# Froakie #21/131 — Forbidden Light

## Summary

Froakie is a bulk common, but a Kalos starter will always have admirers, and its Ken Sugimori credit gives completionists a reason to pause. The retreat-cancelling ability suited Water decks in a small way, though demand here is nostalgia, not tournament play. A $0.33 modelled guide, flat over 30 days on 7 copies traded, says bulk, with 511 days of inventory on the board, and the economics stop there: a PSA 10 guides at $15, 45 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 | Forbidden Light |
| Number | 21/131 |
| Rarity | Common |
| Era | SM |
| Illustrator | Ken Sugimori |
| Release date | 2018-05-04 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Basic |
| HP | 50 |
| Types | Water |
| Ability: Frubbles | If this Pokémon has any Water Energy attached to it, it has no Retreat Cost. |
| Attack: Flop | cost Colorless/Colorless — damage 20 |
| Weakness | Grass ×2 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded yes |
| Pokédex entry | [Froakie #656](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/froakie) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$0.33** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-05
- 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 2026-11-05
- Floor delivered ask: $1.73 — as of 2026-10-16T21:41:43.326Z
- Quant score: 42/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-04T03:20:00.222Z — 4 of 11 inputs · 46% weight · -27% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2018-05-04T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-10-19T12:06:27.938Z, confidence 90%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-10-17T20:55:11.844Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-17T15:38:53.057Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-10-17T20:55:11.843Z, confidence 70%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/forbidden-light/froakie-21)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Asm6-21%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)