Pokémon · XY
Illumise
Primal Clash · #18 · Common · 2015
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Market reference
$0.35
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 18 / 164
- Release year
- 2015
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Tomokazu Komiya
- Pokédex #
- 314
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Search / Tutor
- 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 Illumise 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.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire 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.
How to beat Illumise
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
More by Tomokazu Komiya
This card was illustrated by Tomokazu Komiya.
Building around Illumise?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"With its sweet aroma, it guides Volbeat to draw signs with light in the night sky."
GHelping Hand
Search your deck for a basic Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterward.
CTwirling Sign — 10
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Illumise 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 2026/07/19| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.10 | $0.35 | $19.98 | $0.35 | $0.50 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.54 | $1.00 | $19.98 | $1.27 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.40 |
| 7-day average | €0.46 |
| 30-day average | €0.42 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.32 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.49 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.90 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.42 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.31 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.44 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.23 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.72 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Illumise is real?
Illumise 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 Illumise worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Illumise is $0.35; 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 Illumise from?
Illumise is from the Pokémon set "Primal Clash" in the XY series, released in 2015.
What rarity is Illumise?
Illumise is a Common card in the Primal Clash set.
Other Illumise printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
