Pokémon · HeartGold & SoulSilver
Vileplume
HS—Undaunted · #24 · Rare · 2010
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From
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Market reference
$4.49
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 24 / 91
- Release year
- 2010
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Gloom
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 45
- Series
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 16.67 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 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 (Dazzling Pollen) 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 Psychic ×2 — a Psychic attacker doing ≥60 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 Gloom first).
How to beat Vileplume
- Exploit its Psychic weakness — ≥60 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.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Vileplume?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It has the world's largest petals. With every step, the petals shake out heavy clouds of toxic pollen."
Poké-Body: Allergy Flower
Each player can't play any Trainer cards from his or her hand.
GGCDazzling Pollen — 50+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 50 damage plus 20 more damage. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
Weakness:P×2
Retreat cost:CC
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 | $3.50 | $9.97 | $58.00 | $4.49 | $53.02 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $17.44 | $94.88 | $151.80 | $14.11 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/27| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.50 |
| 7-day average | €1.24 |
| 30-day average | €2.35 |
| Low | €0.50 |
| Trend price | €1.74 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.94 |
| Reverse holo low | €1.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €5.34 |
| reverseHoloSell | €3.57 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.20 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €4.25 |
| Reverse holo trend | €5.35 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Vileplume is real?
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 Vileplume worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Vileplume is $4.49; 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 Vileplume from?
Vileplume is from the Pokémon set "HS—Undaunted" in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series, released in 2010.
What rarity is Vileplume?
Vileplume is a Rare card in the HS—Undaunted set.
Other Vileplume printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
