Pokémon · Black & White
Vanilluxe
Plasma Freeze · #29 · Rare · 2013
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.67
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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 / 122
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Stage 2 · Team Plasma
- Evolves from
- Vanillish
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- 5ban Graphics
- 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
- 60 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 Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
- 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 5ban Graphics
This card was illustrated by 5ban Graphics.
Building around Vanilluxe?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Swallowing large amounts of water, they make snow clouds inside their bodies and, when angry, cause violent blizzards."
CChillMAX — 60×
Flip a coin for each Energy attached to this Pokémon. This attack does 60 damage for each heads.
WCCold Breath — 40
The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/27| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.25 | $0.71 | $19.98 | $0.67 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.98 | $6.00 | $59.61 | $5.00 | $59.61 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/14| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.29 |
| 7-day average | €0.54 |
| 30-day average | €0.53 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.45 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.43 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.70 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.49 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.78 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.33 |
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 $0.67; 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 "Plasma Freeze" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Vanilluxe?
Vanilluxe is a Rare card in the Plasma Freeze set.
Other Vanilluxe printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
