Venomoth 31 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Venomoth 31
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Ken Sugimori

This card has 70 HP, a top attack printed at 10 damage and a Fire weakness.

Grass · Stage 1 · Base Set 2 · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Venomoth 31 do in a game?

Venomoth 31 is a Grass Pokémon card with 70 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Venom Powder, is printed at 10 damage for 2 Energy — 5 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Fire weakness, any Fire attack printed at 35 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Grass Stage 1 Rare Unlimited #049 Venomoth

Venomoth 31Base Set 2

70 HP · Grass · Stage 1 · retreat 0 · Fire weakness ×2

Top printed damage105 per Energy Venom Powder10 damage for 2 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points70 HP38.6% of 17,290 in the ~70 band

Printed damage1042.7% of 16,246 in the ~30 band

Retreat cost0 Energy5.3% of 17,240 in the 0 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 5 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackRareBase Set 217 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

RarityRare

SetBase Set 2

Card number31

AbilityShift

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$5.28Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by35 damage70 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness Turns of setup2 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it1,014 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name17 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line14 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #049 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Venomoth 31 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 0.1% of the archive. Weakest on Top printed damage — bottom 0.1%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Venomoth 31 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	25.7%	70 HP
Top printed damage	0.0%	10 damage
Energy efficiency	0.3%	5 per Energy
Retreat lightness	100.0%	0 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2EVenom Powder5 damage per Energy card · has printed text10damage

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 10,622of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 10,622 at 70 HP.

Grass cardsNo. 1,285of 2,387 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 4,325of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardVenomoth 31Base Set 270 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 310 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Venomoth 31

Hit points 70 HP puts it in the ~70 band, where 38.6% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 5 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Weakness A Fire attack printed at 35 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 2 of the 15 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Venomoth 31 at a glance

What it is. A Grass Pokémon card with 70 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Base Set 2.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 10 damage for 2 Energy.
What it fears. A Fire weakness at ×2, which means 35 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 0 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited only.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Venomoth 31 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 10 damage, which is 5 damage for every Energy card attached.

Venomoth 31 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Venom Powder	2 Grass	2	10	5	Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused and Poisoned.

This card has no retreat cost at all, so it can leave the active spot without discarding any Energy — the only limit is that retreating happens once a turn.

Venom Powder2 Energy cards

The Energy this attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Venom Powder 2 Energy10 damage for 2 Energy — 5 per Energy card10

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (10).

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How does Venomoth 31 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Venomoth 31 — Base Set 2 — VenomothBase Set 2 31

No.10,622by HP in the archive

Venomoth 31 prints 70 HP, which puts it at number 10,622 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

0% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Bottom 39%Where it sits on printed HP

This card70 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Venomoth printed90 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 70 HP, which is 18% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~70 — this card38.6%6,669 cards

80~12033.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 70 HP.

Cards in the ~70 band typically print 23 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70 — this card	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~30 — this card42.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 10.

Cards in the ~30 band typically have 70 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30 — this card	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

2 — this card26.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 2 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically have 116 HP and print 65 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2 — this card	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

0 — this card5.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 0 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 0 typically have 103 HP and print 61 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0 — this card	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 30of 100

That is where Venomoth 31 stands highest on HP — number 30 of 100 cards in Base Set 2. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 10,622 of 17,290 by HP · No. 14,164 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 87% on damage
Grass cards — 2,387 cards No. 1,285 of 2,387 by HP · No. 1,874 of 2,260 by damage · top by HP: Mega Venusaur ex, 380

top 83% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 4,325 of 5,102 by HP · No. 4,836 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 98% on damage
Base Set 2 — 130 cards No. 30 of 100 by HP · No. 70 of 97 by damage · top by HP: Charizard, 120

top 71% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 70 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 70
Top printed damage 10 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 10

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as Stage 1

5,102 on record

Cards in the same HP band

6,669 of 17,290 (38.6%)

Cards with this much printed damage

6,938 of 16,246 (42.7%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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What Venomoth 31 does without attacking

Venomoth 31 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.

