Cottonee · Sword & Shield, what to know.
About the Cottonee card
Cottonee is card 5 of 216 in Sword & Shield, released in February 2020, a Common. It is a Basic Grass-type with 60 HP.
As a Basic Pokémon, Cottonee needs no prior evolution to put into play, which made it a practical card in the era's decks.
Illustrated by ryoma uratsuka.
The Pokédex entry printed on Cottonee reads: "It shoots cotton from its body to protect itself. If it gets caught up in hurricane-strength winds, it can get sent to the other side of the Earth."
What is Cottonee worth?
Cottonee is a Common, so raw copies trade for very little and most of the print run survives. The only real value is in pristine, high-grade copies, where even a Common can reach low triple digits in 1st Edition PSA 10. See the live price above for the current figure by grade.
Print variants and how to spot them
Confirm the print and finish on Cottonee before pricing it, since variant and rarity set the market more than the card name alone.
Grading and condition
Cottonee is the most forgiving tier to grade in the set. Centering on the framed border is the usual cap, and the soft cardstock picks up edge whitening easily, but high print runs keep clean copies affordable.
If you are collecting Cottonee
Raw copies of Cottonee are inexpensive enough that grading rarely pays unless you have a clearly pack-fresh example. For set completion, a clean sleeved Cottonee is the practical move.
