Reshiram 17 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Reshiram 17
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Shin Nagasawa

This card has 130 HP, a top attack printed at 80 damage and a Water weakness.

Fire · Basic · Plasma Freeze · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Reshiram 17 do in a game?

Reshiram 17 is a Fire Pokémon card with 130 HP, printed as Basic.

Its strongest attack, Fusion Flare, is printed at 80 damage for 4 Energy — 20 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Water weakness, any Water attack printed at 65 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Fire Basic Rare Holo Unlimited and Expanded #643 Reshiram

Reshiram 17Plasma Freeze

130 HP · Fire · Basic · retreat 2 · Water weakness ×2

Top printed damage8020 per Energy Fusion Flare80 damage for 4 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points130 HP15.5% of 17,290 in the 130~180 band

Printed damage8021.8% of 16,246 in the 70~120 band

Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 20 · typical 34.7
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3

Price trackRare HoloPlasma Freeze46 printsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic

RarityRare Holo

SetPlasma Freeze

Card number17

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$10.36Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by65 damage130 HP against a Water ×2 weakness Turns of setup4 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it741 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name46 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line41 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #643 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Reshiram 17 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Hit points — top 28.3% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 17.4%.

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 Reshiram 17 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	71.7%	130 HP
Top printed damage	68.9%	80 damage
Energy efficiency	46.1%	20 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	17.4%	3 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

3EPurifying Flame17 damage per Energy card · has printed text50damage
4EFusion Flare20 damage per Energy card · has printed text80damage

2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 4,029of 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 4,029 at 130 HP.

Fire cardsNo. 404of 1,574 by printed HP Plasma FreezeNo. 23of 108 by printed HP

This cardReshiram 17Plasma Freeze130 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 250 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Reshiram 17

Hit points 130 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 20 damage per Energy card against 34.7 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 3.
Weakness A Water attack printed at 65 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 12 of the 42 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Reshiram 17 at a glance

What it is. A Fire Pokémon card with 130 HP printed as Basic, printed in Plasma Freeze.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 80 damage for 4 Energy.
What it fears. A Water weakness at ×2, which means 65 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 2 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.

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

What do the attacks on Reshiram 17 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 4 Energy and returns 80 damage, which is 20 damage for every Energy card attached.

Reshiram 17 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Purifying Flame	1 Fire + 2 Colorless	3	50	17	Remove all Special Conditions from this Pokémon.
Fusion Flare	1 Fire + 3 Colorless	4	80+	20	If Zekrom is on your Bench, this attack does 40 more damage.

Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Purifying Flame3 Energy cards

Fusion Flare4 Energy cards

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.

Purifying Flame 3 Energy50 damage for 3 Energy — 17 per Energy card50
Fusion Flare 4 Energy80 damage for 4 Energy — 20 per Energy card80

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (80).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

A number on a Pokémon card is not always the number that lands.

Fusion Flare is printed as 80+, so the printed number is a floor — the attack deals at least that much, and the sentence beside it says what adds to it.

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How does Reshiram 17 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.

Reshiram 17 — Plasma Freeze — ReshiramPlasma Freeze 17

No.4,029by HP in the archive

Reshiram 17 prints 130 HP, which puts it at number 4,029 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).

69% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 23%Where it sits on printed HP

This card130 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Reshiram printed130 HP

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

This card prints 130 HP, which is 34% 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

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~12033.1%5,725 cards

130~180 — this card15.5%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 130 HP.

Cards in the 130~180 band typically print 104 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180 — this card	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

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~120 — this card21.8%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 80.

Cards in the 70~120 band typically have 141 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120 — this card	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

226.4%4,565 cards

3 — this card14.7%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 3 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically have 153 HP and print 104 damage.

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

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

2 — this card28.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 2 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.

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

No. 23of 108

That is where Reshiram 17 stands highest on HP — number 23 of 108 cards in Plasma Freeze. 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. 4,029 of 17,290 by HP · No. 4,308 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 27% on damage
Fire cards — 1,574 cards No. 404 of 1,574 by HP · No. 518 of 1,526 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 34% on damage
Plasma Freeze — 122 cards No. 23 of 108 by HP · No. 13 of 103 by damage · top by HP: Heatran-EX, 180

top 12% 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 130 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 130
Top printed damage 80 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 80

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 in the same HP band

2,679 of 17,290 (15.5%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,535 of 16,246 (21.8%)

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

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Reshiram 17 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 80 damage attack that needs 4 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

Reshiram 17 — this card20.080 damage for 4 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 3 typically return 34.7 damage per Energy card. This card returns 20.

