Piplup 098/94

Set: Phantasmal Flames Released: Nov 14, 2025
Pokémon: Piplup Water Type Illustration Rare Illustrator: Jiro Sasumo Pull Rate: 1 in 117 packs (0.9%)

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Piplup #098/94 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Piplup #098/94 from Phantasmal Flames — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Piplup has moved down 13.2% to $12.46. PSA 10 copies are down 17.3% over the same period.

Piplup #098/94 appears roughly 1 in 117 packs, which works out at 0.9% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Phantasmal Flames.

Piplup #098/94 is a Illustration Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Phantasmal Flames.

At $12.46 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $98.62, giving a net return of +$45.34 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$20.83 and PSA 8 returns −$23.57, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 18,934 copies of Piplup #098/94, of which 9,545 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 50.4%, or roughly 1 in 2.0 graded copies.

No. At a 50.4% gem rate, Piplup grades better than the Phantasmal Flames average by 19.7 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Piplup #098/94 was illustrated by Jiro Sasumo, who has illustrated 77 Pokémon cards in total.

Piplup #098/94 carries regulation mark I and is currently legal in Standard, legal in Expanded and legal in Unlimited.

Piplup #098/94 was released on 9 February 2026 as part of Phantasmal Flames. It belongs to the Modern era.

Piplup #098/94 has moved from $18.38 at launch to $12.46 today, a change of down 32.2% since 9 February 2026.