Pokémon · POP
Piplup
POP Series 9 · #16 · Common · 2009
Listings
No active listings
From
—
Market reference
$8.15
TCGPlayer
Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 16 / 17
- Release year
- 2009
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 50
- Subtype
- Basic
- Evolves to
- Prinplup
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Illustrator
- Midori Harada
- Pokédex #
- 393
- Series
- POP
About this card
"It lives along shores in northern countries. A skilled swimmer, it dives for over 10 minutes to hunt."
[Water]Water Sport — 10+
If Piplup has less Energy attached to it than the Defending Pokémon, this attack does 10 damage plus more 10 more damage.
[Water · Colorless · Colorless]Wavelet — 40
If you have Buizel in play, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness: Lightning +10
Retreat cost: Colorless
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Piplup has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Piplup — Phantasmal Flames
Played in 141 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 2026/06/09| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $6.99 | $23.75 | $49.99 | $8.15 | $49.86 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/06/09| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €2.00 |
| 7-day average | €1.79 |
| 30-day average | €4.44 |
| Low | €0.20 |
| Trend price | €7.76 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.00 |
| Reverse holo low | €100.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €65.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €19.36 |
| averageSellPrice | €7.68 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €19.36 |
| Reverse holo trend | €54.75 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Piplup is real?
Piplup 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 Piplup worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Piplup is $8.15; 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 Piplup from?
Piplup is from the Pokémon set "POP Series 9" in the POP series, released in 2009.
What rarity is Piplup?
Piplup is a Common card in the POP Series 9 set.
Watch on YouTube
Other Piplup printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
