Ferrothorn — the Thorn Pod Pokémon, the fully-evolved Grass/Steel spike-ball-with-tentacles, and one of Gen-5's most-played competitive Pokémon at every level from VGC to OU. Ferrothorn defined the 'rocky helmet + leech seed + protect + power whip / gyro ball' set for years — it was practically synonymous with stall teams. The Iron Barbs ability punishes contact moves passively. Real card support: 2025 White Flare IR at $15 + 2023 Paradox Rift alt at $5.
Ferrothorn's Top 10 leads with the 2025 White Flare Illustration Rare at $15 — by a 3× margin the line's flagship — and the 2023 Paradox Rift alt-art in second at $5.21. A 2011 Emerging Powers Holo holds a respectable $0.96 third slot. A two-tier collector structure for one of Gen-5's most-played competitive walls.
The chase. 2025 White Flare's Illustration Rare gives the Iron Barbs spike-pod a painterly modern showcase — by a 3× margin the priciest Ferrothorn in the catalog, and the cover-pull for the line in the throwback set.
View full card data →A 2023 Paradox Rift special-art Ferrothorn (numbered #209, past the printed set total) — the SV-era Paradox-themed set's painterly SAR treatment. A clean modern collector chase, the line's second-tier flagship behind the White Flare IR.
View full card data →Emerging Powers was the late-2011 first-real-expansion follow-up to Black & White. Ferrothorn's Rare Holo here is the strongest of the classic-era prints — clean BW-era Grass/Steel Holo, the line's strongest 'classic' pickup before the 2025 throwback.
View full card data →Sister card to #72 — second Rare Ferrothorn in 2011's Emerging Powers. Same set, slightly different art.
View full card data →Team Up was the February-2019 SM-era set built around Tag Team GX duos. Ferrothorn is set-roster filler — pure pack bulk.
View full card data →Sword & Shield was the February-2020 SWSH-base-set launch. Ferrothorn got a Rare reprint here — bulk filler.
View full card data →BREAKpoint was the February-2016 XY-era set that introduced the BREAK Evolution mechanic. Ferrothorn is bulk filler.
View full card data →The standard Ferrothorn from the same 2023 Paradox Rift set that produced the SAR chase at #209. Pack bulk paired with the alt-art chase.
View full card data →Silver Tempest was the November-2022 SWSH-era set built around Lugia VSTAR. Ferrothorn is set-roster filler — pure binder-completion cardboard.
View full card data →The Rare-rarity Ferrothorn from the same 2025 White Flare set that produced the IR chase at #149. Pack bulk paired with the chase pull — the cheapest verified Ferrothorn in the catalog at four cents.
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