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Empoleon Pokémon Cards

National Dex
#395
Printed
2007–2025
Sets
19
Rarities
9
Total value
$901
raw, near mint
Cards priced
23
17 with PSA 10
Most valuable
$598
Plasma Freeze
Typical PSA 10
34.9×
median of 17

CardTrack prices 23 different Empoleon cards across 19 sets, from 2007 to 2025, worth $901 together. The most valuable is the Empoleon from Plasma Freeze at $598.03 ungraded, about $15,000 in PSA 10. Every price below is a blended raw value from real sold results, updated daily.

Empoleon is a Water-type Pokémon (Generation IV). Evolution line: Piplup → Prinplup → Empoleon.

All 23 Empoleon cards

Filter by set or rarity, sort by value, era, the PSA 10 gap or the 30-day move.

23 cards

Prices updated · How we price →

Where the Empoleon money is

Value is not spread evenly across the printings — the ranking below is by total tracked value, not by card count, the same measure as the most valuable Pokémon cards.

The top 3 of 23 Empoleon cards hold 83% of the $901 total. The remaining 20 share what is left, which is why a “complete Empoleon collection” in the collection tracker costs far less than the headline suggests until you reach the top row.

What grading a Empoleon is worth

Across the 17 Empoleon cards that have both a raw price and a real PSA 10 price.

Typical (median)

34.9×

half are above, half below

Middle half

19.9× – 66.3×

the 25th to 75th percentile

Cheapest card

2.6×

smallest gap

Largest gap

444×

one card, near-zero raw

This is the median, not the average. Averaging the ratios gives 75.2×, which only 4 of 17 cards (24%) actually reach: a card worth a few cents raw with a three-figure slab produces a ratio in the hundreds and drags the mean above almost the whole set. The median is what a card in the middle really does, and it is the figure to take to the grading ROI calculator.

Empoleon value over time

Total tracked value of every Empoleon printing since 2021, from PriceCharting sales history; the top 100 cards across every Pokémon are charted in the market report.

90 days

—

1 year

—

All time

+558.8%

As of

2026-10

$9012026-10-06+650.8% since 2021Hover the chart to read any month
$0$451$90120222023202420252026

Indexed over 12 of this set's 23 cards — the ones with enough PriceCharting sales history to track continuously.

90 days and 1 year are withheld: the weighted index and the basket total disagree over those windows, which means the index was re-based rather than the cards re-priced. A number we cannot stand behind is worse than no number.

Strongest Empoleon grading opportunities

Ranked by expected net — every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it (the gem rate beside each card is its PSA 10 share). Best case is the PSA 10 outcome, which is why it is the larger number and the one to trust least.

All 7 Empoleon grading picks →

What people are saying about Empoleon

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Every Empoleon card, by set

Open the other 20 Empoleon cards, across 17 more sets

Collecting Empoleon cards

Empoleon printings span 3 eras, from 2007 (DP Black Star Promos) to 2025 (Phantasmal Flames), and the Modern (2011–2019) era holds the most of them, 10 of the 23, and it holds the value too: $640, 71% of the total.

Most Empoleon cards are cheap to own: 12 of the 23 priced cards sit under $5 raw, the cheapest being the Empoleon, and the median card is worth about $4.85. 4 are worth $50 or more, and 1 clears $500. A set-by-set Empoleon collection is a small-dollar exercise until the last handful, which is where 90% of the total on this page comes from.

By rarity the printings split into 9 tiers, led by Rare Holo (6), Rare (6) and Promo (4). 17 of the 23 cards carry a PSA 10 price, the figure the grading section uses; those cards are worth about $4.85 raw at the median, against $1.43 for the 6 with no gem-mint price on file.

The grid filters by set and rarity and sorts by value, era, the PSA 10 gap or the 30-day move, so the cheapest Empoleon is one sort away (add the rarity filter for the cheapest holo); the by-set index above lists every card as text for when you know the number. Prices are CardTrack's blended raw value from real sold results, updated today.

Empoleon card questions

How many Empoleon cards are there?

CardTrack tracks 23 priced Empoleon cards across 19 Pokémon TCG sets, printed between 2007 and 2025. 17 of them also carry a real PSA 10 price.

What is the most valuable Empoleon card?

The most valuable Empoleon card is the Empoleon from Plasma Freeze (#117) at about $598.03 ungraded, or around $15,000 in PSA 10 gem mint.

How much is a complete Empoleon collection worth?

All 23 tracked Empoleon cards come to approximately $901 in raw near-mint condition. The value is concentrated: the top 3 cards alone account for 83% of it.

How much more is a graded Empoleon card worth?

A typical Empoleon card in PSA 10 sells for about 34.9× its raw price — that is the median across the 17 cards with both a raw and a PSA 10 price. Half fall between 19.9× and 66.3×, and the very cheapest cards can show far larger multiples simply because their raw price is near zero.

What is the cheapest Empoleon card?

The cheapest priced Empoleon card CardTrack tracks is the Empoleon from Brilliant Stars (#37) at about $0.29. 12 of the 23 priced cards sit under $5, so a set-by-set Empoleon collection starts cheaply.

Which set has the most Empoleon cards?

Battle Styles has the most Empoleon printings, 3 of the 23. The most valuable set is a different one: Plasma Freeze, whose 1 Empoleon card is worth about $598.

Which Empoleon card is worth grading?

On expected profit the Empoleon LV.X from Diamond & Pearl leads, at about $3,084 profit per submission after fees, with 3% of 616 graded copies coming back PSA 10. The full ranking covers all 7 gradeable Empoleon cards.