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Prinplup

Prinplup

Prinplup arrived with Phantasmal Flames on 14 November 2025. Here is what it does once it is on the table, and what it is worth right now.

What the card itself says

Every line in this block is copied straight off the card. Nothing rounded, nothing judged.

HP100
TypeWater
StageStage 1
Retreat cost2
WeaknessLightning ×2
Regulation markI
SetPhantasmal Flames (PFL)

ITS ATTACKS

Peck20Colorless
Targeted DiveColorless + Colorless + ColorlessThis attack does 70 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Printed exactly as it appears on the card.

What to make of it

Every line below comes from a number. Either it is printed on the card, or we counted it on tournament lists. You will not find a score here — you will find what matters when you decide whether to run it.

WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT

  • Steven's Metagross ex runs it in 2 of the 22 lists we have read, seen across 2 different tournaments.
  • Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.

WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR

  • Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 1,351 tournament lists we have read, 110 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

What it costs

We have no price to show you for this card today. The link below takes you where it sells, and you will see the day's numbers there.

Who plays it

We read tournament decklists one by one. The match is made on the set code printed at the bottom of the card, the one the player copied onto the list — never on the name, because two cards sometimes share one.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Steven's Metagross ex2 of 222PFL 28
Metagross1 of 221PFL 28

When it came out

Phantasmal Flames landed here on 14 November 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 September 2025, under the code M2. That is 49 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

Where to find it

NOW YOUR OWN GAME

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