Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Piplup
Brilliant Stars · #35 · Common · 2022
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.21
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 35 / 186
- Release year
- 2022
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 60
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Prinplup
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- F
- Illustrator
- Atsushi Furusawa
- Pokédex #
- 393
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 10 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
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.
- 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 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.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Piplup
- Exploit its Lightning 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
- 0% of decks
- 1.54 copies on average · 413 decks
- Match win rate
- 47.4%
- +0.4 pts vs the 47.0% 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 Atsushi Furusawa
This card was illustrated by Atsushi Furusawa.
Building around Piplup?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Because it is very proud, it hates accepting food from people. Its thick down guards it from cold."
WBubble — 10
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Piplup or Brilliant Stars.
RDG! September Open Qualifier
Sep 13, 2026
Vault Of Games #2🏆|SEASON 1|WEEKLY
Sep 13, 2026
Torneo Relámpago ⚡ #78 PTCG Live BO3 (25 CODES)
Sep 13, 2026
SEASAC League Challenge #6 (SEASON 5) [50 CODES]
Sep 13, 2026
#Triplo Pack Brazil Limitless Trainer EleuCards #
Sep 13, 2026
REDACTED DITTO LP INVITATIONAL
Sep 13, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Piplup was legal.
💲100 Cash PTCGL Welcome To The HIDEOUT
today
🇧🇷 Hit Challenge #26 | TCG Live
today
Small Prize Tourney
today
SEASAC League Cup #1 (SEASON 5) [150 CODES]
today
Perth Pokemon Week 4
today
Московская лига Pokémon TCG | X сезон #2
today
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 154 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 2026/07/16| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.01 | $0.23 | $30.00 | $0.21 | $0.10 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.10 | $0.35 | $2.99 | $0.34 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/11| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.07 |
| 7-day average | €0.04 |
| 30-day average | €0.09 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.03 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.02 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.20 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.15 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.18 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.09 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.18 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.15 |
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 $0.21; 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 "Brilliant Stars" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2022.
What rarity is Piplup?
Piplup is a Common card in the Brilliant Stars set.
Other Piplup printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
