Piplup Dark Explorers #27

Card #27 · Illustrated by Kouki Saitou

60 HPWaterPokémonBasic

Market value · ungraded

$12.10

▲ 43.0% · 30d

Blended across TCGplayer
Sold prices, not asking · Updated 5 July 2026
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Estimated value · Near Mint

$12.10

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9 different Piplup printings exist — is this your card? Dark Explorers #27

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 $12.10 ungraded. Prices are aggregated across marketplaces — raw and graded, updated daily and shown in your local currency.

Prices last updated 5 July 2026.

#19 most valuable Piplup of 26 #38 most valuable in Dark Explorers of 111

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

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
Grade	Relative value	Price
CGC 8.5pop 4		$20$20–$20

“Sold” = median of real recent sold listings at that grade (eBay or Fanatics Collect — hover a badge to see which). Other figures are blended marketplace estimates. Confidence reflects source backing and price spread — not PSA-official values.

Price history · Raw

1 Aug 20231 Jul 2026

Latest

$1.99

Period high

$3.22

Period low

$1.00

Change

▲ 33.6%

Recent sold prices

No recent sold listings tracked.

Population across graders

Only 0% of 6 PSA-graded Piplup copies are a gem-mint 10 (0 of 6) — the rest grade lower.

PSA6 gradedPSA 10 · 0 · 0% gem rate

Full grade breakdown (3 grades)

CGC22 gradedCGC 10 · 4 · 18% gem rate

Full grade breakdown (3 grades)

104

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

11% spread

TCGplayer · cheapest$12

PriceCharting · dearest$13

Currently 11% 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-marketSome gap 11% gap

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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 IVPiplup → Prinplup → Empoleon

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

Card details

SetDark Explorers →

Number#27

RarityCommon

PokémonAll Piplup cards →

GenerationGen IV · Sinnoh →

ArtistKouki Saitou →

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).