Pokémon · POP
Buneary
POP Series 9 · #12 · Common · 2009
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.77
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 12 / 17
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Lopunny
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Midori Harada
- Pokédex #
- 427
- Series
- POP
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Damage Prevention
- Damage efficiency
- 10 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 Buneary 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.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Colorless type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 2% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Buneary
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 2% of decks
- 2.04 copies on average · 1775 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.2%
- -1.0 pts vs the 47.2% 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.
More by Midori Harada
This card was illustrated by Midori Harada.
Building around Buneary?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"When it senses danger, it perks up its ears. On cold nights, it sleeps with its head tucked into its fur."
CDizzy Punch — 10×
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.
CCDefense Curl
Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Buneary by attacks during your opponent's next turn.
Weakness:F+10
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Buneary has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Buneary — Phantasmal Flames
Played in 426 recent decks
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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.15 | $0.73 | $19.98 | $0.77 | $0.84 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.20 |
| 7-day average | €0.49 |
| 30-day average | €0.42 |
| Low | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €0.46 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.19 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.10 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.40 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.10 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.10 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Buneary is real?
Buneary 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 Buneary worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Buneary is $0.77; 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 Buneary from?
Buneary is from the Pokémon set "POP Series 9" in the POP series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Buneary?
Buneary is a Common card in the POP Series 9 set.
Other Buneary printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
