Pokémon · E-Card
Vulpix
Expedition Base Set · #136 · Common · 2002
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$19.60
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 136 / 165
- Release year
- 2002
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Ninetales
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Yuka Morii
- Pokédex #
- 37
- Series
- E-Card
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- 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 Vulpix 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 Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- Its main attack (Flare) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥25 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 Vulpix
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥25 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
- 2.15 copies on average · 47 decks
- Match win rate
- 41.7%
- -5.6 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Yuka Morii
This card was illustrated by Yuka Morii.
Building around Vulpix?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
CTail Shake
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
RCFlare — 20
Weakness:W×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 2026/07/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $31.00 | $38.04 | $222.40 | $19.60 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $365.00 | $365.00 | $365.00 | $72.99 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.00 |
| 7-day average | €4.11 |
| 30-day average | €3.88 |
| Low | €0.19 |
| Trend price | €4.17 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.35 |
| Reverse holo low | €2.90 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €7.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €11.92 |
| reverseHoloSell | €8.24 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.12 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €6.95 |
| Reverse holo trend | €10.64 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Vulpix is real?
Vulpix 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 Vulpix worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Vulpix is $19.60; 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 Vulpix from?
Vulpix is from the Pokémon set "Expedition Base Set" in the E-Card series, released in 2002.
What rarity is Vulpix?
Vulpix is a Common card in the Expedition Base Set set.
Other Vulpix printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
