Pokémon · EX
Blaziken
Ruby & Sapphire · #3 · Rare Holo · 2003
Listings
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From
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Market reference
$75.18
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 3 / 109
- Release year
- 2003
- Rarity
- Rare Holo
- HP
- 100
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Combusken
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex #
- 257
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Ability Engine
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 16.67 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 Blaziken plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Not a main attacker — its job is Ability-based draw/search. 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 ≥50 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 Combusken first).
- Seen in 1% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
How to beat Blaziken
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
- KO it to choke their draw / search engine.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 1% of decks
- 1.01 copies on average · 371 decks
- Match win rate
- 50.1%
- +2.9 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Kouki Saitou
This card was illustrated by Kouki Saitou.
Building around Blaziken?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Poké-Power: Firestarter
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a Fire Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. This power can't be used if Blaziken is affected by a Special Condition.
RCCFire Stream — 50
Discard a Fire Energy card attached to Blaziken. If you do, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Blaziken has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Blaziken ex — Journey Together
Played in 1,332 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 2026/07/04| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $45.00 | $75.18 | $1,049.80 | $75.18 | — |
| Reverse Holofoil | $88.47 | $120.11 | $1,218.69 | $120.83 | $1,218.69 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €24.99 |
| 7-day average | €22.99 |
| 30-day average | €24.77 |
| Low | €3.29 |
| Trend price | €16.87 |
| Low (excellent+) | €10.00 |
| Reverse holo low | €3.29 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €18.00 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €18.48 |
| reverseHoloSell | €16.56 |
| averageSellPrice | €21.76 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €17.65 |
| Reverse holo trend | €17.44 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Blaziken is real?
Blaziken 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 Blaziken worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Blaziken is $75.18; 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 Blaziken from?
Blaziken is from the Pokémon set "Ruby & Sapphire" in the EX series, released in 2003.
What rarity is Blaziken?
Blaziken is a Rare Holo card in the Ruby & Sapphire set.
Other Blaziken printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
