Pokémon · EX
Beedrill
FireRed & LeafGreen · #1 · Rare Holo · 2004
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From
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Market reference
$14.66
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 1 / 116
- Release year
- 2004
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 90
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Kakuna
- Illustrator
- Hajime Kusajima
- Pokédex #
- 15
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 20 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 Beedrill plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- Its main attack (Link Needle) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥45 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 Kakuna first).
How to beat Beedrill
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥45 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Hajime Kusajima
This card was illustrated by Hajime Kusajima.
Building around Beedrill?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
GPoison Sting — 20
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
GCCLink Needle — 50+
This attack does 50 damage plus 30 more damage for each Beedrill (excluding this one) you have in play.
Weakness:R×2
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Beedrill has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Beedrill ex — Chaos Rising
Played in 400 recent decks
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 | $4.75 | $15.00 | $140.00 | $8.26 | — |
| Holofoil | $7.00 | $14.91 | $164.37 | $14.66 | $164.37 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $24.00 | $64.99 | $179.70 | $19.99 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €3.99 |
| 7-day average | €3.62 |
| 30-day average | €3.82 |
| Low | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €2.98 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.50 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.99 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €10.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €6.74 |
| reverseHoloSell | €8.42 |
| averageSellPrice | €3.56 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €5.57 |
| Reverse holo trend | €8.22 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Beedrill is real?
Beedrill 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 Beedrill worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Beedrill is $14.66; 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 Beedrill from?
Beedrill is from the Pokémon set "FireRed & LeafGreen" in the EX series, released in 2004.
What rarity is Beedrill?
Beedrill is a Rare Holo card in the FireRed & LeafGreen set.
Other Beedrill printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
