Piplup DP Black Star Promos #DP03

Card #DP03 · Illustrated by Atsuko Nishida

60 HPWaterPokémonBasic

Ungraded · blended

$25.02

▲ 14.6% · 30d

Range $15 → $25
2 grading companies tracked
Confidence medium · How we price →

Raw$25.02

PSA 97.6× raw$190

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Piplup is a Promo Pokémon card from DP Black Star Promos (#DP03), illustrated by Atsuko Nishida. It's a Basic Water-type Pokémon with 60 HP, weak to Lightning +10. Its current blended market value is $25.02 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 2 July 2026.

#9 most valuable Piplup of 26 #30 most valuable in DP Black Star Promos of 53

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

Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$24.56

LPLightly Played$23.12

MPModerately Played$14.74

HPHeavily Played$6.05

DMGDamaged$6.06

7-day▲ 8.1%

30-day▲ 14.6%

90-day▲ 29.5%

All-time high$25

All-time low$8

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$24.56

PSA graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
PSA 9		4 sold$190$161–$218
PSA 8		12 sold$69$59–$80

“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

$14.50

Period high

$17.33

Period low

$2.63

Change

▲ 238.8%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

PSA224 gradedPSA 10 · 8 · 4% gem rate

108

982

876

722

621

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

Should you grade it?

+$93

Raw $25.02 → graded PSA 9 ≈ $189.51
after ~$71.89 grading fee → 7.6× the raw value

Target grade	Est. value	Grading fee	Net vs raw	Multiple
PSA 9	$189.51	$71.89	+$93	7.6×
PSA 8	$69.36	$70.68	−$26	2.8×

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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Where to buy

Available to buy nowLive on eBay

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Check recent sold prices

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Cross-market prices

73% spread

PriceCharting · cheapest$15

TCGplayer · dearest$25

Currently 73% cheaper on PriceCharting than TCGplayer. 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 +15%

Cross-marketMarkets disagree 73% gap

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

Card text

Peck10

Water Splash20+

Water · Colorless

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage.

Weakness Lightning +10Retreat 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

SetDP Black Star Promos →

Number#DP03

RarityPromo

PokémonAll Piplup cards →

GenerationGen IV · Sinnoh →

ArtistAtsuko Nishida →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesBasic

TypeWater

HP60

WeaknessLightning +10

Retreat cost1

National Pokédex#393

Card IDdpp-DP03

SourceAggregated marketplaces

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