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Suicune ex Baxcalibur
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Rare Candy
Trainer
“Rare Candy” (A3-144) is a Trainer card from the Celestial Guardians set in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Its type is Item, and its effect is: Choose 1 of your Basic Pokémon in play. If you have a Stage 2 card in your hand that evolves from that Pokémon, put that card onto the Basic Pokémon to evolve it, skipping the Stage 1. You can't use this card during your first turn or on a Basic Pokémon that was put into play this turn.
Use this Rare Candy page to confirm its set, pack sources, and deck roles before adding Rare Candy to your collection.
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Rare Candy Card Details
Illustrator·Toyste BeachEffect
Choose 1 of your Basic Pokémon in play. If you have a Stage 2 card in your hand that evolves from that Pokémon, put that card onto the Basic Pokémon to evolve it, skipping the Stage 1. You can't use this card during your first turn or on a Basic Pokémon that was put into play this turn.
How to get Rare Candy
Deck snapshot
Where Rare Candy is played
Observed use in sampled public tournaments. These figures are not ladder usage, a card win rate, or a recommendation to play a particular number of copies. Versions with the same effect are combined. Examples retain their source artwork.
- Tournament usage
- 29.6%
- 883 / 2,986 lists
- Most common count
- 2 copies
- 97.3% of lists using it
Decks that use “Rare Candy”
Event window: Sep 20, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026
Rare Candy versions and alt art
3 matching cards
Daily tournament data
Build with Rare Candy
Seen in 29.6% of 2,986 sampled tournament lists. Most lists that use it run 2 copies.
- Tournament usage
- 29.6%
- 883 / 2,986 lists
- Most common count
- 2 copies
- 97.3% of lists using it
- Average copies
- 1.97
- Among lists using it
- Archetypes
- 40
- Current decks using it
Decks that use “Rare Candy”
- Suicune ex Baxcalibur
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (192)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 6.4%
- Mega Altaria ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (87)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 2.9%
Real 2-copy list
- 2× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Mega Altaria ex
- 2× Swablu
- 2× Bonsly
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Egg
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Hydreigon Mega Absol ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (84)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 2.8%
Real 2-copy list
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Deino
- 2× Hydreigon
- 1× Bombirdier
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Blaziken ex
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (66)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 2.2%
Real 2-copy list
- 2× Torchic
- 2× Mega Blaziken ex
- 1× Heatmor
- 1× Castform Sunny Form
- 1× Rocky Helmet
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Flame Patch
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Blaziken ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (52)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 1.7%
Real 2-copy list
- 1× Froakie
- 1× Greninja
- 2× Torchic
- 1× Combusken
- 1× Mega Blaziken ex
- 1× Heatmor
- 1× Castform Sunny Form
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× Flame Patch
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 1× Juliana
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Gardevoir ex Mega Diancie ex
- 1 copy
- 2.0% (1)
- 2 copies
- 98.0% (50)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 1.7%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Ralts
- 1× Kirlia
- 1× Mega Gardevoir ex
- 2× Meloetta
- 1× Mega Diancie ex
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 2× Peculiar Plaza
- 2× Order Pad
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Real 2-copy list
- 1× Comfey
- 1× Kirlia
- 2× Mega Gardevoir ex
- 2× Meloetta
- 1× Mega Diancie ex
- 2× Ralts
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Diantha
- 2× Peculiar Plaza
- 1× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Sceptile ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (44)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 1.5%
Real 2-copy list
- 1× Froakie
- 1× Greninja
- 1× Pheromosa
- 2× Treecko
- 1× Grovyle
- 2× Mega Sceptile ex
- 1× Furfrou
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Meowscarada ex Meowscarada
- 1 copy
- 0.0% (0)
- 2 copies
- 100.0% (22)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.7%
Real 2-copy list
- 2× Sprigatito
- 1× Meowscarada
- 1× Teal Mask Ogerpon ex
- 1× Floragato
- 2× Meowscarada ex
- 2× Erika
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Leaf Cape
- 1× Copycat
- 2× Fragrant Forest
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Professor's Research
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Tournament intelligence
Rare Candy in tournament decks
This card appears in 40 current and 4 historical tournament archetypes.
Tournament deck data sourced from Limitless Tournament Platform.
Historical decks featuring this card
Archived tournament profiles where this card appeared in at least half of tracked decklists.
- Archived meta snapshot
Jumpluff ex Team Rocket's Voltorb
Last seen Sep 3, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Flygon ex Teal Mask Ogerpon ex
Last seen Aug 24, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Flygon ex Indeedee ex
Last seen Jul 25, 2026100.0% card inclusion - Archived meta snapshot
Mega Ampharos ex Greninja
Last seen Oct 4, 2026100.0% card inclusion
Tournament synergy
Cards commonly played with Rare Candy
These cards appear in the same tournament archetypes as Rare Candy. Rankings use archetype-level samples and inclusion; they do not measure how often two cards occur in the exact same list.
Professor's Research
P-A-007
- shared archetypes
- 40
- avg. inclusion
- 99.6%
Copycat
B1-225
- shared archetypes
- 40
- avg. inclusion
- 99.2%
Poké Ball
P-A-005
- shared archetypes
- 34
- avg. inclusion
- 98.4%
Cyrus
A2-150
- shared archetypes
- 40
- avg. inclusion
- 85.2%
Greninja
A1-089
- shared archetypes
- 11
- avg. inclusion
- 97.6%
Hiking Trail
B2b-069
- shared archetypes
- 14
- avg. inclusion
- 66.4%
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