Farfetch'd · Hidden Fates, what to know.
About the Farfetch'd card
Farfetch'd sits at #45 in Hidden Fates, released in August 2019. Hidden Fates is part of the modern English Pokémon TCG era and uses the standard contemporary card frame and rarity tiers. Illustration by Eri Yamaki.
The flavor text on the card reads: "The plant stalk it holds is its weapon. The stalk is used like a sword to cut all sorts of things." Pokédex entries from this era are short and often quirky, written by the original Japanese localization team for a specific stat-block layout that no longer exists in modern cards.
About Farfetch'd in the Pokémon world
A duck Pokémon that always carries a leek. Notably one of the few Gen 1 Pokémon that never received an evolution until Galarian Farfetch'd in Gen 8. Jungle Uncommon. Sentimental collector pick.
Print variants and how to spot them
Hidden Fates shipped in Holofoil and Reverse Holo, plus a special Shiny Vault subset (numbered SV1 through SV94) that runs alongside the standard 69-card set. Shiny Vault cards use alternate-color shiny treatments and pull at lower rates than the standard holos.
Grading and condition
Modern Uncommons grade cleanly. The secondary market for graded modern Uncommons is mostly set-completionist driven; standalone demand is thin. Useful as a first grading submission to learn the process.
If you are buying this card
Raw copies of this card are inexpensive enough that the grading math rarely justifies submission unless you have a clearly pack-fresh example. For set completionists, picking up a clean raw copy and sleeving it is the practical move.
