Pokémon · XY
Froakie
BREAKpoint · #38 · Common · 2016
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.20
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 38 / 126
- Release year
- 2016
- Rarity
- Common
- 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 · 2569 decks
- Match win rate
- 41.9%
- -5.4 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.
Frogadier
in 100% of decks · 15 seen
Frogadier
in 82% of decks · 400 seen
Totodile
in 39% of decks · 191 seen
Great Haul Net
in 50% of decks · 245 seen
Greninja ex
in 97% of decks · 474 seen
Frogadier
in 98% of decks · 2573 seen
Mega Greninja ex
in 85% of decks · 2224 seen
AZ's Tranquility
in 48% of decks · 236 seen
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 558 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 2026/07/18| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.05 | $0.24 | $1,000.00 | $0.20 | $0.19 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.20 | $0.56 | $49.99 | $0.56 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.47 |
| 7-day average | €0.12 |
| 30-day average | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €0.14 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.73 |
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 $0.20; 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 "BREAKpoint" in the XY series, released in 2016.
What rarity is Froakie?
Froakie is a Common card in the BREAKpoint set.
Other Froakie printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
