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Purrloin
McDonald's Collection 2012 · #9 · 2012
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Market reference
$13.69
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 9 / 12
- Release year
- 2012
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Liepard
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Atsuko Nishida
- Pokédex #
- 509
- Series
- Other
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Disruption
- 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
Also does
Strategy & play
How Purrloin 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 (Knock Off) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Darkness type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting 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 Purrloin
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 7 decks
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Atsuko Nishida
This card was illustrated by Atsuko Nishida.
Building around Purrloin?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"They steal from people for fun, but their victims can't help but forgive them. Their deceptively cute act is perfect."
DCKnock Off — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, discard a random card from your opponent's hand.
Weakness:F×2
Resistance:P-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Purrloin was legal.
Expanded Tourney #2
4 days ago
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5 days ago
Expanded Tourney #2
last week
The Wild Area Expanded #2 - 18 Codes
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The Wild Area Expanded #1 - 24 Codes
2 weeks ago
The Wild Area Expanded #1 - 24 Codes
3 weeks ago
Tournament play
This printing of Purrloin has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Purrloin — White Flare
Played in 65 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 2026/06/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $6.42 | $13.24 | $174.10 | $13.69 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/17| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €25.00 |
| 7-day average | €20.43 |
| 30-day average | €16.24 |
| Low | €14.00 |
| Trend price | €22.01 |
| Low (excellent+) | €24.95 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €10.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €5.95 |
| averageSellPrice | €27.50 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €5.95 |
| Reverse holo trend | €9.72 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Purrloin is real?
Purrloin 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 Purrloin worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Purrloin is $13.69; 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 Purrloin from?
Purrloin is from the Pokémon set "McDonald's Collection 2012" in the Other series, released in 2012.
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Other Purrloin printings
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