Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Volbeat
Great Encounters · #92 · Common · 2008
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.35
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 92 / 106
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 313
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
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 Volbeat 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 Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Its main attack (Firefly Light) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥35 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 Volbeat
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥35 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
- 2.13 copies on average · 8 decks
More by Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Volbeat?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It communicates with others by lighting up its rear at night. It loves ILLUMISE's sweet aroma."
Poké-Power: Light Conduct
Once during your turn (before your attack), if you have Illumise in play, you may search your discard pile for a Supporter card, show it to your opponent, and put it on top of your deck. This power can't be used if Volbeat is affected by a Special Condition.
GGFirefly Light — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
Weakness:R+20
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 | $0.20 | $0.35 | $18.98 | $0.35 | $0.22 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.08 | $2.43 | $35.30 | $2.41 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.12 |
| 7-day average | €0.19 |
| 30-day average | €0.15 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.21 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.20 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.57 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.15 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.67 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.55 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Volbeat is real?
Volbeat 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 Volbeat worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Volbeat is $0.35; 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 Volbeat from?
Volbeat is from the Pokémon set "Great Encounters" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Volbeat?
Volbeat is a Common card in the Great Encounters set.
Other Volbeat printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
