# Empoleon #DP11 — DP Black Star Promos

## Summary

Empoleon is the Sinnoh starter's final form, and Piplup's lasting popularity gives every Diamond & Pearl era Empoleon a steady audience of fans who grew up on that game. Shizurow is a long-serving Pokémon TCG illustrator, and the promo-set origin keeps this printing a niche pickup. The modelled guide sits at $115, up 16% over 30 days on 51 copies traded, with only 30 days of inventory on the board; PSA has slabbed 888 of these and only 5 are 10s, a 0.6% gem rate that makes the raw-to-gem gap the entire trade, and the slabbed population is growing 1% a month, faster than 88% of tracked cards.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | DP Black Star Promos |
| Number | DP11 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Era | DP |
| Illustrator | Shizurow |
| Release date | 2007-05-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | LEVEL-UP |
| HP | 140 |
| Types | Water |
| Ability: Supreme Command | Once during your turn (before your attack), you may choose up to 2 cards from your opponent's hand without looking and put them face down next to the Defending Pokémon. (These cards are not in play or in your opponent's hand.) At the end of your opponent's next turn, return those cards to your opponent's hand. This power can't be used if Empoleon is affected by a Special Condition. |
| Attack: Hydro Impact | cost Water/Water/Water — Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 80 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Empoleon can't attack during your next turn. |
| Weakness | Lightning +30 |
| Retreat | 2 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Empoleon #395](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/empoleon) |
| Finishes | Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$115.49** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-08
- 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: 0.00% · 7d change: +30.20% — as of 2026-11-08
- Floor delivered ask: $250.00 — as of 2026-11-09T08:19:49.576Z
- Quant score: 73/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-09T08:19:49.576Z — 4 of 11 inputs · 35% weight · -32% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2007-05-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-09T08:16:07.100Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-08T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-09T08:16:07.100Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-30T01:53:15.347Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-09T08:16:07.100Z, confidence 70%
- Population census — observed 2026-11-08T00:01:38.002Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/dp-black-star-promos/empoleon-dp11)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Adpp-DP11%3AEN%3AHOLO~NM)