Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Volcarona
Journey Together · #29 · Uncommon · 2025
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Market reference
$0.06
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 29 / 190
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 140
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Larvesta
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 637
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 80 damage
- 40 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 Volcarona plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Smoldering Scales) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥70 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 Larvesta; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Volcarona
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥70 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2 copies on average · 1 decks
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Volcarona?
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About this card
"This Pokémon scatters burning scales. Most of the danger of these scales is not in their heat—it's in the way they rob the surrounding air of oxygen."
RCSmoldering Scales — 80
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Volcarona or Journey Together.
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Recent tournament results
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
1
ran Volcarona
Tournaments scanned
265
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Volcarona
- 1Ceruledge1 deck
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 2026/06/20| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.15 | $19.98 | $0.06 | $0.01 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.02 | $0.24 | $19.98 | $0.21 | $0.02 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/13| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.02 |
| 7-day average | €0.03 |
| 30-day average | €0.03 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.03 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.08 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.11 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.10 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.12 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.12 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Volcarona is real?
Volcarona 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 Volcarona worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Volcarona is $0.06; 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 Volcarona from?
Volcarona is from the Pokémon set "Journey Together" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Volcarona?
Volcarona is a Uncommon card in the Journey Together set.
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