Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Volcanion
Shining Fates · #25 · Rare · 2021
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Market reference
$0.02
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 25 / 73
- Release year
- 2021
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Regulation mark
- E
- Illustrator
- nagimiso
- Pokédex #
- 721
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 120 damage
- 30 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 Volcanion 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.
- Its main attack (Dynamite Steam) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 120 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥65 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 Volcanion
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 7 decks
More by nagimiso
This card was illustrated by nagimiso.
Building around Volcanion?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It expels its internal steam from the arms on its back. It has enough power to blow away a mountain."
WCHammer In — 50
WWWCDynamite Steam — 120×
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 120 damage for each heads.
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:CCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Volcanion was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Volcanion has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Volcanion ex — Journey Together
Played in 118 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 2026/07/16| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.20 | $2.99 | $0.02 | $0.01 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.09 | $0.25 | $19.98 | $0.24 | $0.15 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.05 |
| 7-day average | €0.06 |
| 30-day average | €0.07 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.08 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.05 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.51 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.35 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.29 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.06 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.24 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.34 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Volcanion is real?
Volcanion 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 Volcanion worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Volcanion is $0.02; 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 Volcanion from?
Volcanion is from the Pokémon set "Shining Fates" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2021.
What rarity is Volcanion?
Volcanion is a Rare card in the Shining Fates set.
Other Volcanion printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
