Brilliant Stars

Empoleon

BRSFR37· Holo Rare
Empoleon BRS 37

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
160
Type
Water
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
F
Number
37/172
Set
Brilliant StarsBRS
Illustrated by
Kouki Saitou

Its Ability

Emergency SurfacingRemontée d'Urgence

Once during your turn, if this Pokémon is in your discard pile and you have no cards in your hand, you may put this Pokémon onto your Bench. If you do, draw 3 cards.Une fois pendant votre tour, si ce Pokémon est dans votre pile de défausse et que vous n'avez aucune carte dans votre main, vous pouvez placer ce Pokémon sur votre Banc. Dans ce cas, piochez 3 cartes.

Its attacks

Water ArrowFlèche d'Eau

This attack does 60 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)Cette attaque inflige 60 dégâts à l'un des Pokémon de votre adversaire. (N'appliquez ni la Faiblesse ni la Résistance aux Pokémon de Banc.)

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    It has an Ability, Emergency Surfacing. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  3. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Prinplup to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 336 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

  5. Keep in mind

    Mark F. It is not among the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J. A legal reprint may still provide an exception.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

Brilliant Stars landed here on 25 February 2022.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 22 Empoleon cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Empoleon card and its price