Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Volbeat
HS—Triumphant · #82 · Common · 2010
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Market reference
$0.35
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 82 / 103
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kent Kanetsuna
- Pokédex #
- 313
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 30 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 Burn — 20 damage between turns, then a coin flip to clear it. Chip damage with a coin-flip tail.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Its main attack (Firefly Light) 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 ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
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
- 2.8 copies on average · 5 decks
More by Kent Kanetsuna
This card was illustrated by Kent Kanetsuna.
Building around Volbeat?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It emits light from its tail to communicate. It loves the sweet aroma given off by Illumise."
GIllumisile
If you don't have Illumise in play, this attack does nothing. Choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. This attack does 30 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
GCCFirefly Light — 30
The Defending Pokémon is now Burned and Confused.
Weakness:R×2
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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.15 | $0.32 | $1.49 | $0.35 | $0.23 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.44 | $0.83 | $19.98 | $0.86 | $4.99 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.22 |
| 7-day average | €0.25 |
| 30-day average | €0.26 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.40 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.05 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.60 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.63 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.45 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.33 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.64 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.70 |
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 "HS—Triumphant" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Volbeat?
Volbeat is a Common card in the HS—Triumphant set.
Other Volbeat printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
