Pokémon TCG · Energy Types
Water-Type Pokémon Cards
Water is the Pokémon TCG's blue type, and with Ice Pokémon folded in it is the type with the most cards ever printed. Water decks range from one big hitter to damage counters spread around the board, and Water is weak to Lightning.
Water at a Glance
Standard figures count every Pokémon legal in Standard on October 15, 2026, each card once however often it was reprinted. Printing figures count every English printing.
How Water Plays
Water has no single plan, which is what comes of being the biggest type. Palafin ex's Giga Impact does 250 for a single Water Energy (it can only come into play through the regular Palafin's Zero to Hero Ability), while Mega Greninja ex's Mortal Shuriken discards a Basic Water Energy from your hand to place 6 damage counters on any of your opponent's Pokémon before it even attacks.
Water also has some of the type's best defensive tricks. Milotic ex takes no damage and no effects from attacks by Tera Pokémon, and Lapras ex's Larimar Rain looks at the top 20 cards of your deck and attaches every Energy it finds.
Things to Know About Water Pokémon Cards
- Water Pokémon are weak to Lightning, except Ice types such as Cetitan ex and Weavile, which are weak to Metal.
- Water hits Fire Pokémon for Weakness, the type it beats in the video games too.
- There has never been an Ice type in the card game; Ice Pokémon are almost always printed as Water.
Popular Water Pokémon in Standard
Water Pokémon legal in Standard that show what the type does. Not a ranking: each is here for what its text does.
Mega Greninja ex
Chaos Rising #22
Palafin ex
Twilight Masquerade #61
Milotic ex
Surging Sparks #42
Lapras ex
Stellar Crown #32
- Mega Greninja ex: Mortal Shuriken discards a Basic Water Energy from hand to place 6 damage counters on any of your opponent's Pokémon; Ninja Spinner does 120, or 200 if you return a Water Energy to your hand.
- Palafin ex: Giga Impact does 250 for one Water Energy. It comes into play only through the regular Palafin's Zero to Hero Ability.
- Milotic ex: Sparkling Scales prevents all damage and effects from attacks by your opponent's Tera Pokémon.
- Lapras ex: Power Splash does 40 for each Energy on it, and Larimar Rain attaches every Energy in the top 20 cards of your deck.
Most Valuable Water Cards
The highest-priced Water Pokémon of the Scarlet & Violet and Mega Evolution series, one printing per card name, by TCGplayer market price on November 2, 2026. Prices change daily; each card's page has today's.
Classic Water Cards Collectors Know
Older cards that collectors know the type by. No prices here: vintage cards sell too rarely, in too many conditions, for one number to mean much. How to check what your Pokémon cards are worth →
- Blastoise: The 1999 Base Set holo, the Water starter evolution.
- Gyarados: Base Set (1999), one of the original holos.
- Shining Gyarados: Neo Revelation (2001), the red Gyarados. It and Shining Magikarp were the first Shining cards.
The Other Types
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Water type weak to in the Pokémon TCG?
Lightning, or Metal for Ice types. Of the 210 Water Pokémon legal in Standard as of October 15, 2026, 154 are weak to Lightning and 56 to Metal.
Is there an Ice type in the Pokémon TCG?
No. Ice Pokémon from the video games are printed as Water cards, and in Standard most of them are weak to Metal rather than Lightning.
What is the most valuable Water-type Pokémon card?
Of the Scarlet & Violet and Mega Evolution series, Magikarp from Paldea Evolved at $288.59 on TCGplayer as of November 2, 2026. Older cards, such as the vintage Shining and Gold Star cards, can sell for more, but they trade too rarely for one price to mean much.
Which Pokémon has the most Water-type cards?
Gyarados, with 54 English Water cards counting every printing, then Lapras (50) and Magikarp (40).
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