Pokémon · Black & White
Drifloon
Plasma Blast · #34 · Common · 2013
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$0.33
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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
- 34 / 105
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Drifblim
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Kyoko Umemoto
- Pokédex #
- 425
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- 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 Drifloon 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 Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Darkness ×2 — a Darkness attacker doing ≥35 effectively one-shots it.
How to beat Drifloon
- Exploit its Darkness weakness — ≥35 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
- 3 copies on average · 1 decks
Building around Drifloon?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"These Pokémon are called the "Signpost for Wandering Spirits." Children holding them sometimes vanish."
PCreepy Wind
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
CCCWind Blast
This attack does 40 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness:D×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Drifloon or Plasma Blast.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Drifloon was legal.
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
1
ran Drifloon
Tournaments scanned
287
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
1 top-cut deck · best finish 4th
Top decks running Drifloon
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 2026/07/27| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.15 | $0.32 | $23.49 | $0.33 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.72 | $1.33 | $19.98 | $0.72 | $19.98 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/14| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.15 |
| 7-day average | €0.15 |
| 30-day average | €0.18 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.18 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.03 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.49 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.95 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.48 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.24 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.73 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.06 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Drifloon is real?
Drifloon 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 Drifloon worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Drifloon is $0.33; 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 Drifloon from?
Drifloon is from the Pokémon set "Plasma Blast" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Drifloon?
Drifloon is a Common card in the Plasma Blast set.
Other Drifloon printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
