Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Empoleon
Cosmic Eclipse · #56 · Rare · 2019
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.35
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Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 56 / 272
- Release year
- 2019
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 160
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Prinplup
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex #
- 395
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 130 damage
- 65 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Strategy & play
How Empoleon plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Aquafall) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Hits for 130 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Attacks on any Energy (Colorless cost) — splashable into any deck regardless of type.
- Water type, weak to Lightning ×2 — a Lightning attacker doing ≥80 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Prinplup first).
How to beat Empoleon
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥80 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
More by Masakazu Fukuda
This card was illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda.
Building around Empoleon?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It swims as fast as a jet boat. The edges of its wings are sharp and can slice apart drifting ice."
CRecall
Choose an attack from 1 of this Pokémon's previous Evolutions and use it as this attack.
CCAquafall — 130
Discard all Energy from this Pokémon.
Weakness:L×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Empoleon was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Empoleon has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Empoleon ex — Phantasmal Flames
Played in 71 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 2026/07/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.06 | $0.37 | $10.00 | $0.35 | $0.25 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.55 | $1.00 | $10.00 | $1.09 | $1.09 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/19| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.18 |
| 7-day average | €0.40 |
| 30-day average | €0.36 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.39 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.24 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.75 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.82 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.88 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.34 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.95 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.78 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Empoleon is real?
Empoleon 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 Empoleon worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Empoleon is $0.35; 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 Empoleon from?
Empoleon is from the Pokémon set "Cosmic Eclipse" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2019.
What rarity is Empoleon?
Empoleon is a Rare card in the Cosmic Eclipse set.
Other Empoleon printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
