Phantasmal Flames

Piplup

PFLFR98· Illustration rare
Piplup PFL 98

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What the card itself says

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

HP
70
Type
Water
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
I
Number
98/94
Set
Phantasmal FlamesPFLSet guide
Illustrated by
Jiro Sasumo

Its attacks

Call for SupportAppel au Renfort

Search your deck for a Supporter card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.Cherchez dans votre deck une carte Supporter, montrez-la, puis ajoutez-la à votre main. Mélangez ensuite votre deck.

TackleCharge

20

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

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    Steven's Metagross ex runs it in 33 of the 41 lists we have read, seen across 32 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  4. A strength

    Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  5. 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.

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

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Steven's Metagross ex33 of 4132PFL 27
Metagross6 of 366PFL 27
Archaludon ex2 of 282PFL 27
Mega Excadrill ex2 of 302PFL 27

When it came out

Phantasmal Flames landed here on 14 November 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 September 2025, under the code M2. That is 49 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

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