Pokémon · Black & White
Whimsicott
Boundaries Crossed · #15 · Rare · 2012
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From
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Market reference
$0.47
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 15 / 153
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Cottonee
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 547
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Switching
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Whimsicott plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Cottonee; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Whimsicott
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.67 copies on average · 3 decks
More by Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Whimsicott?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"They appear along with whirlwinds. They pull pranks, such as moving furniture and leaving balls of cotton in homes."
CFluffy Tag
Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. During your next turn, the attacks of that Pokémon do 40 more damage to the Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
GStun Spore — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weakness:R×2
Resistance:W-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Whimsicott was legal.
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/29| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.25 | $0.49 | $19.98 | $0.47 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.79 | $1.88 | $50.10 | $1.71 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.79 |
| 7-day average | €0.73 |
| 30-day average | €0.49 |
| Low | €0.06 |
| Trend price | €0.59 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.08 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.40 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.97 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.11 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.61 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.54 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.48 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.53 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Whimsicott is real?
Whimsicott is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Whimsicott worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Whimsicott is $0.47; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Whimsicott from?
Whimsicott is from the Pokémon set "Boundaries Crossed" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Whimsicott?
Whimsicott is a Rare card in the Boundaries Crossed set.
Other Whimsicott printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
