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Typhlosion

Nintendo Black Star Promos · #34 · Promo · 2003

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Card facts

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Set position: 34 / 40
Release year: 2003
Rarity: Promo
HP: 110
Subtype: Stage 2
Evolves from: Quilava
Retreat cost: 1 energy
Illustrator: Hajime Kusajima
Pokédex #: 157
Series: NP

Card analysis

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Primary role: Status Conditions
Damage efficiency: 50 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

Attacker

Strategy & play

How Typhlosion plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

Inflicts Sleep — they flip each turn to wake, so it’s a coin-flip lock: disruptive but unreliable on its own.
Its main attack (Rage) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥55 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 Quilava first).

How to beat Typhlosion

Exploit its Water weakness — ≥55 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.

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About this card

HP: 110Type:RFireSubtype: Stage 2Evolves from: Quilava

Poké-Body: Burning Aura

As long as Typhlosion is your Active Pokémon, put 1 damage counter on each Active Pokémon (both yours and your opponent's) between turns.

RFlickering Flames — 20

The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

RCCRage — 50+

Does 50 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on Typhlosion.

Weakness:W×2

Retreat cost:C

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

unlimitedLegal

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 2026/07/04

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Holofoil	$43.63	$185.00	$545.89	$44.07	—

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/07/01

Variant	Price
1-day average	€35.00
7-day average	€25.94
30-day average	€9.33
Low	€0.49
Trend price	€17.48
Low (excellent+)	€9.90
reverseHoloAvg1	€0.75
Reverse holo 7-day	€3.22
averageSellPrice	€12.91
Reverse holo 30-day	€3.41
Reverse holo trend	€4.44

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Typhlosion is real?

Typhlosion 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 Typhlosion worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Typhlosion is $44.07; 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 Typhlosion from?

Typhlosion is from the Pokémon set "Nintendo Black Star Promos" in the NP series, released in 2003.

What rarity is Typhlosion?

Typhlosion is a Promo card in the Nintendo Black Star Promos set.