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Piplup Dark Explorers #27 Pokémon card
Common

Piplup Dark Explorers #27

Card #27 · Illustrated by Kouki Saitou
60 HPWaterPokémonBasic
Ungraded · blended
$5.52
43.0% · 30d
Range $6 → $13
1 grading company tracked
Confidence low · How we price →
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Piplup is a Common Pokémon card from Dark Explorers (#27), illustrated by Kouki Saitou. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 60 HP, weak to Lightning ×2. Its current blended market value is $5.52 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

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$5.52
LPLightly Played$5.50
7-day 75.2%
30-day 43.0%
90-day 55.5%
All-time high$6
All-time low$2
Other printingsNormal · $1.64

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$12
Normal$2

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

Graded prices
Ungraded (raw)$5.52
CGC graded price estimates by grade
GradeRelative valuePrice
CGC 8.5$20$20$20
“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
$1.99
Period high
$3.22
Period low
$1.00
Change
33.6%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

PSA6 gradedPSA 10 · 0 · 0% gem rate
92
83
71
CGC22 gradedCGC 10 · 4 · 18% gem rate
104
96
8.54
Real graded population from PSA, CGC & BGS — a lower gem rate means a Piplup 10 is harder to pull.
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Cross-market prices

3% spread
TCGplayer · cheapest$12
PriceCharting · dearest$13

Currently 3% cheaper on TCGplayer than PriceCharting. These are independent market prices for the same card — a wide gap can mean a buying opportunity. Informational only, not arbitrage advice.

Market signal

Momentum · 30dRising +43%
Cross-marketMarkets agree 3% gap

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

Card text

Fury Attack10×
Water
Flip 3 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.
Weakness Lightning ×2Retreat 1

A poor walker, it often falls down. However, its strong pride makes it puff up its chest without a care.

About the Pokémon

Penguin PokémonGEN IVPiplupPrinplupEmpoleon

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

Card details

Number#27
RarityCommon
SupertypePokémon
SubtypesBasic
TypeWater
HP60
WeaknessLightning ×2
Retreat cost1
National Pokédex#393
Card IDbw5-27
SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Piplup cards

There are 9 different Piplup printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Dark Explorers #27 (Common).

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Frequently asked questions

How much is Piplup (Dark Explorers #27) worth?

As of 2 July 2026, Piplup from Dark Explorers is worth approximately $5.52 ungraded (near-mint). Values are blended from real Cardmarket, eBay sold and TCGplayer prices and update daily.

Is Piplup rare?

Piplup is a Common card from Dark Explorers (card #27), illustrated by Kouki Saitou. Its current blended market value is $5.52 ungraded.