Dachsbun ex
Quick take
- Special Illustration Rare number 169 in Stellar Crown, illustrated by Yuu Nishida
- Psychic-type Stage 1 ex with 250 HP, evolves from Fidough
- Demand comes from the artist and the character's charm, not competitive play
- A mid-tier SIR that master set builders actually enjoy chasing
Collector's readWhat it means for your master set
Set landscapeWhere this card sits in Stellar Crown
VariantsCard variants
Holofoil 169/142 · $71.97 — the only variant this card was printed in (no reverse holo or special pattern), so a master set needs just this one copy.
The storyA sleeper SIR carried by its artist, not the Pokemon
Dachsbun is the bread dog. It is a Psychic-type Stage 1 that evolves from Fidough, the kind of regional gimmick Pokemon that usually gets ignored once a set ages out. This card is the exception. The Special Illustration Rare, number 169 in Stellar Crown, is illustrated by Yuu Nishida, and her name is doing most of the work here.
“Special Illustration Rare number 169 in Stellar Crown, illustrated by Yuu Nishida”
Nishida won the first Pokemon Card Game Illustration Grand Prix with a Gardevoir piece and has been an official TCG illustrator since 2019. She drew the first Sprigatito card, which was also the first card of the Scarlet and Violet era. Her stated goal is to make art that fills the viewer with warmth, and that is exactly what collectors point to when they explain why they want this one. It is cute without being lazy, and the composition has more going on than the base card.
For master set builders, Dachsbun ex SIR sits in the satisfying middle of the Stellar Crown checklist. It will not break the bank. It is one of the prints people are genuinely happy to slot into the binder rather than just check off a box.
By the numbersMarket analysis
Among Stellar Crown Special Illustration Rares, Dachsbun ex sits in the lower-to-middle band, well below the set's headline chase cards. It trades like an affordable SIR, the kind a collector can pick up without much agonizing.
Prices have been steady since release, with the gentle drift you expect from a non-chase SIR as a set settles. It has not spiked and it has not cratered. The character and the artist give it a soft floor that pure filler rares do not have.
Treat this as a collector card first and an investment a distant second. The upside is real but modest, leaning on Nishida's growing profile and Dachsbun's niche following rather than scarcity or playability. Buy it because you like it, not because you expect it to moon.
Clean copies grade well, and a top gem-grade slab carries a real premium over raw on a card this affordable, mostly because the grading fee is a large slice of the total cost. In absolute terms that premium stays small next to the set's bigger SIRs.
In Scarlet and Violet sets, any Special Illustration Rare lands roughly once every 90 packs, which makes the SIR tier as a whole the second-rarest behind the Hyper Rare gold cards at around 1 in 300 to 700 packs. For comparison, any Double Rare hits about 1 in 5 packs, any Illustration Rare about 1 in 12, and any Ultra Rare about 1 in 15. Those odds are for pulling any card of the tier. Hitting this specific Dachsbun ex SIR runs far longer, often into the hundreds of packs, because a set has many SIRs and you are fishing for one of them. For most collectors, buying the single is cheaper and saner than chasing it from packs.
It shares the SIR tier with Stellar Crown's headline alternate arts, but it is one of the more affordable ones, which makes it a friendly target for someone learning where the SIR slots sit before committing to the expensive chase cards.
ArtworkWhy the art matters
Yuu Nishida is a Japanese illustrator from Akita who won the first Pokemon Card Game Illustration Grand Prix, taking the grand prize with a Gardevoir piece. She has illustrated for the TCG officially since 2019. She drew the first Sprigatito card, which doubled as the first card of the Scarlet and Violet era. Her work is known for cute compositions with real warmth, and she has a large fanbase among collectors who follow artists rather than chase cards.
The Special Illustration Rare gives Dachsbun a full-bleed scene instead of the boxed art of the regular print. Nishida plays straight into the bread-dog concept, framing Dachsbun in a soft, friendly setting that leans on the character's warmth. It reads as cozy and approachable, which is the whole point of the card.
Standard Scarlet and Violet Special Illustration Rare treatment: a full-art borderless layout with holofoil across the entire card face and the SIR texture. The art extends behind the attack box, a hallmark of the SIR tier that separates it from the Double Rare and Ultra Rare prints of the same Pokemon.
The pairing. A minor regional gimmick Pokemon got one of the era's most beloved artists, and Nishida's warmth elevates a card that would otherwise be skipped. Collectors who buy on art alone treat this as a small win rather than a checklist obligation.
BackgroundAbout Dachsbun ex
Dachsbun debuted in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet as the evolution of Fidough, the Fairy-type bread dog line based on a dachshund crossed with baked dough. It is a fan-favorite design from Generation IX, leaning hard into the food-Pokemon tradition. On this card it is rendered as a Psychic-type ex for TCG purposes, which is common when the card game reassigns types from the video games.
- ›The bread dog concept is an instant hook and one of the more memed designs of its generation
- ›Generation IX nostalgia for players who started with Scarlet and Violet
- ›Yuu Nishida's art turns a minor Pokemon into a card people want
- ›Cute, low-stakes appeal that travels well in collections built around charm over power
- ›Introduced in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (2022) as the evolution of Fidough
- ›Featured across multiple Stellar Crown prints, including this SIR, an Ultra Rare full art, and the base Double Rare
Minimal. The card's Time to Chow Down ability and Wonder Shine attack never made it a staple of the competitive Standard format. Demand here is collector-driven, not deck-driven.
Own it wellCollector guide
Like all Scarlet and Violet full-art holos, the borderless edges show whitening, and the large holo surface shows scratches and print lines under angled light. Inspect corners and edges closely, and check the surface across the full art, not just the center.
Grading makes sense only for a near-flawless copy aiming at the top gem grade, since the slab fee is large relative to this card's value. A raw near-mint copy is the practical choice for most master set binders. If you do grade, pre-screen for centering and clean edges first. Read the grading guide →
Penny sleeve plus a toploader or one-touch for singles, or quality sided pages for binder storage. Keep it out of direct light and away from humidity. The full holo face scuffs easily, so avoid loose stacking. See the storage guide →
Buy the single rather than ripping packs, because the per-card pull odds are brutal and this SIR is affordable. Use clear, well-lit photos and favor sellers who show real corners and surface. For this price band, raw near-mint is usually the smart buy unless you specifically want a graded copy. See the singles buying guide →
Modern SIRs are far less faked than vintage chase cards, but counterfeits exist. Check the holo pattern and SIR texture against a known-good Scarlet and Violet SIR, confirm crisp small text and the correct set and card number, and do a light bend test only as a last resort. Buying from reputable sellers is the simplest safeguard at this value.
Protect your card
High Chase Score — protect and consider grading. · Amazon affiliate links · Storage guideWord on the streetCommunity sentiment
Collectors talk about this card the way they talk about Nishida's work generally: warm, cute, and a pleasant surprise on a Pokemon nobody expected to care about. The bread dog gag plus a beloved artist makes it an easy favorite, even though it never gets discussed as a marquee chase.
Buzz is steady rather than loud. It comes up in artist-focused threads about Yuu Nishida and in Stellar Crown master set posts, usually framed as one of the nicer affordable SIRs in the set rather than a flip target.
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