Brilliant Stars · #37 · 2022
Market price: The going rate for an ungraded copy of this exact printing, from actual sales data — TCGplayer for USD, Cardmarket for EUR. Updated daily. · Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more.
$0.35
up30% · 29dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 9, 2026
Set rank: Where this card's market price ranks among the priced cards in its set — #1 is the set's most valuable card. in Brilliant Stars
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Today's TCGplayer market price for Empoleon is $0.35 for the Holofoil printing.
Among the 186 priced cards in Brilliant Stars, it sits 67th. The set's top card is Charizard V at $285. We've logged its price daily since Feb 8, 2024: $0.15 then, $0.35 now (up 133.3%). A year ago it sat around $0.22; today's $0.35 is 59.1% higher. Over the last 90 days it's up 9.4%, from $0.32. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $0.38 (July 2026) and as low as $0.11 (April 2024). Its 30-day range runs from $0.24 up to $0.35. The Holofoil printing is the headline number here; the Reverse Holofoil at $0.41 prices separately. Across the Atlantic, the European prints list around €0.23 on Cardmarket.
By Printing
By printing: Holo: The artwork shines with a foil pattern. A separate printing from the plain card, and in vintage sets often worth many times more. $0.35 · Reverse holo: Everything except the artwork is foil — the reverse of a normal holo. It's a separate printing and prices on its own. $0.41
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Holofoil printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Around the World
$0.35
USD is TCGplayer's market price for the English print; EUR is Cardmarket's, shared across the European printings (Cardmarket prices the physical card). Both update daily.
Ability Emergency Surfacing
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.
Water Arrow
Cost: Water
This attack does 60 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
“The three horns that extend from its beak attest to its power. The leader has the biggest horns.”
About $0.35 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Holofoil printing, updated Oct 9, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 9% over the last 3 months — from $0.32 to $0.35 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 59%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $0.38 — that was July 2026. We've been writing this card's price down since February 2024, so that's the record on our watch, not an all-time record.
The European printings list around €0.23 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $0.35 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
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