Pokémon · Black & White
Tepig
BW Black Star Promos · #BW02 · Promo · 2011
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Market reference
$2.84
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- BW02 / 101
- Release year
- 2011
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Pignite
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 498
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 Tepig 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 (Ember) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Tepig
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.64 copies on average · 58 decks
- Match win rate
- 37.5%
- -9.7 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Tepig?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It blows fire through its nose. When it catches a cold, the fire becomes pitch-black smoke instead."
RCEmber — 30
Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Tepig 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 | $1.24 | $2.99 | $59.99 | $2.84 | $4.49 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.99 |
| 7-day average | €1.00 |
| 30-day average | €1.65 |
| Low | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €1.44 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.14 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.90 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.78 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.86 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.77 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.10 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Tepig is real?
Tepig 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 Tepig worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Tepig is $2.84; 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 Tepig from?
Tepig is from the Pokémon set "BW Black Star Promos" in the Black & White series, released in 2011.
What rarity is Tepig?
Tepig is a Promo card in the BW Black Star Promos set.
Other Tepig printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
