Pokémon · Black & White
Frillish
Next Destinies · #34 · Uncommon · 2012
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$0.29
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 34 / 103
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- HP
- 80
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Jellicent
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Suwama Chiaki
- Pokédex #
- 592
- Series
- Black & White
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 Frillish 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 Poison — guaranteed chip damage every turn between turns (no coin flip). It stacks with your attack math to cross KO thresholds the attack alone misses.
- 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 ≥40 effectively one-shots it.
- Seen in 1% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Frillish
- Exploit its Lightning weakness — ≥40 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
- 1% of decks
- 1.66 copies on average · 587 decks
- Match win rate
- 45.7%
- -1.6 pts vs the 47.3% 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.
Building around Frillish?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"They paralyze prey with poison, then drag them down to their lairs, five miles below the surface."
CBubble
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
WCSpit Poison
The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.
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 Frillish was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Frillish has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Frillish — White Flare
Played in 143 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 2026/08/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.17 | $0.29 | $2.25 | $0.29 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.30 | $0.56 | $17.86 | $0.55 | $0.56 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/14| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.09 |
| 7-day average | €0.21 |
| 30-day average | €0.20 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.34 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.04 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €0.39 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €0.53 |
| reverseHoloSell | €0.39 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.26 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €0.48 |
| Reverse holo trend | €0.56 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Frillish is real?
Frillish 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 Frillish worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Frillish is $0.29; 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 Frillish from?
Frillish is from the Pokémon set "Next Destinies" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Frillish?
Frillish is a Uncommon card in the Next Destinies set.
Other Frillish printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
