Pokémon · Platinum
Piplup
Supreme Victors · #121 · Common · 2009
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$3.23
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 121 / 153
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Prinplup
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Hajime Kusajima
- Pokédex #
- 393
- Series
- Platinum
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 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 Piplup 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 (Surf) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥30 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 Piplup
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.15 copies on average · 13 decks
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.
Empoleon ex
in 100% of decks · 13 seen
Mega Skarmory ex
in 77% of decks · 10 seen
Genesect ex
in 92% of decks · 12 seen
Energy Recycler
in 100% of decks · 13 seen
Precious Trolley
in 92% of decks · 12 seen
Brock's Scouting
in 85% of decks · 11 seen
Team Rocket's Petrel
in 100% of decks · 13 seen
Rare Candy
in 100% of decks · 13 seen
Building around Piplup?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"A poor walker, it often falls down. However, its strong pride makes it puff up its chest without a care."
CPound — 10
WCSurf — 20
Weakness:L+10
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Piplup has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Piplup — Phantasmal Flames
Played in 171 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 2026/06/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $2.88 | $34.91 | $47.90 | $3.23 | $34.91 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $27.54 | $29.54 | $31.54 | $19.95 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/12/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.95 |
| 7-day average | €0.30 |
| 30-day average | €0.38 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.36 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.09 |
| Reverse holo low | €2.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €8.99 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €5.04 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.40 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €3.32 |
| Reverse holo trend | €5.08 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Piplup is real?
Piplup 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 Piplup worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Piplup is $3.23; 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 Piplup from?
Piplup is from the Pokémon set "Supreme Victors" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Piplup?
Piplup is a Common card in the Supreme Victors set.
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Other Piplup printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
