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Vespiquen ex Shuckle ex
EnergyGrass
Budew
Pokemon
“Budew” (B3-013) is a Pokémon card from the Pulsing Aura set in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Key details include 30 HP, Grass, and Prickly Powder. Card description: This Pokémon is highly sensitive to temperature changes. When its bud starts to open, that means spring is right around the corner.
Use this Budew page to confirm its set, pack sources, and deck roles before adding Budew to your collection.
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Budew Card Details
Illustrator·Kazuhisa UragamiHP
30
TypesGrass
Pokedex Number
#406
Budew Attacks
- 10Prickly Powder
The Defending Pokémon loses all Abilities. This effect lasts until the Defending Pokémon leaves the Active Spot.
Weaknesses
—
Retreat Cost
Free
How to get Budew
Deck snapshot
Where Budew is played
Observed use in sampled public tournaments. These figures are not ladder usage, a card win rate, or a recommendation to play a particular number of copies. Versions with the same effect are combined. Examples retain their source artwork.
- Tournament usage
- 0.4%
- 13 / 2,912 lists
- Most common count
- 1 copy
- 100.0% of lists using it
Decks that use “Budew”
Small sample; interpret with care.
Event window: Sep 23, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026
Budew versions and alt art
3 matching cards
Daily tournament data
Build with Budew
Seen in 0.4% of 2,912 sampled tournament lists. Most lists that use it run 1 copy.
Small sample; interpret with care.
- Tournament usage
- 0.4%
- 13 / 2,912 lists
- Most common count
- 1 copy
- 100.0% of lists using it
- Average copies
- 1
- Among lists using it
- Archetypes
- 3
- Current decks using it
Decks that use “Budew”
- Vespiquen ex Shuckle ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (11)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 10.7%
- Meta share
- 3.5%
- Mega Sharpedo ex Chien-Pao ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (1)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 8.3%
- Meta share
- 0.4%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Chien-Pao ex
- 1× Budew
- 2× Carvanha
- 2× Mega Sharpedo ex
- 1× Sabrina
- 2× Rocky Helmet
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Inflatable Boat
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Wallace
- 1× Soothing Shore
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Altaria ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (1)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 1.2%
- Meta share
- 2.9%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Froakie
- 2× Mega Altaria ex
- 1× Chingling
- 2× Swablu
- 1× Budew
- 2× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Lisia
- 1× Elegant Cape
- 1× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Tournament intelligence
Budew in tournament decks
This card appears in 3 current and 3 historical tournament archetypes.
Tournament deck data sourced from Limitless Tournament Platform.
Historical decks featuring this card
Archived tournament profiles where this card appeared in at least half of tracked decklists.
Other cards with Prickly Powder, like Budew
3 matching cards
Tournament synergy
Cards commonly played with Budew
These cards appear in the same tournament archetypes as Budew. Rankings use archetype-level samples and inclusion; they do not measure how often two cards occur in the exact same list.
Copycat
B1-225
- shared archetypes
- 3
- avg. inclusion
- 100.0%
Professor's Research
P-A-007
- shared archetypes
- 3
- avg. inclusion
- 100.0%
Cyrus
A2-150
- shared archetypes
- 3
- avg. inclusion
- 93.5%
Sabrina
A1-225
- shared archetypes
- 2
- avg. inclusion
- 91.3%
Shuckle ex
A4-021
- shared archetypes
- 1
- avg. inclusion
- 100.0%
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex
B2-017
- shared archetypes
- 1
- avg. inclusion
- 100.0%
