Prinplup Dark Explorers #28

Card #28 · Illustrated by Suwama Chiaki

80 HPWaterPokémonStage 1

Ungraded · blended

$5.55

▲ 12.1% · 30d

Range $6 → $6
Confidence high · How we price →

Prinplup is a Uncommon Pokémon card from Dark Explorers (#28), illustrated by Suwama Chiaki. It's a Stage 1 Water-type Pokémon with 80 HP, evolving from Piplup, weak to Lightning ×2. Its current blended market value is $5.55 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

#3 most valuable Prinplup of 10 #48 most valuable in Dark Explorers of 111

Competitive play · Limitless

0.3%

Played in 0.3% of competitive decks — 8 of 3,174 decklists across the last 41 Standard tournaments.

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$5.55

LPLightly Played$4.72

MPModerately Played$3.57

HPHeavily Played$2.00

7-dayflat

30-day▲ 12.1%

90-day▲ 12.1%

All-time high$6

All-time low$5

Other printingsNormal · $0.50

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$6

Normal$1

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

Graded prices

No graded sales tracked for this card yet — see the raw estimate above.

Price history · raw near-mint

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026

Current

$0.64

Period high

$2.09

Period low

$0.51

Change

▼ 35.4%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

PSA2 gradedPSA 10 · 0 · 0% gem rate

CGC8 gradedCGC 10 · 0 · 0% gem rate

8.52

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

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Cross-market prices

3% spread

TCGplayer · cheapest$6

PriceCharting · dearest$6

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 +12%

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

Evolves from Piplup.

Razor Wing20

Colorless

Fury Attack30×

Water · Colorless · Colorless

Flip 3 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.

Weakness Lightning ×2Retreat 2

“Because every Prinplup considers itself to be the most important, they can never form a group.”

About the Pokémon

Penguin PokémonGEN IVPiplup → Prinplup → Empoleon

It lives alone, away from others. Apparently, every one of them believes it is the most important.

Card details

SetDark Explorers →

Number#28

RarityUncommon

PokémonAll Prinplup cards →

GenerationGen IV · Sinnoh →

ArtistSuwama Chiaki →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesStage 1

TypeWater

HP80

Evolves fromPiplup

WeaknessLightning ×2

Retreat cost2

National Pokédex#394

Card IDbw5-28

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Prinplup cards

There are 9 different Prinplup printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is Dark Explorers #28 (Uncommon).