Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Ethan's Cyndaquil
Destined Rivals · #32 · Common · 2025
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Market reference
$0.14
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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
- 3.93 copies on average · 835 decks
- Match win rate
- 44.5%
- -2.5 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.
Ethan's Quilava
in 100% of decks · 814 seen
Ethan's Typhlosion
in 100% of decks · 814 seen
Victini
in 88% of decks · 719 seen
Ethan's Adventure
in 100% of decks · 814 seen
Redeemable Ticket
in 86% of decks · 702 seen
Ethan's Slugma
in 1% of decks · 12 seen
Ethan's Magcargo
in 1% of decks · 12 seen
Ethan's Ho-Oh ex
in 2% of decks · 13 seen
More by Susumu Maeya
This card was illustrated by Susumu Maeya.
Building around Ethan's Cyndaquil?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
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
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Ethan's Cyndaquil or Destined Rivals.
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Sep 23, 2026
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Sep 24, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Ethan's Cyndaquil was legal.
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today
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today
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
107
ran Ethan's Cyndaquil
Tournaments scanned
286
past 30 days
Competitive note
Currently a meta staple.
8 top-cut decks · best finish 3rd
Top decks running Ethan's Cyndaquil
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.20 | $20.00 | $0.14 | $0.07 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.27 | $20.00 | $0.26 | $0.14 |
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 $0.14; 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.
