Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Vulpix
Call of Legends · #75 · Common · 2011
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$4.10
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 75 / 106
- Release year
- 2011
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Ninetales
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- TOKIYA
- Pokédex #
- 37
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- 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
Also does
Strategy & play
How Vulpix 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.
- Inflicts Burn — 20 damage between turns, then a coin flip to clear it. Chip damage with a coin-flip tail.
- 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 ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Vulpix
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- 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
- 2.1 copies on average · 48 decks
- Match win rate
- 38.6%
- -8.5 pts vs the 47.1% 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.
Building around Vulpix?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"If it is attacked by an enemy that is stronger than itself, it feigns injury to fool the enemy and escapes."
RSinge
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned.
RCEmber — 30
Flip a coin. If tails, discard a Fire Energy attached to Vulpix.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.30 | $3.50 | $39.77 | $4.10 | $39.77 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $19.50 | $33.00 | $174.90 | $21.72 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.45 |
| 7-day average | €0.55 |
| 30-day average | €1.19 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €2.23 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.10 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €5.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €4.78 |
| reverseHoloSell | €5.50 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.58 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €4.42 |
| Reverse holo trend | €5.06 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Vulpix is real?
Vulpix 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 Vulpix worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Vulpix is $4.10; 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 Vulpix from?
Vulpix is from the Pokémon set "Call of Legends" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2011.
What rarity is Vulpix?
Vulpix is a Common card in the Call of Legends set.
Other Vulpix printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
