HeartGold & SoulSilver · #42 · 2010
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.
$1.22
up4% · 27dvia TCGplayer, updated Oct 12, 2026
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Today's TCGplayer market price for Flaaffy is $1.22 for the Normal printing.
Among the 124 priced cards in HeartGold & SoulSilver, it sits 95th. The set's top card is Lugia LEGEND at $390. We've logged its price daily since Feb 8, 2024: $0.37 then, $1.22 now (up 229.7%). A year ago it sat around $0.51; today's $1.22 is 139.2% higher. Over the last 90 days it's up 22%, from $1.00. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $1.22 (October 2026) and as low as $0.25 (May 2024). Right now it's the priciest it's been since February 2024. Its 30-day range runs from $1.17 up to $1.22. The Normal printing is the headline number here; the Reverse Holofoil at $3.82 prices separately. Across the Atlantic, the European prints list around €0.60 on Cardmarket.
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. $1.22 · Reverse holo: Everything except the artwork is foil — the reverse of a normal holo. It's a separate printing and prices on its own. $3.82
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.
Thunder Spear
Cost: Lightning
Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Thundershock40
Cost: Lightning, Colorless, Colorless
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
“As a result of storing too much electricity, it developed patches where even downy wool won't grow.”
About $1.22 for an ungraded copy. That's the TCGplayer market price for the Normal printing, updated Oct 12, 2026. Graded copies in great shape usually sell for more. What grading means →
Up about 22% over the last 3 months — from $1.00 to $1.22 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 139%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $1.22 — 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.
The European printings list around €0.60 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $1.22 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
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