Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Froakie
Forbidden Light · #21 · Common · 2018
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.26
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 21 / 150
- Release year
- 2018
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Frogadier
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 656
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- 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
Strategy & play
How Froakie 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.
- Its main attack (Flop) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass 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.
- Seen in 5% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Froakie
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 5% of decks
- 3.37 copies on average · 2414 decks
- Match win rate
- 42.1%
- -5.2 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.
Frogadier
in 100% of decks · 15 seen
Frogadier
in 83% of decks · 392 seen
Totodile
in 39% of decks · 184 seen
Great Haul Net
in 49% of decks · 234 seen
AZ's Tranquility
in 47% of decks · 224 seen
Greninja ex
in 97% of decks · 460 seen
Frogadier
in 98% of decks · 2376 seen
Mega Greninja ex
in 87% of decks · 2106 seen
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Froakie?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It protects its skin by covering its body in delicate bubbles. Beneath its happy-go-lucky air, it keeps a watchful eye on its surroundings."
Ability: Frubbles
If this Pokémon has any Water Energy attached to it, it has no Retreat Cost.
CCFlop — 20
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Froakie was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Froakie has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Froakie — Chaos Rising
Played in 678 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 2026/07/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.10 | $0.27 | $2.99 | $0.26 | $0.22 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.30 | $0.64 | $19.98 | $0.60 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/31| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.04 |
| 7-day average | €0.09 |
| 30-day average | €0.11 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.12 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.09 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.29 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.28 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.26 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.13 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.37 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.36 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Froakie is real?
Froakie 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 Froakie worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Froakie is $0.26; 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 Froakie from?
Froakie is from the Pokémon set "Forbidden Light" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2018.
What rarity is Froakie?
Froakie is a Common card in the Forbidden Light set.
Other Froakie printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
