Pokémon · EX
Illumise
Delta Species · #45 · Uncommon · 2005
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$1.70
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 45 / 114
- Release year
- 2005
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Midori Harada
- Pokédex #
- 314
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 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 Illumise plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥30 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 Illumise
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
More by Midori Harada
This card was illustrated by Midori Harada.
Building around Illumise?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Body: Beacon Protection
As long as you have Volbeat in play, prevent all effects, including damage, done to Illumise by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon that has Dark in its name.
CCall for Family
Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.
GCStrange Rasping — 20
If the Defending Pokémon is an Evolved Pokémon, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
Weakness:R×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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.49 | $1.50 | $86.80 | $1.70 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $25.00 | $45.48 | $309.90 | $17.84 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.50 |
| 7-day average | €0.95 |
| 30-day average | €1.26 |
| Low | €0.15 |
| Trend price | €1.39 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.45 |
| Reverse holo low | €2.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €5.90 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €7.54 |
| reverseHoloSell | €9.46 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.62 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €5.80 |
| Reverse holo trend | €8.28 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Illumise is real?
Illumise 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 Illumise worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Illumise is $1.70; 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 Illumise from?
Illumise is from the Pokémon set "Delta Species" in the EX series, released in 2005.
What rarity is Illumise?
Illumise is a Uncommon card in the Delta Species set.
Other Illumise printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
