Axew — the Tusk Pokémon, the cute baby Dragon-type with prominent ax-shaped tusks. Famously Iris's signature partner through the entire Best Wishes anime arc — Iris carried Axew around in her hair throughout, and the two were inseparable for the entire series. First stage of the Axew → Fraxure → Haxorus line, the Gen-5 pseudo-legendary-tier Dragon trio. Real card depth: BW Black Star Promo #BW16 at $52, 2025 Black Bolt IR at $21, plus multiple BW black-star promos, McDonald's promo, and the rare Dragon Vault set.
Axew's Top 10 is the deepest non-flagship Dragon-line list in the early-Unova stretch. The 2011 BW Black Star promo #BW16 leads at $52 (vintage grail tier), the 2025 Black Bolt IR at $21, another BW promo (#BW26) at $12, the 2012 McDonald's Happy Meal promo at $8.65, plus a third BW promo and twin Dragon Vault prints. Seven cards above $1.50.
The line's vintage grail. A 2011 BW Black Star promo Axew (#BW16) — one of the smallest-print-run BW-era distribution promos. Holo-foil, sentimental cardboard riding directly on Axew's anime-mascot status as Iris's partner. The priciest Axew in the catalog by 2.5×.
View full card data →The 2025 throwback chase. Black Bolt's Illustration Rare gives the baby Dragon pre-evo a painterly modern showcase — sitting second in a stacked Top 10.
View full card data →A second 2011 BW Black Star promo Axew (#BW26) — distributed through different channel products. Holo-foil, third-tier in the line's stacked top.
View full card data →A 2012 McDonald's Happy Meal promo handed out the year after Axew's English debut. Holo-foil, usually creased from kid-handling — the line's distribution-driven mid-tier collector pickup.
View full card data →A third 2011 BW Black Star promo Axew (#BW10) — yet another distribution-channel print. The line ran THREE different BW black-star promos, a sign of the Axew popularity at launch.
View full card data →Dragon Vault was the November-2012 BW-era mini-set built around Dragon-type Pokémon — a 21-card all-Dragon set. Axew got a Holo reprint here, clean modern collector pickup with set-themed scarcity.
View full card data →Sister card to #13 — second Axew in 2012's Dragon Vault. Same set, slightly different art.
View full card data →Plasma Blast was the August-2013 BW-era set that closed the Team Plasma storyline. Axew's Common reprint here is launch-era pack filler — clean BW-era Dragon artwork.
View full card data →Noble Victories was the November-2011 third Black & White-era expansion. Axew's reprint here is launch-era pack filler.
View full card data →BREAKthrough was the November-2015 XY-era set that introduced the BREAK Evolution mechanic. Axew is bulk filler — the cheapest verified Axew in the catalog at twenty-seven cents.
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