Pokémon · Platinum
Vulpix
Platinum · #SH6 · Rare · 2009
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From
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Market reference
$157.42
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- SH6 / 133
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 60
- 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
- Search / Tutor
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 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 search / tutoring. Run it as a consistency hub and protect it, because opponents will target the engine.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥30 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 — ≥30 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 2.07 copies on average · 56 decks
- Match win rate
- 43.3%
- -3.9 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
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
Find Wildfire
Search your deck for up to 2 Fire Energy cards, show them to your opponent, and put them in your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.
RBrushfire — 10
Does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Grass Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
RCInflame — 30
Discard a Fire Energy card from your hand. (If you can't discard a card from your hand, this attack does nothing.)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reverse Holofoil | $449.98 | $748.89 | $5,009.80 | $157.42 | $449.99 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/12/07| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €13.00 |
| 7-day average | €35.75 |
| 30-day average | €32.14 |
| Low | €9.99 |
| Trend price | €29.40 |
| Low (excellent+) | €29.99 |
| Reverse holo low | €10.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €25.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €30.72 |
| reverseHoloSell | €32.79 |
| averageSellPrice | €13.00 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €33.17 |
| Reverse holo trend | €40.66 |
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 $157.42; 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 Rare card in the Platinum set.
Other Vulpix printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
