SM Black Star Promos · #SM172 · 2017
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.
$11.78
Steady · 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 SM Black Star Promos
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Right now Vaporeon-GX trades at $11.78 for the Holofoil printing (TCGplayer market price).
That makes it the 118th most valuable of SM Black Star Promos's 248 priced cards. The set's top card is Champions Festival at $700. We've logged its price daily since Feb 8, 2024: $4.24 then, $11.78 now (up 177.8%). A year ago it sat around $9.56; today's $11.78 is 23.2% higher. Over the last 90 days it's down 4.8%, from $12.38. Since February 2024 it's run as high as $13.05 (June 2026) and as low as $3.52 (July 2024). Its 30-day range runs from $11.72 up to $12.07. Across the Atlantic, the European prints list around €10.50 on Cardmarket.
Around the World
$11.78
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 Hydrating Drops
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may heal 30 damage from your Active Water Pokémon.
Hydro Pump40+
Cost: Colorless, Colorless, Colorless
This attack does 30 more damage times the amount of Water Energy attached to this Pokémon.
Cure Shower-GX
Cost: Water
Heal all damage from all of your Water Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)
About $11.78 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. We track this exact card graded — the slab guides are linked on this page. What grading means →
Down about 5% over the last 3 months — from $12.38 to $11.78 (TCGplayer market price). Zoom out a whole year and it's up 23%. Prices move a little every day, so the chart on this page has the freshest line.
The highest market price we've logged is $13.05 — that was June 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 €10.50 on Cardmarket — they share one price there, because Cardmarket prices the physical card across languages. This English print trades at $11.78 on TCGplayer. Two marketplaces, two currencies — so watch both numbers instead of converting one into the other.
eBay is the easiest place — this page links straight to the live listings for Vaporeon-GX (SM Black Star Promos #SM172). Check the photos and the seller's rating first. That's the rule. Want it graded? Our PSA 10 guide shows what slabs are going for.
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