Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Espeon
HS—Undaunted · #81 · Rare Prime · 2010
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Market reference
$202.70
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 81 / 91
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Rare Prime
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Stage 1 · Prime
- Evolves from
- Eevee
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hideaki Hakozaki
- Pokédex #
- 196
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
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
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Espeon plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Solar Ray) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥50 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Eevee; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Espeon
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Building around Espeon?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Body: Evolution Memories
Espeon can use the attacks of all Pokémon you have in play that evolve from Eevee as its own. (You still need the necessary Energy to use each attack.)
PCSolar Ray — 30
Remove 1 damage counter from each of your Pokémon.
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Espeon has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Espeon ex — Prismatic Evolutions
Played in 50 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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $182.43 | $652.98 | $1,099.90 | $202.70 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €56.00 |
| 7-day average | €54.90 |
| 30-day average | €52.42 |
| Low | €5.90 |
| Trend price | €65.89 |
| Low (excellent+) | €14.90 |
| Reverse holo low | €10.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €20.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €33.92 |
| averageSellPrice | €48.07 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €17.37 |
| Reverse holo trend | €26.64 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Espeon is real?
Espeon 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 Espeon worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Espeon is $202.70; 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 Espeon from?
Espeon is from the Pokémon set "HS—Undaunted" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Espeon?
Espeon is a Rare Prime card in the HS—Undaunted set.
Other Espeon printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
