How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read PFL 98/94 there. Its illustration is signed Jiro Sasumo.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Phantasmal Flames set, released here on 14 November 2025.

It goes faster than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 94 out of 100. At least 187 copies have sold since 8 September.

Phantasmal Flames

Piplup PFL 98/94

Name: Piplup PFL 98
Brand: Pokémon

PFLJPIllustration rare

You receive

€2.00

94pokoSCORE

It’s going fast right now: at least 187 copies have left since 8 September. See the pokoSCORE

Your offer depends on the card’s printing, edition and condition. We check its condition when it arrives.

How much is your Piplup worth?

A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €2.00 today.

Today · You get

€2.00

The same price as on 23 September

€2.05

23 SeptemberToday

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Day	Our offer
23 September	€2.00
24 September	€2.05
25 September	€2.05
26 September	€2.05
27 September	€2.00

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pokoSCORE

It goes faster than most of the cards we buy in Japanese.

Gone since 8 September: at least 187
For sale on 26 September: 390 or more
For sale on 8 September: 149 or more

Versions of this card

Check the number and illustration against the card you are looking for.

What you might be wondering about this card

How much do we pay for Piplup PFL 98/94?: A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €2.00 today.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read PFL 98/94 there. Its illustration is signed Jiro Sasumo.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Phantasmal Flames set, released here on 14 November 2025.
Does it sell fast?: It goes faster than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 94 out of 100. At least 187 copies have sold since 8 September.

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

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 Supportフレンドコール

Search your deck for a Supporter card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.自分の山札からサポートを1枚選び、相手に見せて、手札に加える。そして山札を切る。

Tackleたいあたり

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
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.
A strength
Steven's Metagross ex runs it in 52 of the 64 lists we have read, seen across 51 different tournaments.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
A strength
Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
Keep in mind
Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,384 tournament lists we have read, 438 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

Every printing of Piplup plays the same way at a tournament. So the decks below count them all together, and the last column shows the one players wrote on their list.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Steven's Metagross ex	52 of 64	51	PFL 27
Metagross	12 of 45	12	PFL 27
Mega Excadrill ex	11 of 56	11	PFL 27
Archaludon ex	2 of 30	2	PFL 27
Toucannon	2 of 51	2	PFL 27

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 24 Piplup cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Piplup card and its price