Pokémon · Black & White
Blaziken
Dark Explorers · #17 · Rare Holo · 2012
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$15.48
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 17 / 111
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 140
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Combusken
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- TOKIYA
- Pokédex #
- 257
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Status Conditions
- Damage efficiency
- 130 damage
- 43.33 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
Also does
Strategy & play
How Blaziken plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Burn — 20 damage between turns, then a coin flip to clear it. Chip damage with a coin-flip tail.
- Its main attack (Flamethrower) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 130 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥70 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Blaziken
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥70 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- 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
- 1% of decks
- 1.01 copies on average · 315 decks
- Match win rate
- 50.9%
- +3.7 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Building around Blaziken?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Flames spout from its wrists, enveloping its knuckles. Its punches scorch it foes."
RCBlaze Kick — 40+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 more damage. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned.
RRCFlamethrower — 130
Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Blaziken was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Blaziken has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Blaziken ex — Journey Together
Played in 1,155 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 2026/06/30| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $8.77 | $16.05 | $172.50 | $15.48 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $9.99 | $22.80 | $149.80 | $22.12 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/27| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.00 |
| 7-day average | €3.34 |
| 30-day average | €4.63 |
| Low | €0.50 |
| Trend price | €4.71 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.99 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.55 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €7.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €6.47 |
| reverseHoloSell | €6.69 |
| averageSellPrice | €3.93 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €5.26 |
| Reverse holo trend | €6.06 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Blaziken is real?
Blaziken 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 Blaziken worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Blaziken is $15.48; 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 Blaziken from?
Blaziken is from the Pokémon set "Dark Explorers" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Blaziken?
Blaziken is a Rare Holo card in the Dark Explorers set.
Other Blaziken printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
