Piplup Brilliant Stars #35

Card #35 · Illustrated by Atsushi Furusawa

60 HPWaterPokémonBasic

Ungraded · blended

$0.38

▲ 11.4% · 30d

Range $0 → $0
1 grading company tracked
Confidence high · How we price →

Raw$0.38

PSA 939.5× raw$15

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Piplup is a Common Pokémon card from Brilliant Stars (#35), illustrated by Atsushi Furusawa. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 60 HP, weak to Lightning ×2. Its current blended market value is $0.38 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

#25 most valuable Piplup of 26 #73 most valuable in Brilliant Stars of 186

Competitive play · Limitless

0.5%

Played in 0.5% of competitive decks — 17 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$0.38

LPLightly Played$0.33

MPModerately Played$0.25

7-day▼ 2.6%

30-day▲ 8.6%

90-day▲ 8.6%

All-time high$0

All-time low$0

Other printingsNormal · $0.24

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$0

Normal$0

TCGplayer market price per printing — reverse holo, 1st edition and unlimited often differ sharply.

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$0.39

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 9		$15$15–$15
PSA 8		$9$9–$11

“Sold” = median of real recent eBay sold listings at that grade. Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects the price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · raw near-mint

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026

Current

$1.20

Period high

$1.42

Period low

$0.10

Change

▲ 21.2%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

PSA12 gradedPSA 10 · 0 · 0% gem rate

Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Piplup 10 is harder to pull.

Should you grade it?

−$56

Raw $0.38 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $15.00
after ~$70.14 grading fee → 39.5× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 9	$15.00	$70.14	−$56	39.5×
PSA 8	$9.01	$70.08	−$61	23.7×

Net = graded value − raw value − grading cost (tier fee + ~$20 round-trip shipping), using PSA fees as of 2026-06-28; the paused PSA Value tier is excluded so this isn't overstated. Real outcome depends on the grade achieved; PSA 10 is best-case.

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Check recent sold prices

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Market signal

Momentum · 30dRising +11%

Derived from this card's 90-day price history, recent trend and cross-market price gap. Informational, not advice.

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

92% cheaper than the US

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$0

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Card text

Bubble10

Water

Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Weakness Lightning ×2Retreat 1

“Because it is very proud, it hates accepting food from people. Its thick down guards it from cold.”

About the Pokémon

Penguin PokémonGEN IVPiplup → Prinplup → Empoleon

Because it is very proud, it hates accepting food from people. Its thick down guards it from cold.

Card details

SetBrilliant Stars →

Number#35

RarityCommon

PokémonAll Piplup cards →

GenerationGen IV · Sinnoh →

ArtistAtsushi Furusawa →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesBasic

TypeWater

HP60

WeaknessLightning ×2

Retreat cost1

National Pokédex#393

Card IDswsh9-35

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Piplup cards

There are 9 different Piplup printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Brilliant Stars #35 (Common).