Pokémon · Gym
Erika's Vileplume
Gym Heroes · #5 · Rare Holo · 2000
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Market reference
$82.44
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 5 / 132
- Release year
- 2000
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Erika's Gloom
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
- Pokédex #
- 45
- Series
- Gym
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 10 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 Erika's Vileplume plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Its main attack (Mega Drain) 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 ≥40 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 Erika's Gloom first).
How to beat Erika's Vileplume
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥40 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 Ken Sugimori
This card was illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
Building around Erika's Vileplume?
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About this card
Pokémon Power: Pollen Defense
If an attack does damage to Erika's Vileplume while it's your Active Pokémon (even if it's Knocked Out), flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused. This power works even while Erika's Vileplume is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.
GGGMega Drain — 30
If Erika's Vileplume does damage to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), remove a number of damage counters from Erika's Vileplume equal to half the damage done to the Defending Pokémon (rounded up to the nearest 10). If Erika's Vileplume has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Erika's Vileplume has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Erika's Vileplume ex — Ascended Heroes
Played in 36 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 2026/07/07| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlimited Holofoil | $16.38 | $28.16 | $312.70 | $26.91 | — |
| 1st Edition Holofoil | $39.99 | $274.97 | $600.00 | $82.44 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €33.39 |
| 7-day average | €28.62 |
| 30-day average | €26.47 |
| Low | €4.00 |
| Trend price | €20.98 |
| Low (excellent+) | €19.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €8.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €13.09 |
| averageSellPrice | €22.78 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €14.07 |
| Reverse holo trend | €14.72 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Erika's Vileplume is real?
Erika's Vileplume 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 Erika's Vileplume worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Erika's Vileplume is $82.44; 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 Erika's Vileplume from?
Erika's Vileplume is from the Pokémon set "Gym Heroes" in the Gym series, released in 2000.
What rarity is Erika's Vileplume?
Erika's Vileplume is a Rare Holo card in the Gym Heroes set.
