Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Blaziken
Great Encounters · #1 · Rare Holo · 2008
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$21.59
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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 / 106
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Combusken
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 257
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Energy Acceleration
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 30 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 Blaziken plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is energy acceleration. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥65 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 Combusken first).
- Seen in 1% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Blaziken
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 1.01 copies on average · 306 decks
- Match win rate
- 51.1%
- +3.8 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 Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Blaziken?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Flames spout from its wrists, enveloping its knuckles. Its punches scorch its foes."
CFire Dance — 30
Search your discard pile for a Fire Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Pokémon.
RRCFlame Kick
Discard 2 Fire Energy attached to Blaziken. This attack does 80 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness:W+30
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Blaziken has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Blaziken ex — Journey Together
Played in 1,057 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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $22.04 | $30.99 | $309.50 | $21.59 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $30.00 | $49.93 | $550.00 | $15.00 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.00 |
| 7-day average | €5.03 |
| 30-day average | €4.62 |
| Low | €0.99 |
| Trend price | €6.45 |
| Low (excellent+) | €4.00 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €5.35 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €3.55 |
| reverseHoloSell | €3.43 |
| averageSellPrice | €6.11 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €5.40 |
| Reverse holo trend | €3.44 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Blaziken is real?
Blaziken 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 Blaziken worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Blaziken is $21.59; 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 Blaziken from?
Blaziken is from the Pokémon set "Great Encounters" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Blaziken?
Blaziken is a Rare Holo card in the Great Encounters set.
Other Blaziken printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
