Pokémon · Black & White
Axew
BW Black Star Promos · #BW10 · Promo · 2011
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Market reference
$3.25
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- BW10 / 101
- Release year
- 2011
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Fraxure
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 610
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 25 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Axew plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Dragon Rage) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2 copies on average · 1 decks
More by Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Axew?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"They use their tusks to crush the berries they eat. Repeated regrowth makes their tusks strong and sharp."
CCDragon Rage — 50
Flip 2 coins. If either of them is tails, this attack does nothing.
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Axew 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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $2.62 | $39.76 | $49.51 | $3.25 | $49.51 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €5.00 |
| 7-day average | €13.20 |
| 30-day average | €7.65 |
| Low | €2.00 |
| Trend price | €11.62 |
| Low (excellent+) | €3.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.75 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.71 |
| averageSellPrice | €5.97 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.43 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.76 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Axew is real?
Axew 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 Axew worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Axew is $3.25; 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 Axew from?
Axew is from the Pokémon set "BW Black Star Promos" in the Black & White series, released in 2011.
What rarity is Axew?
Axew is a Promo card in the BW Black Star Promos set.
Other Axew printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
