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Empoleon

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Platinum symbolPlatinum (PL) · #26/127 · 2009

RareRare

Rare: usually one per pack, often shiny.

What it's worth

Near Mint market price
  • Normal
    No shine anywhere on the card.
    $3.13
    Same as last month
    🛒 Buy: about $3.13 · from $1.60 ↗💵 Sell: about $1.53
  • Reverse holo
    Shine on the background, not the picture.
    $10.24
    ▼ $0.74 this month
    🛒 Buy: about $10.24💵 Sell: about $6.16

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From TCGplayer. Updated Nov 14, 2026. Buying one costs about the market price. Selling one gets you less: shops pay about two thirds, and selling online has fees and postage. Every price and where it came from is below.

Market prices

TCGplayer US dollars

Updated Nov 14, 2026
KindMarketLowMidHighDirect
Normal$3.13$1.60$3.12$57.78—
Reverse holo$10.24$63.48$95.00$199.58—

"Market" is what it recently sold for. Low, mid, and high are current listings.

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Cardmarket euros, Europe

Updated Nov 14, 2026
MeasureNormalHolo / reverse
Trend€1.41≈ $1.56€5.27
Average sale€1.39€5.31
Lowest listing€0.20€0.20
1-day average€0.69€1.94
7-day average€1.46€5.00
30-day average€1.47€5.33
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About this card

W WaterHP 130

Stage 2 · evolves from Prinplup

WCKnock Off40

Choose 1 card from your opponent's hand without looking and discard it.

WCCJet Smash

Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 70 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Empoleon can't use Jet Smash during your next turn.

Weakness
L +30
Resistance
—
Retreat
CC

“If anyone were to hurt its pride, it would slash them with wings that can cleave through an ice floe.”

Special printings

This card was also printed in these versions. Look for the stamp or foil pattern on yours.

Number
26 / 127 (set has 133 with secrets)
Released
February 11, 2009
Illustrator
Mitsuhiro Arita
Category
Pokémon
Pokédex number
#0395 · every Empoleon card
Tournament play
Not tournament legal