Printed effects

Capped at once a turn

1 of 1

Read from the printed text quoted below, not counted anywhere else.

Shift — Pokémon Power · once a turn

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may change the type of Venomoth to the type of any other Pokémon in play other than Colorless. This power can't be used if Venomoth is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.

Quoted from the card face. The label after the dash is how the card itself names the effect.

Why this sits apart from the attacks

An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.

Shift can only be used once a turn

The words once during your turn are printed in it, which caps it at one use per turn on that one card. Two copies of the card in play are two separate Pokémon, so each carries its own use.

Every card mechanic in the archive

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Is Venomoth 31 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 10 damage attack that needs 2 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Venomoth 31 — this card5.010 damage for 2 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically return 32.5 damage per Energy card. This card returns 5.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Venomoth 31 — this card	5.0	10 damage for 2 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsVenom Powder 10 / 2

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Venomoth 31.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Venom Powder	—	5	—

This card, per Energy card

5 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

-27.5 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 10 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Grass card do for Venomoth 31?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,574 Fire cards carry that type A Fire attack printed at 35 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Venomoth 31 · Stage 1 70 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 10 damage.

Takes double from this card 1,884 cards in groups that print a Grass weakness Against Fighting, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grass — this cardmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass — this card	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Grassweak to Fire

Fightingweak to Grass

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Grass weakness.

What being a Grass card is worth

Groups that most often print a Grass weakness: Fighting (1,884 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Grass cards are themselves most exposed to Fire.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Venomoth 31 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Fire attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 35 printed damage rather than 70.

Cards that remove it in one attack

1,014

Fire damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 70 HP against a Fire weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackChi-YuMega Evolution 3140 damage

×2Fire weakness · 35 printed damage is enough
40 damage becomes 80 against this card

This cardVenomoth 31Base Set 2 3170 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 999 cards in the archive that can remove Venomoth 31 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 40 printed damage against a bar of 35. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Venomothweak to Fire ×2

Venomothresists Fighting -30

Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.

What the Fighting resistance changes

Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack printed high enough to knock this card out on paper may not do it. Resistance is a flat subtraction, not a multiplier — it does not scale with the attack.

Fire cards that remove Venomoth in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Charizard ex (183)	151	330	330	660
Charizard ex (199)	151	330	330	660
Charizard ex (161)	Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos	330	330	660
Mega Emboar ex (31)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	640
Mega Emboar ex (273)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	640
Charizard VSTAR (19)	Crown Zenith	280	320	640

70 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness means any Fire attack printed at 35 damage or more is enough. 1,014 cards in the archive clear that bar.

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What is Venomoth as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Venomoth 31 is one print of Venomoth. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Venomoth has been printed 17 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Venomoth cards ever printedPokédex #049Prints on record 17Toughest print 200 HPThis card 70 HP

17prints

Legal in Standard2Older prints, not in Standard15

Every Venomoth print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Venomoth printed is 200 HP, and this card is 35% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Venomoth-GX 216/214the toughest Venomoth ever printedSM - Unbroken Bonds200 HP
Venomoth 31against that record35% of the record70 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Venomoth print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Venomoth 31 can be?

Venomoth evolves from Venonat, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Venomoth line, oldest stage first

Venonat10 prints on record · Skyridge

+20 HP · +50 damage

Venomoth9 prints on record · Skyridge

Venonat → Venomoth

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Venonat.
The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.

1VenonatHardest attack printed at this stage: 40 damage70 HP
2VenomothHardest attack printed at this stage: 90 damage. Evolving here adds 20 HP over the stage before it90 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (90 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Venomoth print, and can the older ones still be played?

17 prints carry this name in the archive, and 15 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (200 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

15 rows are shown of the 17 prints counted under this name.

