Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Blaziken
Destined Rivals · #42 · Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$0.17
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 42 / 244
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 170
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Combusken
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Kazumasa Yasukuni
- Pokédex #
- 257
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 120 damage
- 40 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.
- Its main attack (Inferno Kick Flurry) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 120 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- 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.
- 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
- 1.01 copies on average · 306 decks
- Match win rate
- 51.1%
- +3.8 pts vs the 47.3% 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 Kazumasa Yasukuni
This card was illustrated by Kazumasa Yasukuni.
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."
CCHeat Blast — 70
RRCInferno Kick Flurry — 120
Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. This attack also does 120 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Blaziken or Destined Rivals.
SEASAC League Challenge #4 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
Jul 29, 2026
PokeMagee Weekly #12 (36 codes winner)
Jul 29, 2026
Zard-Pokénight #011
Jul 29, 2026
REFINE Summer Series Session 5: Pika Cinco
Jul 29, 2026
SEASAC League Challenge #5 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
Jul 30, 2026
🏆Moujii's Dojo🏆 (Late Registration Available!)
Jul 30, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Blaziken was legal.
Torneo Relámpago ⚡ #63 PTCG Live
today
Pudding Weekly #6 | Funky Ehh
today
Pitch Black Tourney - Last Prize Series #10
today
🇧🇷 Hit Challenge #15 • TCG Live | Booster Box
today
👑 CrownOfSpain 👑 #3 (10€ paypal)
today
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Winner Takes All - 50 Codes
today
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
124
ran Blaziken
Tournaments scanned
296
past 30 days
Competitive note
Currently a meta staple.
14 top-cut decks · best finish 1st
Top decks running Blaziken
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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.24 | $20.00 | $0.17 | $0.10 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.14 | $0.38 | $20.00 | $0.37 | $0.35 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.06 |
| 7-day average | €0.10 |
| 30-day average | €0.09 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.09 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.20 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.21 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.30 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.09 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.29 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.22 |
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 $0.17; 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 "Destined Rivals" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Blaziken?
Blaziken is a Rare card in the Destined Rivals set.
Other Blaziken printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
