Dark Explorers · #25 · 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. · Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card.
$8.17
Steady · 26dvia 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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Vaporeon sits at $8.17 on TCGplayer today for the Normal printing.
Inside Dark Explorers, that ranks 28th out of 111 priced cards. (Gardevoir leads the set at $946.) Since we started tracking it on Feb 8, 2024, it's risen 175.1% — from $2.97 to $8.17. Over the last year it's climbed 58.6%, from $5.15 to $8.17. The 90-day move: up 18.9%, $6.87 to $8.17. Its highest point since we started tracking (February 2024) was $8.18 in September 2026; its lowest, $2.34 in December 2024. Over the last 30 days it's touched $8.18 at the top and $8.06 at the bottom. That's the Normal printing — the same card also trades as the Reverse Holofoil at $29.46.
By Printing
By printing: Normal (non-holo): The plain printing — no foil anywhere. Price trackers say “Normal,” collectors say “non-holo”; usually the cheapest version of the card. $8.17 · Reverse holo: Everything except the artwork is foil — the reverse of a normal holo. It's a separate printing and prices on its own. $29.46
TCGplayer prices each printing on its own — the Normal printing is the headline number on this page. Same card, same number — the print run or foil treatment is what changes.
Muddy Water20
Cost: Colorless
Does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Spiral Drain60
Cost: Water, Colorless, Colorless
Heal 20 damage from this Pokémon.
“Its cell composition is similar to water molecules. As a result, it can melt away into water.”
About $8.17 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 11, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 19% over the last 3 months — from $6.87 to $8.17 (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 $8.18 — that was September 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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