Venomoth prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Venomoth-GX 216/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Venomoth-GX 193/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Venomoth-GX 12/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Venomoth 2/119	XY - Phantom Forces	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Venomoth 11/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Venomoth 049/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Venomoth 002/195	SWSH12: Silver Tempest	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Light Venomoth 053/105	Neo Destiny	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Venomoth 73/132	Secret Wonders	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Venomoth 13/64	Jungle	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Venomoth 111/144	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Venomoth 49/112	EX FireRed & LeafGreen	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Venomoth 29/64	Jungle	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Venomoth 031/130	Base Set 2	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sabrina's Venomoth 034/132	Gym Heroes	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

2 of the 15 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Venomoth 31?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Venomoth 31
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Muk	Aquapolis	70	10	1
Cacturne ex	Emerald	110	50	1
Exeggutor	Aquapolis	80	40	1
Ledian	Skyridge	70	50	0
Nidorina	Legendary Collection	70	30	1
Ivysaur	Legendary Collection	60	30	1

This card itself is 70 HP, 10 top damage and 0 retreat, and every card here is Grass like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Venomoth 31 in Base Set 2?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #31 in Base Set 2. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Venomoth 31, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Venomoth 31
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Venomoth 31 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited play. It was released on February 24, 2000.

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Venomoth 31 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Venom Powder, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 5 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs no Energy at all.
It cannot start the game in play — Venonat has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 10,622 of 17,290

Grass cardsNo. 1,285 of 2,387

Stage 1 cardsNo. 4,325 of 5,102

Base Set 2No. 30 of 100

What actually removes it

A Fire attack printed at 35 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 70 HP.
1,014 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.

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Venomoth 31 card record

Venomoth 31 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	70 HP	Type	Grass
Weakness	Fire ×2	Retreat cost	0 Energy
Evolves from	Venonat	Card type	Stage 1
Pokédex number	#049	Set	Base Set 2
Card number	31 of 130	Series	Base
Released	February 24, 2000	Rarity	Rare
Illustrator	Ken Sugimori
Tournament legality	Unlimited only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Venomoth 31 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$5.28

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One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.

Venomoth 31 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Venomoth 31 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Venomoth 31?

Venomoth 31 has 70 HP and a Fire weakness at ×2, so a Fire attack printed at 35 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 70.

What is the strongest attack on Venomoth 31?

Venom Powder, printed at 10 damage for 2 Energy — 5 damage per Energy card. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused and Poisoned.

What is the retreat cost of Venomoth 31?

None. Venomoth 31 carries a printed retreat cost of zero, so it can move out of the active spot without discarding any Energy. The once-a-turn limit on retreating still applies.

How often can you use Shift?

Once during your turn. The limit is printed in the ability itself, and it is counted per Pokémon — a second copy of Venomoth in play carries its own use.

Can an older Venomoth print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 15 prints listed on this page, 2 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

What does Venomoth evolve from?

Venonat. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Venomoth 31 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited play. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Venomoth 31 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Venomoth 31 — what does this card actually do?

What does Venomoth 31 do in a game?

Venomoth 31 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Venomoth 31 at a glance

What do the attacks on Venomoth 31 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Venomoth 31 compare with every other card?

What Venomoth 31 does without attacking

Is Venomoth 31 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Grass card do for Venomoth 31?

What knocks out Venomoth 31 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Venomoth as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Venomoth 31 can be?

Is this the strongest Venomoth print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Venomoth 31?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Venomoth 31?

What was printed next to Venomoth 31 in Base Set 2?

Which rules apply to Venomoth 31, and where can it be played?

Venomoth 31 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Venomoth 31 card record

What does Venomoth 31 cost?

Venomoth 31 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Venomoth 31?

What is the strongest attack on Venomoth 31?

What is the retreat cost of Venomoth 31?

How often can you use Shift?

Can an older Venomoth print be played in a tournament?

What does Venomoth evolve from?

Can Venomoth 31 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Venomoth 31 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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