Pokémon · XY
Froakie
XY Black Star Promos · #XY138 · Promo · 2013
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$4.33
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- XY138 / 216
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Promo
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Frogadier
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Sanosuke Sakuma
- Pokédex #
- 656
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Froakie 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.
- Inflicts Paralysis — the Defending Pokémon can’t attack or retreat for a turn. A reliable one-turn lock; chain it to stall the opponent out.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Grass ×2 — a Grass attacker doing ≥30 effectively one-shots it.
- Seen in 4% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 3 copies.
How to beat Froakie
- Exploit its Grass weakness — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 4% of decks
- 3.37 copies on average · 2508 decks
- Match win rate
- 42.4%
- -4.9 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.
More by Sanosuke Sakuma
This card was illustrated by Sanosuke Sakuma.
Building around Froakie?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It protects its skin by covering its body in delicate bubbles. Beneath its happy-go-lucky air, it keeps a watchful eye on its surroundings."
WBubble
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weakness:G×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Froakie was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Froakie has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Froakie — Chaos Rising
Played in 619 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 2026/07/21| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $2.23 | $2.81 | $25.30 | $4.33 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.90 |
| 7-day average | €0.95 |
| 30-day average | €1.27 |
| Low | €0.19 |
| Trend price | €0.82 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.50 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.30 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.63 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.12 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.78 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Froakie is real?
Froakie 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 Froakie worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Froakie is $4.33; 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 Froakie from?
Froakie is from the Pokémon set "XY Black Star Promos" in the XY series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Froakie?
Froakie is a Promo card in the XY Black Star Promos set.
Other Froakie printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
