Pokémon · EX
Volbeat
Emerald · #42 · Uncommon · 2005
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From
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Market reference
$2.08
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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 / 107
- Release year
- 2005
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex #
- 313
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 Volbeat 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.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Its main attack (Double-edge) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- 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 Volbeat
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.13 copies on average · 8 decks
More by Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
Building around Volbeat?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CConfuse Ray
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
GCDouble-edge — 30
Volbeat does 10 damage to itself.
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 | $1.49 | $2.02 | $57.00 | $2.08 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $24.89 | $32.58 | $413.00 | $29.83 | $305.92 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.30 |
| 7-day average | €1.17 |
| 30-day average | €1.11 |
| Low | €0.08 |
| Trend price | €1.23 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.08 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €6.74 |
| reverseHoloSell | €8.62 |
| averageSellPrice | €1.40 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €6.54 |
| Reverse holo trend | €7.53 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Volbeat is real?
Volbeat 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 Volbeat worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Volbeat is $2.08; 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 Volbeat from?
Volbeat is from the Pokémon set "Emerald" in the EX series, released in 2005.
What rarity is Volbeat?
Volbeat is a Uncommon card in the Emerald set.
Other Volbeat printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
