Pokémon · Black & White
Vanilluxe
Next Destinies · #33 · Rare Holo · 2012
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$1.16
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 33 / 103
- Release year
- 2012
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Vanillish
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Akira Komayama
- Pokédex #
- 584
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Switching
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 20 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 Vanilluxe plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Crushing Ice) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Water Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Water type, weak to Metal ×2 — a Metal attacker doing ≥65 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 Vanillish first).
How to beat Vanilluxe
- Exploit its Metal weakness — ≥65 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1 copies on average · 1 decks
More by Akira Komayama
This card was illustrated by Akira Komayama.
Building around Vanilluxe?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"Swallowing large amounts of water, they make snow clouds inside their bodies and attack their foes with violent blizzards."
Ability: Slippery Soles
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may switch your Active Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. If you do, your opponent switches his or her Active Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon.
WCCCrushing Ice — 60+
Does 10 more damage for each Colorless
Weakness:M×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Vanilluxe 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 2026/08/05| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.50 | $1.15 | $3.75 | $1.16 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.60 | $1.23 | $95.98 | $1.68 | $95.98 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/05/14| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.40 |
| 7-day average | €0.95 |
| 30-day average | €1.05 |
| Low | €0.05 |
| Trend price | €1.07 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.30 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.22 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €2.49 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €1.24 |
| reverseHoloSell | €1.30 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.43 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €1.20 |
| Reverse holo trend | €1.61 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Vanilluxe is real?
Vanilluxe 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 Vanilluxe worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Vanilluxe is $1.16; 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 Vanilluxe from?
Vanilluxe is from the Pokémon set "Next Destinies" in the Black & White series, released in 2012.
What rarity is Vanilluxe?
Vanilluxe is a Rare Holo card in the Next Destinies set.
Other Vanilluxe printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
