Dark Explorers · #17 · 2012
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.
$16.63
up4% · 28dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 11, 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 Dark Explorers
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Right now Blaziken trades at $16.63 for the Holofoil printing (TCGplayer market price).
That makes it the 18th most valuable of Dark Explorers's 111 priced cards. (Gardevoir leads the set at $946.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 240.1% — from $4.89 to $16.63. Over the last year it's climbed 157%, from $6.47 to $16.63. The 90-day move: up 7.6%, $15.46 to $16.63. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $16.63 in October 2026; its lowest, $3.97 in November 2024. Today's price is the highest we've seen since February 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $16.63 at the top and $16.01 at the bottom. That's the Holofoil printing — the same card also trades as the Reverse Holofoil at $21.06.
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. $16.63 · Reverse holo: Everything except the artwork is foil — the reverse of a normal holo. It's a separate printing and prices on its own. $21.06
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.
Blaze Kick40+
Cost: Fire, Colorless
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 more damage. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned.
Flamethrower130
Cost: Fire, Fire, Colorless
Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon.
“Flames spout from its wrists, enveloping its knuckles. Its punches scorch it foes.”
About $16.63 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Holofoil printing, updated Oct 11, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 8% over the last 3 months — from $15.46 to $16.63 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 157%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $16.63 — that was October 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.
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