Pokémon · Platinum
Vulpix
Platinum · #102 · Common · 2009
Listings
No active listings
From
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Market reference
$1.01
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 102 / 133
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Ninetales
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Pokédex #
- 37
- Series
- Platinum
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Draw
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 10 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Also does
Strategy & play
How Vulpix plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is card draw. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Inflicts Confusion — they must flip to attack (tails fails and deals 30 to themselves). Soft, coin-flip disruption.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥25 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 0% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 2 copies.
How to beat Vulpix
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥25 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- 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
- 0% of decks
- 2.1 copies on average · 50 decks
- Match win rate
- 38.6%
- -8.5 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.
More by Mitsuhiro Arita
This card was illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.
Building around Vulpix?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It controls balls of fire. As it grows, its six tails split from their tips to make more tails."
Reheat
Discard up to 2 Energy cards from your hand. For each card you discarded, draw 2 cards.
RCConfuse Ray — 20
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.
Weakness:W+10
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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 2026/07/01| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $0.33 | $0.88 | $19.98 | $1.01 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $12.41 | $12.87 | $16.00 | $15.50 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.45 |
| 7-day average | €0.22 |
| 30-day average | €0.21 |
| Low | €0.02 |
| Trend price | €0.24 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.02 |
| Reverse holo low | €0.09 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €2.36 |
| reverseHoloSell | €2.75 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.20 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €2.07 |
| Reverse holo trend | €2.15 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Vulpix is real?
Vulpix 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 Vulpix worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Vulpix is $1.01; 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 Vulpix from?
Vulpix is from the Pokémon set "Platinum" in the Platinum series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Vulpix?
Vulpix is a Common card in the Platinum set.
Other Vulpix printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
