Azelf 38 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 60 HP and a Psychic weakness.
Psychic · Basic · Plasma Blast · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Azelf 38 do in a game?
Azelf 38 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 60 HP, printed as Basic.
Because of the Psychic weakness, any Psychic attack printed at 30 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Azelf 38Plasma Blast
Azelf 38 performance summary
60 HP · Psychic · Basic · retreat 1 · Psychic weakness ×2
Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Hit points — bottom 13.1%.
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.
| Measure | Percentile | Printed value |
|---|---|---|
| Hit points | 13.1% | 60 HP |
| Retreat lightness | 94.4% | 1 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 98.2% | 1 Energy |
2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.
Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 12,840 at 60 HP.
Azelf 3860 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 320 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Azelf 38
- Hit points 60 HP puts it in the ~70 band, where 38.6% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Weakness A Psychic attack printed at 30 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
- Legality 2 of the 9 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.
Azelf 38 at a glance
- What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 60 HP printed as Basic, printed in Plasma Blast.
- What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 0 damage for 0 Energy.
- What it fears. A Psychic weakness at ×2, which means 30 printed damage is enough to remove it.
- What it costs to move. 1 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
- Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded 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.
What do the attacks on Azelf 38 cost, and what do they hit for?
Every attack printed on the card, with the Energy it asks for.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trading Places | 1 Colorless | 1 | — | — | Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. |
| Psyjamming | 1 Psychic + 2 Colorless | 3 | — | — | Move as many Special Energy attached to your opponent's Pokémon to your opponent's other Pokémon in any way you like. |
Retreating costs a further 1 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.
What each 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.
Back to summaryHow does Azelf 38 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.
The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.
This card prints 60 HP, which is 16% 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.
17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 60 HP.
Cards in the ~70 band typically print 23 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.
| 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 |
17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 1 Energy.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1.8% | 304 cards |
| 1 — this card | 54.4% | 9,392 cards |
| 2 | 26.4% | 4,565 cards |
| 3 | 14.7% | 2,533 cards |
| 4 | 2.4% | 421 cards |
| 5 | 0.3% | 47 cards |
17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 1 Energy to retreat.
Cards with a retreat cost of 1 typically have 81 HP and print 40 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 — this card | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Azelf 38 stands highest on HP — number 1,642 of 2,334 cards in Psychic cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 60 HP
middle half 60–130 HP
- 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.
Open the group this card falls into
Back to summaryWhat does being a Psychic card do for Azelf 38?
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.
17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Psychic — this card | 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 | 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 |
Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Psychic weakness.
What being a Psychic card is worth
Groups that most often print a Psychic weakness: Psychic (2,335 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Psychic cards are themselves most exposed to Psychic.
What knocks out Azelf 38 in one hit, and what does it knock out?
Weakness doubles the damage a Psychic attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 30 printed damage rather than 60.
Kadabra30 damage30 damage becomes 60 against this card
Azelf 3860 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 1,305 cards in the archive that can remove Azelf 38 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 30 printed damage against a bar of 30. 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.
Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.
| Card | Set | HP | Printed damage | After weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH159) | SWSH Black Star Promos | 300 | 300 | 600 |
| Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH160) | SWSH Black Star Promos | 300 | 300 | 600 |
| Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH161) | SWSH Black Star Promos | 300 | 300 | 600 |
| Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH162) | SWSH Black Star Promos | 300 | 300 | 600 |
| Solgaleo & Lunala-GX (75) | Cosmic Eclipse | 270 | 230 | 460 |
| Solgaleo & Lunala-GX (216) | Cosmic Eclipse | 270 | 230 | 460 |
60 HP against a Psychic ×2 weakness means any Psychic attack printed at 30 damage or more is enough. 1,318 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Back to summaryWhat is Azelf as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?
Azelf 38 is one print of Azelf. 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.
Every Azelf 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.
Back to summaryIs this the strongest Azelf print, and can the older ones still be played?
9 prints carry this name in the archive. 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.
| Set | Regulation mark | Standard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azelf LV.X 140/146 | Legends Awakened | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Azelf 19/146 | Legends Awakened | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Azelf XY142 | XY Promos | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Azelf 85/236 | SM - Unified Minds | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Azelf 080/191 | SV08: Surging Sparks | Mark H | Legal in Standard |
| Azelf 067/189 | SWSH10: Astral Radiance | Mark F | Legal in Standard |
| Azelf 4/123 | Mysterious Treasures | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Azelf 38/101 | Plasma Blast | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Azelf 43/131 | SM - Forbidden Light | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
2 of the 9 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.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Azelf 38?
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.
90
Azelf LV.X [140]
60
Azelf [4]
70
Azelf [19]
70
Azelf [XY142]
70
Azelf [85]
60
Azelf [43]
70
Azelf [80]
70
Azelf [67]
8 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number. The badge on each card is its printed HP, the figure under the name is its hardest printed attack, and the name sits under the picture. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
What was printed next to Azelf 38 in Plasma Blast?
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.
80
Eelektrik [32]
140
Eelektross [33]
70
Drifloon [34]
100
Drifblim [35]
60
Uxie [36]
60
Mesprit [37]
60
Munna [39]
100
Musharna [40]
90
Sigilyph [41]
30
Solosis [42]
60
Duosion [43]
100
Reuniclus [44]
These are the cards numbered either side of #38 in Plasma Blast. 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.
Which rules apply to Azelf 38, 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.
| 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.
| Format | Status | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Expanded | Legal | Can be played in 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 and Expanded play. It was released on August 14, 2013.
Azelf 38 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.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- A Psychic attack printed at 30 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 60 HP.
- 1,318 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Azelf 38 card record
| Hit points | 60 HP | Type | Psychic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Psychic ×2 | Retreat cost | 1 Energy |
| Card type | Basic | Pokédex number | #482 |
| Set | Plasma Blast | Card number | 38 of 101 |
| Series | Black & White | Released | August 14, 2013 |
| Rarity | Rare | Illustrator | Naoyo Kimura |
| Tournament legality | Unlimited and Expanded only | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Azelf 38 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
- Azelf 38 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page
Azelf 38 — frequently asked questions
How much damage does it take to knock out Azelf 38?
What is the retreat cost of Azelf 38?
Can an older Azelf print be played in a tournament?
Can Azelf 38 be played in a tournament?
Does this page say how good Azelf 38 is in a deck?
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.
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