POP Series 5 · 007/017
Rare Candy is a Trainer card from the POP Series 5 expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game (card 007/017, Uncommon).
Choose 1 of your Basic Pokémon in play. If you have a Stage 1 or Stage 2 card that evolves from that Pokémon in your hand, put that card on the Basic Pokémon. (This counts as evolving that Pokémon.)
Illustrated by Ryo Ueda
Rare Candy appears in 15 of the 55 Standard archetypes CardForge tracks. It's in 24% of all Standard tournament decklists, at 2.5 copies on average. It's a core card (in at least 70% of lists) for Blaziken Dragapult, Alakazam Dudunsparce, Alakazam Dusknoir and 10 more. Blaziken Dragapult runs it in 100% of lists, at 2.4 copies.
| Archetype | Share | In lists | Copies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaziken Dragapult | 4.9% | 100% | 2.4 |
| Dragapult Dusknoir | 4.5% | 57% | 2.5 |
| Alakazam Dudunsparce | 3.6% | 100% | 2.8 |
| Alakazam Dusknoir | 1.7% | 100% | 3.9 |
| Cynthia's Garchomp Cynthia's Roserade | 1.1% | 58% | 1.2 |
| Lillie's Clefairy Alakazam | 0.7% | 100% | 2.3 |
| Greninja Mega Froslass | 0.4% | 100% | 1.9 |
| Mega Chandelure | 0.3% | 100% | 2.3 |
| Mega Lopunny Mega Kangaskhan | 0.2% | 95% | 3.5 |
| Empoleon Metagross | 0.1% | 100% | 1 |
| Marnie's Grimmsnarl Munkidori | 0.1% | 100% | 1.7 |
| Toucannon Fan Rotom | 0.1% | 100% | 3.9 |
Showing the 12 most played of 15 archetypes. From 7,768 Standard tournament decklists over the last 53 days, updated daily.
Rare Candy appears in 4 of the 22 Expanded archetypes CardForge tracks. It's in 24% of all Expanded tournament decklists, at 2.4 copies on average. It's a core card (in at least 70% of lists) for Gardevoir, Chien-Pao Baxcalibur and Charizard. Gardevoir runs it in 100% of lists, at 2 copies.
| Archetype | Share | In lists | Copies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardevoir | 7.2% | 100% | 2 |
| Chien-Pao Baxcalibur | 4.8% | 100% | 3 |
| Gardevoir Munkidori | 2.7% | 67% | 2 |
| Charizard | 2.4% | 100% | 4 |
From 105 Expanded tournament decklists over the last 3 days, updated daily.
Rare Candy shows up in 5 of the 11 GLC types CardForge tracks. It's in 39% of all GLC tournament decklists. Fire lists play it most, in 83% of them.
From 682 GLC tournament decklists over the last 175 days, updated weekly.