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Budew

Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet

Budew

Scarlet & Violet

Prismatic Evolutions · #4 · Common · 2025

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Market reference

$0.19

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Card facts

Quick reference for collectors and graders.

Set position
4 / 180
Release year
2025
Rarity
Common
HP
30
Subtype
Basic
Evolves to
Roselia
Regulation mark
H
Pokédex #
406
Series
Scarlet & Violet

Card analysis

Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.

Primary role
Attacker
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

Strategy & play

How Budew 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.
  • Needs Free Energy to attack — note its own type is Grass, so build for the attack cost, not the type.
  • Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥15 effectively one-shots it.
  • A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
  • Seen in 33% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
  • Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.

How to beat Budew

  • Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥15 damage one-shots it.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion
33% of decks
1.17 copies on average · 16115 decks
Match win rate
48.0%
+0.8 pts vs the 47.2% field average

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About this card

HP: 30Type:GGrassSubtype: BasicEvolves to: Roselia

?Itchy Pollen — 10

During your opponent's next turn, they can't play any Item cards from their hand.

Weakness:R×2

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

expandedLegal
standardLegal
unlimitedLegal

Tournament play

This printing of Budew has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.

BudewAscended Heroes

Played in 5,825 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.

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Updated 2026/07/10
VariantLowMidHighMarketDirect Low
Normal$0.01$0.23$19.90$0.19$0.09
Reverse Holofoil$0.01$0.28$23.98$0.27$0.17

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Budew is real?

Budew 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 Budew worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Budew is $0.19; 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 Budew from?

Budew is from the Pokémon set "Prismatic Evolutions" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.

What rarity is Budew?

Budew is a Common card in the Prismatic Evolutions set.