Besides leading the Alfornada Gym, Tulip works as a model and makeup artist and heads a cosmetics line, which leaves her with a crowded schedule. She is a childhood friend of Dendra and has done a collaboration with fellow Gym Leader Iono, but she is cool on her boss, Top Champion Geeta, whose aura she feels overlaps with her own style.
Her Gym test is an exercise in expressing emotions: Dendra and a Medicham act them out and the challenger has to match them. Dendra agreed to run it after losing a battle to Tulip on a bet. In The Indigo Disk, Tulip can be invited to Blueberry Academy as a special coach.
In the Gym battle she uses Farigiraf, Gardevoir and Espathra, then sends out Florges, which she Terastallizes into a Psychic Tera Type at the first chance. Her rematch team adds Gallade. Beating her earns the Psychic Badge and TM120, Psychic. In Pokémon Horizons she appears in an Elite Four Tag Battle beside Sidian, using Espathra.
Tulip's Supporter lets you take up to four cards back from your discard pile, in any mix of Psychic Pokémon and basic Psychic Energy. Paradox Rift printed it three ways: an Uncommon (#181) and a full-art Ultra Rare (#244) by Naoki Saito, and a Special Illustration Rare (#259) by AKIRA EGAWA. The same set's Espathra references her too, since it interacts with the Tulip card.
The Special Illustration Rare, with new artwork by AKIRA EGAWA.
The full-art Ultra Rare by Naoki Saito.
The regular Uncommon, also by Saito.
Psychic. She leads the Alfornada Gym in Paldea, awards the Psychic Badge and finishes with a Florges Terastallized into the Psychic type.
It is a Supporter that returns up to four Psychic Pokémon and basic Psychic Energy cards, in any combination, from your discard pile to your hand.
Naoki Saito drew the Uncommon and the full-art Ultra Rare in Paradox Rift, and AKIRA EGAWA drew the Special Illustration Rare.
| # | Card | Set | Year | Rarity | Price | 30D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulip | Paradox Rift | 2023 | Special illustration rare | Holo | $7.64guide | -5.3% |
| 2 | Tulip | Paradox Rift | 2023 | Ultra Rare | Holo | $3.30guide | +1.2% |
| 3 | Tulip | Paradox Rift | 2023 | Uncommon | — | $0.18guide | -10.0% |
Ranked by each card’s main print in near-mint raw condition. 1st Edition, Shadowless and other versions are priced on each card’s page. The table updates live.
Tulip cards are a small group, and the value is stacked at the top. The most valuable Tulip card is the Special illustration rare from Paradox Rift, released in 2023, and it sits 2.5 times ahead of the next card. Every one of the 3 Tulip cards carries a market value, and all three come from the same Scarlet & Violet set, so Tulip card value is set by a single print more than by any spread across the group.
The Special illustration rare from Paradox Rift in 2023 leads the most valuable Tulip cards by 2.5 times over the next card. That second card is the Ultra Rare from the same set and year. Third is the Uncommon, also from Paradox Rift in 2023. A special illustration rare is a full-art chase rarity in the Scarlet & Violet era, an Ultra Rare is a higher tier of full-art print, and an Uncommon is a standard print from the base rarity run.
Tulip ranks 72nd of 110 among characters with priced cards, measured by the value of the single leading card. With only 3 cards in total, all from Paradox Rift in 2023, the Tulip card market is built on one leading print, with the other two cards trailing well behind it.
Written from market data as of October 29, 2026; the table updates live.

GYM LEADER
3 Trainer cards · 0 partner Pokémon
Tulip is the Psychic-type Gym Leader of Alfornada in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, a model and makeup artist who runs her own cosmetics brand and saves a Terastallized Florges for last. Her Paradox Rift Supporter recovers Psychic Pokémon and Energy from the discard pile.
No published index yet — too few of Tulip’s cards trade often enough to strike one.
TulipParadox Rift · 259$7.640.0%42Quant score42 / 100
TulipParadox Rift · 244$3.30-1.8%62Quant score62 / 100
TulipParadox Rift · 181 · Normal$0.18-5.3%50Quant score50 / 100