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Purrloin

Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet

Purrloin

Scarlet & Violet

White Flare · #55 · Common · 2025

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Market reference

$0.18

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Card facts

Quick reference for collectors and graders.

Set position
55 / 173
Release year
2025
Rarity
Common
HP
60
Subtype
Basic
Evolves to
Liepard
Retreat cost
1 energy
Regulation mark
I
Illustrator
Yuu Nishida
Pokédex #
509
Series
Scarlet & Violet

Card analysis

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

Primary role
Search / Tutor
Prize liability
1 Prize given up
Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
Setup
Basic
Plays straight down — no evolution needed

Strategy & play

How Purrloin 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.
  • Needs Darkness Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
  • Darkness type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
  • Seen in 1% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
  • Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.

How to beat Purrloin

  • Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
  • KO it to choke their draw / search engine.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion
1% of decks
1.02 copies on average · 306 decks
Match win rate
47.0%
-0.2 pts vs the 47.2% field average

More by Yuu Nishida

This card was illustrated by Yuu Nishida.

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About this card

HP: 60Type:DDarknessSubtype: BasicEvolves to: Liepard

"They steal from people for fun, but their victims can't help but forgive them. Their deceptively cute act is perfect."

DInvite Evil

Search your deck for up to 3 Darkness Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.

Weakness:G×2

Retreat cost:C

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

expandedLegal
standardLegal
unlimitedLegal

Tournament play

Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).

Recent decks

204

ran Purrloin

Tournaments scanned

291

past 30 days

Competitive note

Currently a meta staple.

17 top-cut decks · best finish 1st

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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 2026/07/10
VariantLowMidHighMarketDirect Low
Normal$0.02$0.20$19.98$0.18$0.10
Reverse Holofoil$0.05$0.25$19.98$0.25$0.10

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/01/19
VariantPrice
1-day average€0.02
7-day average€0.04
30-day average€0.05
Low€0.02
Trend price€0.04
Low (excellent+)€0.02
Reverse holo low€0.02
reverseHoloAvg1€0.08
Reverse holo 7-day€0.06
reverseHoloSell€0.12
averageSellPrice€0.05
Reverse holo 30-day€0.11
Reverse holo trend€0.09

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Purrloin is real?

Purrloin 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 Purrloin worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Purrloin is $0.18; 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 Purrloin from?

Purrloin is from the Pokémon set "White Flare" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.

What rarity is Purrloin?

Purrloin is a Common card in the White Flare set.