Pokémon · Diamond & Pearl
Piplup
Majestic Dawn · #71 · Common · 2008
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$1.26
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 71 / 100
- Release year
- 2008
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Prinplup
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kent Kanetsuna
- Pokédex #
- 393
- Series
- Diamond & Pearl
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Piplup 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.
- Its main attack (Headbutt) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Piplup
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.15 copies on average · 13 decks
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.
Empoleon ex
in 100% of decks · 13 seen
Mega Skarmory ex
in 77% of decks · 10 seen
Genesect ex
in 92% of decks · 12 seen
Energy Recycler
in 100% of decks · 13 seen
Precious Trolley
in 92% of decks · 12 seen
Brock's Scouting
in 85% of decks · 11 seen
Team Rocket's Petrel
in 100% of decks · 13 seen
Rare Candy
in 100% of decks · 13 seen
More by Kent Kanetsuna
This card was illustrated by Kent Kanetsuna.
Building around Piplup?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It lives along shores in northern countries. A skilled swimmer, it dives for over 10 minutes to hunt."
WWater Splash — 10+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 10 more damage.
CCHeadbutt — 20
Weakness:L+10
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Piplup has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Piplup — Phantasmal Flames
Played in 171 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 2026/06/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.51 | $1.26 | $83.28 | $1.26 | $69.40 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $45.00 | $45.00 | $45.00 | $10.03 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.20 |
| 7-day average | €0.14 |
| 30-day average | €0.22 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.11 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.09 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.40 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €3.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.95 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.25 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.22 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.66 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.26 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Piplup is real?
Piplup 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 Piplup worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Piplup is $1.26; 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 Piplup from?
Piplup is from the Pokémon set "Majestic Dawn" in the Diamond & Pearl series, released in 2008.
What rarity is Piplup?
Piplup is a Common card in the Majestic Dawn set.
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Other Piplup printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
