering lottery — a clean copy still pulls real money because nothing from Aquapolis was ever reprinted.
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EX Legend Maker (2006) gave Tentacruel a crisp modern holo in a small, holo-dense set. Lower-printed than the WotC classics, it's the kind of mid-2000s sleeper collectors increasingly hunt as the vintage holos price out of reach.
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The 1999 Fossil Tentacruel, a first-generation card from the third English set. It's the vintage workhorse of the line — a few dollars on nostalgia and a staple of any Fossil set build, anchoring the older end beneath the holos.
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From 2004's Hidden Legends, a clean EX-era card with no scarcity behind it. Sub-dollar filler that rounds out the modern stretch of the Tentacruel run.
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HS Triumphant (2010) closed the HeartGold & SoulSilver block, and Tentacruel slotted in as a routine card. Pocket change — useful only for collectors completing the full line.
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The most modern card here, from 2015's Primal Clash. Crisp print, current-era availability, and no scarcity — the bottom rung of a line whose strength is its surprisingly deep vintage holo stack.
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All prices reflect recent market data and will be updated regularly.
| # | Card | Recent price |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Tentacruel — Legendary Collection #66 | ~$87 |
| 02 | Tentacruel — Aquapolis #H26 | ~$80 |
| 03 | Misty's Tentacruel — Gym Heroes #10 | ~$65 |
| 04 | Tentacruel — Southern Islands #10 | ~$35 |
| 05 | Tentacruel — Aquapolis #38 | ~$30 |
| 06 | Tentacruel — Legend Maker #45 | ~$21 |
| 07 | Tentacruel — Fossil #44 | ~$6.64 |
| 08 | Tentacruel — Hidden Legends #51 | ~$0.70 |
| 09 | Tentacruel — HS—Triumphant #50 | ~$0.56 |
| 10 | Tentacruel — Primal Clash #72 | ~$0.54 |
| 11 | Tentacruel — Legends Awakened #75 | ~$0.39 |
| 12 | Tentacruel — Unbroken Bonds #41 | ~$0.24 |
| 13 | Tentacruel — Guardians Rising #24 | ~$0.20 |
| 14 | Tentacruel — 151 #73 | ~$0.20 |
| 15 | Tentacruel — Team Up #61 | ~$0.19 |
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