# Piplup #035/172 — Brilliant Stars

## Summary

Piplup is one of the most beloved Sinnoh starters, and Water Basics with a coin-flip Paralysis attack were never going to trouble a tournament table. Atsushi Furusawa's name on a plain Common makes it a small, pleasant pickup for Piplup completists rather than a chase. The modelled guide sits at $0.24, up 4% over 30 days on 177 copies traded, with 2,256 days of inventory sitting on the board; a CGC 10 brings $13, 54 times raw, but PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Brilliant Stars |
| Number | 035/172 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Era | SWSH |
| Illustrator | Atsushi Furusawa |
| Release date | 2022-02-25 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 60 |
| Types | Water |
| Attack: Bubble | cost Water — damage 10 — Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. |
| Weakness | Lightning ×2 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Regulation mark | F |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded yes |
| Pokédex entry | [Piplup #393](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/piplup) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$0.24** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-06
- Headline basis: MODELLED_GUIDE — The venue’s published daily market guide, which the venue itself declares MODELLED. Nothing is confirmed to have traded at it, no copy is listed at it, and it is not our estimate — it is theirs.
- 24h change: n/a · 7d change: n/a — as of 2026-11-06
- Floor delivered ask: unavailable (no depth coverage).
- Quant score: 58/100, regime MARKUP — as of 2026-11-05T01:36:32.086Z — 4 of 11 inputs · 46% weight · -27% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2022-02-25T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-25T15:21:16.419Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-25T15:21:14.634Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-25T14:13:51.977Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-25T15:21:14.628Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-09-08T04:58:55.487Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/brilliant-stars/piplup-035)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Aswsh9-035%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)