Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Ethan's Cyndaquil
Destined Rivals · #32 · Common · 2025
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Market reference
$0.15
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 32 / 244
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Quilava
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Susumu Maeya
- Pokédex #
- 155
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 30 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 Ethan's Cyndaquil 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.
- 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 1% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 4 copies.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Ethan's Cyndaquil
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 3.9 copies on average · 29 decks
- Match win rate
- 42.7%
- -5.0 pts vs the 47.8% 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.
Ethan's Adventure
in 100% of decks · 29 seen
Victini
in 90% of decks · 26 seen
Ethan's Quilava
in 100% of decks · 29 seen
Ethan's Typhlosion
in 100% of decks · 29 seen
Redeemable Ticket
in 86% of decks · 25 seen
Kieran
in 79% of decks · 23 seen
Brave Bangle
in 93% of decks · 27 seen
Sacred Ash
in 79% of decks · 23 seen
More by Susumu Maeya
This card was illustrated by Susumu Maeya.
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About this card
"It usually stays hunched over. If it is angry or surprised, it shoots flames out of its back."
REmber — 30
Discard an Energy from this Pokémon.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
280
ran Ethan's Cyndaquil
Tournaments scanned
264
past 30 days
Competitive note
Currently a meta staple.
25 top-cut decks · best finish 1st
Top decks running Ethan's Cyndaquil
- 1Ethan's Typhlosion274 decks
- 2Ethan's Magcargo2 decks
- 3Marnie's Grimmsnarl2 decks
- 4Dragapult1 deck
- 5Ceruledge1 deck
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 2026/06/20| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.20 | $20.00 | $0.15 | $0.11 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.08 | $0.27 | $20.00 | $0.25 | $0.12 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.06 |
| 7-day average | €0.06 |
| 30-day average | €0.06 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.05 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.09 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.23 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.14 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.06 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.18 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.19 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Ethan's Cyndaquil is real?
Ethan's Cyndaquil 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 Ethan's Cyndaquil worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Ethan's Cyndaquil is $0.15; 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 Ethan's Cyndaquil from?
Ethan's Cyndaquil is from the Pokémon set "Destined Rivals" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Ethan's Cyndaquil?
Ethan's Cyndaquil is a Common card in the Destined Rivals set.
