Pokémon · XY
Quilava
BREAKthrough · #19 · Uncommon · 2015
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Market reference
$0.37
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 19 / 165
- Release year
- 2015
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Stage 1
- Evolves from
- Cyndaquil
- Evolves to
- Typhlosion
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Shin Nagasawa
- Pokédex #
- 156
- Series
- XY
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 1
- One evolution step from a Basic
Strategy & play
How Quilava plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Mini Eruption) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 1 — one step up from Cyndaquil; doesn’t help your opening hand, but quick to set up.
How to beat Quilava
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥40 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
More by Shin Nagasawa
This card was illustrated by Shin Nagasawa.
Building around Quilava?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Be careful if it turns its back during battle. It means that it will attack with the fire on its back."
RCMini Eruption — 30+
Discard the top card of your deck. If that card is an Energy card, this attack does 30 more damage.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Quilava was legal.
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 2026/07/19| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.10 | $0.30 | $1,000.00 | $0.37 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.40 | $1.16 | $19.98 | $2.00 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/22| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.18 |
| 7-day average | €0.17 |
| 30-day average | €0.50 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.02 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.45 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.69 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.87 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.69 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.20 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.35 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.82 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Quilava is real?
Quilava 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 Quilava worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Quilava is $0.37; 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 Quilava from?
Quilava is from the Pokémon set "BREAKthrough" in the XY series, released in 2015.
What rarity is Quilava?
Quilava is a Uncommon card in the BREAKthrough set.
Other Quilava printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
