Pokémon · Mega Evolution
Piplup
Phantasmal Flames · #27 · Common · 2025
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From
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Market reference
$0.17
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 27 / 130
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Prinplup
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Hideki Ishikawa
- Pokédex #
- 393
- Series
- Mega Evolution
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- 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 Piplup 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.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 1% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Piplup
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥35 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
- 1% of decks
- 1.5 copies on average · 478 decks
- Match win rate
- 47.3%
- +0.3 pts vs the 46.9% 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.
Prinplup
in 17% of decks · 82 seen
Empoleon ex
in 100% of decks · 492 seen
Deoxys
in 23% of decks · 111 seen
Dialga
in 29% of decks · 145 seen
Steven's Metang
in 54% of decks · 267 seen
Steven's Beldum
in 54% of decks · 268 seen
Steven's Metagross ex
in 54% of decks · 268 seen
Mega Mawile ex
in 39% of decks · 192 seen
More by Hideki Ishikawa
This card was illustrated by Hideki Ishikawa.
Building around Piplup?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"A poor walker, it often falls down. However, its strong pride makes it puff up its chest without a care."
CCall for Support
Search your deck for a Supporter card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
CCTackle — 20
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Piplup or Phantasmal Flames.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Piplup was legal.
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today
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today
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today
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today
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
178
ran Piplup
Tournaments scanned
292
past 30 days
Competitive note
Currently a meta staple.
21 top-cut decks · best finish 1st
Top decks running Piplup
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 | $0.19 | $19.98 | $0.17 | $0.01 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.25 | $19.98 | $0.25 | $0.10 |
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 $0.17; 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 "Phantasmal Flames" in the Mega Evolution series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Piplup?
Piplup is a Common card in the Phantasmal Flames set.
Other Piplup printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
