# Pupitar #47/100 — Stormfront

## Summary

Pupitar is the awkward middle stage of the Larvitar line, and that is exactly where its appeal lives: the chrysalis that leads to Tyranitar, a Johto favorite. As a Stormfront uncommon with Hajime Kusajima's name on it, it is a modest pull, wanted mostly by Tyranitar completists and nostalgic Gen II collectors. A $0.61 modelled guide, up 3% over 30 days on 4 copies traded, says bulk, with 242 days of inventory on the board, and the economics stop there: PSA does not split this card’s population by finish, so no gem rate can be read for it, and the same card plays for $0.16 out of Prismatic Evolutions.

## Identity

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Set | Stormfront |
| Number | 47/100 |
| Rarity | Uncommon |
| Era | DP |
| Illustrator | Hajime Kusajima |
| Release date | 2008-11-01 |
| Image | Unavailable |

## Card details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Card type | POKEMON |
| Stage | Stage1 |
| Evolves from | Larvitar |
| HP | 80 |
| Types | Fighting |
| Ability: Energy Protection | Any damage done to Pupitar by attacks is reduced by 10 for each Energy attached to Pupitar (after applying Weakness and Resistance). You can't reduce more than 30 damage in this way. |
| Attack: Rock Smash | cost Colorless/Colorless — damage 20+ — Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage. |
| Weakness | Grass +20 |
| Resistance | Lightning -20 |
| Retreat | 1 |
| Legal | Standard no · Expanded no |
| Pokédex entry | [Pupitar #247](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/pokedex/pupitar) |
| Finishes | Normal, Reverse Holo |
| Languages | EN |

## Current stats

- Headline price: **$0.61** (ITEM_MEDIAN; modelled guide price) — as of 2026-11-09
- 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 2026-11-09
- Floor delivered ask: $2.00 — as of 2026-11-09T08:19:49.576Z
- Quant score: 50/100, regime ILLIQUID_UNKNOWN — as of 2026-11-09T08:19:49.576Z — 4 of 11 inputs · 38% weight · -31% confidence

## Provenance

- Catalog — observed 2008-11-01T00:00:00Z, confidence 98%
- Live ask — observed 2026-11-09T08:09:51.225Z, confidence 90%
- Price statistic — observed 2026-11-09T08:09:49.722Z, confidence 90%
- Confirmed sale — observed 2026-10-12T05:37:33.343Z, confidence 85%
- Inventory count — observed 2026-11-09T08:09:49.721Z, confidence 70%
- Guide price (modelled) — observed 2026-11-09T00:00:00.000Z, confidence 60%

## Links

- [View on Cardboard Alpha](https://cardboardalpha.com/pokemon/stormfront/pupitar-47)
- [JSON snapshot](https://cardboardalpha.com/api/terminal/raw~tcgdex%3Adp7-47%3AEN%3ANORMAL~NM)