Empoleon V BST 40/163

Name: Empoleon V BST 40/163
Brand: Pokémon

BSTHolo Rare V

Card language

Seller location

Empoleon V arrived in Battle Styles on 19 March 2021.

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

Battle Styles landed here on 19 March 2021.

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: 210
Type: Water
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Regulation mark: E
Number: 40/163
Set: Battle StylesBSTSet guide

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, Emperor's Eyes. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
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
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.
Keep in mind
Mark E. 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 November 8, 2026. TCGdex

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 V BST 40/163Battle StylesHolo Rare VThe one you are looking atHolo Rare V
Empoleon V BST 145/163Battle StylesUltra RareUltra Rare
Empoleon V BST 146/163Battle StylesUltra RareUltra Rare
Empoleon V SWSH SWSH108/307SWSH Black Star PromosPromoPromo

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.

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Empoleon V BST 40/163

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When it came out

What the card itself says

What to make of it

Every version of this card

Who plays it

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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

Emperor's Eyes

Its attacks

Swirling Slice