Pokémon · Platinum
Vibrava
Rising Rivals · #53 · Uncommon · 2009
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.36
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 53 / 120
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 70
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Trapinch
- Evolves to
- Flygon
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Kyoko Umemoto
- Pokédex #
- 329
- Series
- Platinum
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Disruption
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Also does
Strategy & play
How Vibrava plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Colorless type, weak to Colorless ×2 — a Colorless 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.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Trapinch; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Vibrava
- Exploit its Colorless weakness — ≥35 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.09 copies on average · 22 decks
- Match win rate
- 35.8%
- -11.4 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.
Building around Vibrava?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It violently shudders its wings, generating ultrasonic waves to induce headaches in people."
CEnergy Typhoon — 20×
Does 20 damage times the number of Energy cards in your opponent's discard pile. Then, put those Energy cards on top of your opponent's deck. Your opponent shuffles his or her deck afterward.
CCQuick Attack — 20+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage.
Weakness:C+20
Resistance:L-20
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 | $0.14 | $0.40 | $19.98 | $0.36 | $0.34 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.92 | $1.88 | $19.98 | $1.25 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.29 |
| 7-day average | €0.28 |
| 30-day average | €0.18 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.22 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.15 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.49 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.30 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.36 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.14 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.61 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.64 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Vibrava is real?
Vibrava 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 Vibrava worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Vibrava is $0.36; 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 Vibrava from?
Vibrava is from the Pokémon set "Rising Rivals" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Vibrava?
Vibrava is a Uncommon card in the Rising Rivals set.
Other Vibrava printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
