Pokémon · EX
Blaziken ex
Team Magma vs Team Aqua · #89 · Rare Holo EX · 2004
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Market reference
$207.95
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 89 / 97
- Release year
- 2004
- Rarity
- Rare Holo EX
- HP
- 150
- Subtype
- Stage 2 · ex
- Evolves from
- Combusken
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- Hikaru Koike
- Pokédex #
- 257
- Series
- EX
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Bench Damage
- Damage efficiency
- 30 damage
- 15 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 2 Prizes given up
- Two-prize Pokémon — a single KO swings the prize race
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Also does
Strategy & play
How Blaziken ex plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Inflicts Burn — 20 damage between turns, then a coin flip to clear it. Chip damage with a coin-flip tail.
- Its main attack (Blaze Kick) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water and Psychic ×2 — a Water/Psychic attacker doing ≥75 effectively one-shots it.
- A two-prize Pokémon — each KO gives the opponent 2 Prizes, so a single bad trade can lose the race. Back it with single-prize attackers.
- 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).
How to beat Blaziken ex
- Exploit its Water/Psychic weakness — ≥75 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
- It gives up 2 Prizes — out-trade it with single-prize attackers.
- 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
- 5% of decks
- 2.08 copies on average · 2633 decks
- Match win rate
- 50.7%
- +3.5 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.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Hikaru Koike
This card was illustrated by Hikaru Koike.
Building around Blaziken ex?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
RCBlaze Kick — 30+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage plus 20 more damage. If tails, this attack does 30 damage and the Defending Pokémon is now Burned.
RRCCVolcanic Ash
Discard 2 Fire Energy attached to Blaziken ex and then choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 100 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness:W×2P×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Tournament play
This printing of Blaziken ex has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Blaziken ex — Journey Together
Played in 1,264 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 | $399.99 | $849.99 | $1,299.99 | $207.95 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €74.99 |
| 7-day average | €35.35 |
| 30-day average | €43.90 |
| Low | €9.99 |
| Trend price | €35.51 |
| Low (excellent+) | €33.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €18.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €13.73 |
| averageSellPrice | €53.66 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €17.73 |
| Reverse holo trend | €18.88 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Blaziken ex is real?
Blaziken ex 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 ex worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Blaziken ex is $207.95; 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 ex from?
Blaziken ex is from the Pokémon set "Team Magma vs Team Aqua" in the EX series, released in 2004.
What rarity is Blaziken ex?
Blaziken ex is a Rare Holo EX card in the Team Magma vs Team Aqua set.
Other Blaziken ex printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
