Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Buneary
Majestic Dawn · #53 · Common · 2008
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.63
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 53 / 100
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Lopunny
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex #
- 427
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- Damage efficiency
- 10 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 Buneary plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Colorless type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 3% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Buneary
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 3% of decks
- 2.06 copies on average · 2024 decks
- Match win rate
- 45.9%
- -1.1 pts vs the 47.0% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
More by Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
Building around Buneary?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"When it senses danger, it perks up its ears. On cold nights, it sleeps with its head tucked into its fur."
Drawup Power
Search your deck for an Energy card, show it to your opponent, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
CExtend Ears — 10
Remove 1 damage counter from each of your Benched Pokémon.
Weakness:F+10
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Buneary has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Buneary — Phantasmal Flames
Played in 525 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 2026/07/03| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.20 | $0.59 | $19.20 | $0.63 | $0.79 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.40 | $1.94 | $43.00 | $2.56 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.27 |
| 7-day average | €0.36 |
| 30-day average | €0.26 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.33 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.05 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.09 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.95 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.35 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.67 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.24 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.70 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.06 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Buneary is real?
Buneary 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 Buneary worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Buneary is $0.63; 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 Buneary from?
Buneary is from the Pokémon set "Majestic Dawn" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Buneary?
Buneary is a Common card in the Majestic Dawn set.
Other Buneary printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
