Pokémon · Mega Evolution
Volcanion
Mega Evolution · #25 · Uncommon · 2025
Listings
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Market reference
$0.05
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 25 / 188
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Pokédex #
- 721
- Series
- Mega Evolution
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 130 damage
- 43.33 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 Volcanion 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.
- Inflicts Burn — 20 damage between turns, then a coin flip to clear it. Chip damage with a coin-flip tail.
- Its main attack (Backfire) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 130 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥65 effectively one-shots it.
How to beat Volcanion
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 6 decks
Building around Volcanion?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
RSinge
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned.
RRCBackfire — 130
Put 2 Fire Energy attached to this Pokémon into your hand.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Volcanion or Mega Evolution.
The Stache Series 0: Trial Run
Aug 1, 2026
Redacted Chaos #9 (100 Codes)
Aug 1, 2026
Redacted Chaos 2nd Chance #7 (50 Codes)
Aug 1, 2026
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Aug 2, 2026
Cusca 3v3 Pro Series #17 ⚡
Aug 2, 2026
OceanicTournamentSeries2026 18/20
Aug 2, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Volcanion was legal.
4to Torneo Tropical Beach
today
SEASAC League Cup #1 (SEASON 4) [150 CODES]
today
TOURNAMENT OF DOOM! DRAGAPULT IS....
today
Top Deck Trainer Trials #6
today
Amyverse Webcam Wonders #21 💙 $5 Cash Prize!
today
Full Bench Fridays PTCGL pitch black 150 codes
today
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
1
ran Volcanion
Tournaments scanned
295
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
1 top-cut deck · best finish 2nd
Top decks running Volcanion
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 2026/07/09| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.13 | $19.98 | $0.05 | $0.01 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.20 | $19.98 | $0.17 | $0.05 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Volcanion is real?
Volcanion 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 Volcanion worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Volcanion is $0.05; 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 Volcanion from?
Volcanion is from the Pokémon set "Mega Evolution" in the Mega Evolution series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Volcanion?
Volcanion is a Uncommon card in the Mega Evolution set.
Other Volcanion printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
