Empoleon PLF 117/116

Name: Empoleon PLF 117/116
Brand: Pokémon

PLFSecret Rare

Card language

Seller location

Empoleon has appeared in several sets: Dark Explorers (DEX 29) and Plasma Freeze (PLF 117). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

Plasma Freeze landed here on 8 May 2013.

Every set, with both of its dates

Panorama inspired by the artwork of Empoleon — Poko·Art panorama created by poko.cards artists. — bw9 · n° 117
pokoBased on artwork by Ayaka Yoshida
About Poko·Art
Poko·Art panorama created by poko.cards artists. Based on artwork by Ayaka Yoshida.
The panorama carries the scene further for this page. The printed artwork stays the original.
© Pokémon / Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK
© Pokémon

What the card itself says

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

HP: 140
Type: Water
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Number: 117/116
Set: Plasma FreezePLFSet guide
Illustrated by: Ayaka Yoshida

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.

A strength
It has an Ability, Diving Draw. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
Keep in mind
None of the 8,076 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.
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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 8,076 tournament lists we have read, 668 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

Empoleon DEX 29/108Dark ExplorersRareRare
Empoleon PLF 117/116Plasma FreezeSecret RareThe one you are looking atSecret Rare

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

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.

View all Empoleon cards

Empoleon PLF 117/116

The market for this printing

When it came out

What the card itself says

What to make of it

Every version of this card

Who plays it

The other cards of this Pokémon

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What to make of it

What the card itself says

Who plays it

The other cards of this Pokémon

Its Ability

Diving Draw

Its attacks

Attack Command