Pokémon · XY
Blaziken
Primal Clash · #28 · Rare Holo · 2015
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From
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Market reference
$5.57
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 28 / 164
- Release year
- 2015
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 140
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Combusken
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 257
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Energy Acceleration
- Damage efficiency
- 100 damage
- 50 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 Blaziken plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is energy acceleration. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥70 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 Combusken first).
- Seen in 1% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Blaziken
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥70 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 1.01 copies on average · 370 decks
- Match win rate
- 50.3%
- +3.1 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Blaziken?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"When facing a tough foe, it looses flames from its wrists. Its powerful legs let it jump clear over buildings."
RSpreading Flames
Attach 3 Fire Energy cards from your discard pile to your Pokémon in any way you like.
RCHeat Blow — 100
Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Blaziken was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Blaziken has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Blaziken ex — Journey Together
Played in 1,276 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 2026/07/19| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $2.20 | $5.57 | $41.52 | $5.57 | $41.52 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $1.99 | $6.10 | $99.99 | $4.67 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €4.00 |
| 7-day average | €4.09 |
| 30-day average | €3.51 |
| Low | €1.00 |
| Trend price | €3.93 |
| Low (excellent+) | €2.45 |
| Reverse holo low | €2.70 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €6.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €5.75 |
| reverseHoloSell | €12.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €4.31 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €6.01 |
| Reverse holo trend | €5.81 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Blaziken is real?
Blaziken 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 Blaziken worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Blaziken is $5.57; 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 Blaziken from?
Blaziken is from the Pokémon set "Primal Clash" in the XY series, released in 2015.
What rarity is Blaziken?
Blaziken is a Rare Holo card in the Primal Clash set.
Other Blaziken printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
