Brilliant Stars

Empoleon BRS 37/172

BRSJPHolo Rare
Empoleon BRS 37

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read BRS 37/172 there. Its illustration is signed Kouki Saitou.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Brilliant Stars set, released here on 25 February 2022.

When it came out

Brilliant Stars landed here on 25 February 2022.

Every set, with both of its dates

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 Surfacingきんきゅうふじょう

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.自分の番に、このカードがトラッシュにあり、自分の手札が1枚もないなら、1回使える。このカードをベンチに出す。その後、自分の山札を3枚引く。

Its attacks

Water Arrowウォーターアロー

This attack does 60 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)相手のポケモン1匹に、60ダメージ。［ベンチは弱点・抵抗力を計算しない。］

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 5,392 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 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 439 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 27, 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.

The other cards of this Pokémon

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