Flaaffy HeartGold & SoulSilver #42

Card #42 · Illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda

80 HPLightningPokémonStage 1

Market value · ungraded

$2.26

▲ 8.7% · 30d

1 sale · last 90 days · Fanatics + TCGplayer + Cardmarket
Sold prices, not asking · Updated 5 July 2026
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Estimated value · Near Mint

$2.26

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9 different Flaaffy printings exist — is this your card? HeartGold & SoulSilver #42

Flaaffy is a Uncommon Pokémon card from HeartGold & SoulSilver (#42), illustrated by Masakazu Fukuda. It's a Stage 1 Lightning-type Pokémon with 80 HP, evolving from Mareep, weak to Fighting ×2. Its current blended market value is $2.26 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 Flaaffy of 30 #113 most valuable in HeartGold & SoulSilver of 124

Raw price by condition

Reverse Holofoil · live market via TCGplayer

NMNear Mint$2.25

MPModerately Played$1.64

DMGDamaged$0.69

7-dayflat

30-day▲ 8.2%

90-dayflat

All-time high$2

All-time low$2

Other printingsNormal · $0.99

Price by variant

Reverse Holo$2

Normal$1

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

Graded prices

Ungraded (raw)$2.26

CGC graded price estimates by grade
Grade	Relative value	Price
CGC 8pop 10		$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

$1.86

Period high

$2.43

Period low

$0.99

Change

▲ 78.8%

Recent sold prices

Last sold price

CGC (ungraded lot) · 8 Jun 2026

Typical CGC (ungraded lot)

Sales · last 90 days

How often it sells

Occasional sales

1 in last 30 days

CGC (ungraded lot)2010 Pokemon HeartGold & SoulSilver Flaaffy #42 CGC AUTHWeekly Sunday Auction #229 · 8 Jun 2026$7

Real completed sale prices from Fanatics Collect — weekly and premier auctions plus marketplace Buy It Now sales, refreshed periodically. Grade read from the listing title.

Population across graders

Only 0% of 9 PSA-graded Flaaffy copies are a gem-mint 10 (0 of 9) — the rest grade lower.

PSA9 gradedPSA 10 · 0 · 0% gem rate

Full grade breakdown (3 grades)

CGC38 gradedCGC 10 · 0 · 0% gem rate

Full grade breakdown (4 grades)

9.51

911

8.55

810

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

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Cross-market prices

27% spread

TCGplayer · cheapest$2

PriceCharting · dearest$3

Currently 27% 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 +9%

Cross-marketSome gap 27% gap

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

🇪🇺 Cardmarket price · Europe

74% cheaper than the US

Cardmarket · Europe's largest card market$1

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Card text

Evolves from Mareep.

Thunder Spear

Lightning

Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Thundershock40

Lightning · Colorless · Colorless

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Weakness Fighting ×2Resistance Metal -20Retreat 1

“As a result of storing too much electricity, it developed patches where even downy wool won't grow.”

About the Pokémon

Wool PokémonGEN IIMareep → Flaaffy → Ampharos

As a result of storing too much electricity, it developed patches where even downy wool won't grow.

Card details

SetHeartGold & SoulSilver →

Number#42

RarityUncommon

PokémonAll Flaaffy cards →

GenerationGen II · Johto →

ArtistMasakazu Fukuda →

SupertypePokémon

SubtypesStage 1

TypeLightning

HP80

Evolves fromMareep

WeaknessFighting ×2

ResistanceMetal -20

Retreat cost1

National Pokédex#180

Card IDhgss1-42

SourceAggregated marketplaces

Other Flaaffy cards

There are 9 different Flaaffy printings — make sure you're valuing the right one. This is HeartGold & SoulSilver #42 (Uncommon).