Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Buizel
Great Encounters · #61 · Common · 2008
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Market reference
$0.36
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 61 / 106
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Floatzel
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 418
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- 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
Strategy & play
How Buizel 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 (Surf) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning 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 Buizel
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 1 decks
More by Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Buizel?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It has a flotation sac that is like an inflatable collar. It floats on water with its head out."
Headbutt — 10
WWSurf — 30
Weakness:L+10
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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.10 | $0.33 | $19.98 | $0.36 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $2.80 | $4.99 | $33.10 | $4.99 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.13 |
| 7-day average | €0.14 |
| 30-day average | €0.37 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.02 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.04 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.45 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.61 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.82 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.05 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.16 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.05 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Buizel is real?
Buizel 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 Buizel worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Buizel is $0.36; 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 Buizel from?
Buizel is from the Pokémon set "Great Encounters" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Buizel?
Buizel is a Common card in the Great Encounters set.
Other Buizel printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
