Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Blaziken
Darkness Ablaze · #24 · Rare Holo · 2020
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From
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Market reference
$0.59
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 24 / 201
- Release year
- 2020
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 170
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Combusken
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- D
- Illustrator
- Ryuta Fuse
- Pokédex #
- 257
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Energy Acceleration
- Damage efficiency
- 130 damage
- 43.33 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Blaziken plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is energy acceleration. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥85 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Combusken first).
How to beat Blaziken
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥85 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 16 decks
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 Ryuta Fuse
This card was illustrated by Ryuta Fuse.
Building around Blaziken?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"When facing a tough foe, it looses flames from its wrists. Its powerful legs let it jump clear over buildings."
Ability: Double Type
As long as this Pokémon is in play, it is Fire and Fighting type.
RCCTurbo Drive — 130
Attach a basic Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched 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 Blaziken was legal.
Expanded Tourney #2
4 days ago
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Webcam Expanded
5 days ago
Expanded Tourney #2
last week
The Wild Area Expanded #2 - 18 Codes
last week
The Wild Area Expanded #1 - 24 Codes
2 weeks ago
The Wild Area Expanded #1 - 24 Codes
3 weeks ago
Tournament play
This printing of Blaziken has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Blaziken ex — Journey Together
Played in 1,032 recent decks
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 2026/06/24| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.30 | $0.60 | $3.00 | $0.59 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.50 | $1.00 | $6.89 | $1.04 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.45 |
| 7-day average | €0.61 |
| 30-day average | €0.44 |
| Low | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €0.69 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.15 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.10 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.30 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.27 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.41 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.98 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.35 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Blaziken is real?
Blaziken 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 Blaziken worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Blaziken is $0.59; 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 Blaziken from?
Blaziken is from the Pokémon set "Darkness Ablaze" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2020.
What rarity is Blaziken?
Blaziken is a Rare Holo card in the Darkness Ablaze set.
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