Pokémon · Black & White
Vanilluxe
Noble Victories · #29 · Rare · 2011
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$1.87
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 29 / 102
- Release year
- 2011
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Vanillish
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Pokédex #
- 584
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 30 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Vanilluxe plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Its main attack (Frost Breath) 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 Metal ×2 — a Metal attacker doing ≥65 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Vanillish first).
How to beat Vanilluxe
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- 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 · 1 decks
More by Kagemaru Himeno
This card was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno.
Building around Vanilluxe?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"If both heads get angry simultaneously, this Pokémon expels a blizzard, burying everything in snow."
WCDouble Freeze — 40×
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 40 damage times the number of heads. If either of them is heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
WWFrost Breath — 60
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Vanilluxe or Noble Victories.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Vanilluxe was legal.
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 2026/08/20| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.99 | $1.50 | $96.95 | $1.87 | $96.95 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.99 | $2.49 | $42.55 | $2.21 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/08| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.80 |
| 7-day average | €0.72 |
| 30-day average | €1.16 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.92 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.30 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.25 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.24 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.17 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.24 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.78 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.97 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.62 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Vanilluxe is real?
Vanilluxe 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 Vanilluxe worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Vanilluxe is $1.87; 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 Vanilluxe from?
Vanilluxe is from the Pokémon set "Noble Victories" in the Black & White series, released in 2011.
What rarity is Vanilluxe?
Vanilluxe is a Rare card in the Noble Victories set.
Other Vanilluxe printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
