POP Series 8 · 010/017
Rare Candy is a Trainer card from the POP Series 8 expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game (card 010/017, 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 14 of the 54 Standard archetypes CardForge tracks. It's in 25% 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 9 more. Blaziken Dragapult runs it in 99% of lists, at 2.4 copies.
| Archetype | Share | In lists | Copies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaziken Dragapult | 4.9% | 99% | 2.4 |
| Dragapult Dusknoir | 4.5% | 55% | 2.5 |
| Alakazam Dudunsparce | 3.6% | 100% | 2.9 |
| Alakazam Dusknoir | 1.7% | 100% | 3.9 |
| Cynthia's Garchomp Cynthia's Roserade | 1.1% | 54% | 1.2 |
| Lillie's Clefairy Alakazam | 0.8% | 100% | 2.3 |
| Greninja Mega Froslass | 0.4% | 100% | 1.9 |
| Marnie's Grimmsnarl Munkidori | 0.2% | 100% | 1.7 |
| Mega Lopunny Dusknoir | 0.2% | 100% | 3.4 |
| Mega Lopunny Mega Kangaskhan | 0.2% | 97% | 3.4 |
| Mega Chandelure | 0.2% | 100% | 2.2 |
| Greninja Mega Kangaskhan | 0.1% | 100% | 2.9 |
Showing the 12 most played of 14 archetypes. From 7,874 Standard tournament decklists over the last 52 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.