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
Reshiram 17 — this card	20.0	80 damage for 4 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsPurifying Flame 50 / 3Fusion Flare 80 / 4

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 Reshiram 17.
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
Purifying Flame	—	17	—
Fusion Flare	—	20	—

This card, per Energy card

20 damage

Typical for a 3 Energy attack

34.7 damage

Difference

-14.7 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 80 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Fire card do for Reshiram 17?

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 2,435 Water cards carry that type A Water attack printed at 65 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Reshiram 17 · Basic 130 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 80 damage.

Takes double from this card 3,312 cards in groups that print a Fire weakness Against Grass and Metal, 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

Fire — this cardmost 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

Grassmost 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 — this card	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

Fireweak to Water

Grassweak to Fire

Metalweak to Fire

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

What being a Fire card is worth

Groups that most often print a Fire weakness: Grass (2,387 cards) and Metal (925 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Fire cards are themselves most exposed to Water.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Reshiram 17 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Water attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 65 printed damage rather than 130.

Cards that remove it in one attack

741

Cards it removes in one attack

2,544

Water damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 130 HP against a Water weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackDewgongPhantasmal Flames 2270 damage

×2Water weakness · 65 printed damage is enough
70 damage becomes 140 against this card

This cardReshiram 17Plasma Freeze 17130 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 739 cards in the archive that can remove Reshiram 17 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 70 printed damage against a bar of 65. 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.

Reshiramweak to Water ×2

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

Water cards that remove Reshiram in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Vaporeon ex (23)	Prismatic Evolutions	280	280	560
Vaporeon ex (149)	Prismatic Evolutions	280	280	560
Wailord ex (16)	Pitch Black	380	270	540
Wailord ex (97)	Pitch Black	380	270	540
Palafin ex (61)	Twilight Masquerade	340	250	500
Palafin ex (193)	Twilight Masquerade	340	250	500

130 HP against a Water ×2 weakness means any Water attack printed at 65 damage or more is enough. 741 cards in the archive clear that bar.

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Cards this one removes in a single attack

2,544 cards in the archive are weak to Fire and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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

Reshiram 17 is one print of Reshiram. 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.

Reshiram has been printed 46 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 Reshiram cards ever printedPokédex #643Prints on record 46Toughest print 270 HPThis card 130 HP

46prints

Legal in Standard12Older prints, not in Standard34

Every Reshiram 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 Reshiram printed is 270 HP, and this card is 48.1% of it

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

Reshiram & Zekrom-GX 222/236the toughest Reshiram ever printedSM - Cosmic Eclipse270 HP
Reshiram 17against that record48.1% of the record130 HP

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

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

46 prints carry this name in the archive, and 42 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 (270 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

42 rows are shown of the 46 prints counted under this name.

Reshiram prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Reshiram & Zekrom-GX 222/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram & Zekrom-GX 259/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram & Charizard-GX 217/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram & Charizard-GX 194/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram & Zekrom-GX 157/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram & Charizard-GX 20/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram ex 173/086	SV: White Flare	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Reshiram ex 166/086	SV: White Flare	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Reshiram ex 158/086	SV: White Flare	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Reshiram ex 020/086	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Reshiram V 172/195	SWSH12: Silver Tempest	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Reshiram ex 030/159	Jumbo Cards	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Reshiram V 024/195	SWSH12: Silver Tempest	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Reshiram-EX 95/99	Next Destinies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram-GX SV51/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram-GX 71/70	Dragon Majesty	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram-GX 65/70	Dragon Majesty	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram-EX 22/99	Next Destinies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram-EX 29/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram-GX SM137	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram-EX BW36	Black and White Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram-GX 11/70	Dragon Majesty	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram 114/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram RC22/RC25	Legendary Treasures: Radiant Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram 113/114	Black and White	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram 28/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram 26/114	World Championship Decks	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
N's Reshiram 167/159	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Reshiram 113/114	Celebrations: Classic Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram 017/094	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Reshiram 017/116	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram BW23	Black and White Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram 21/99	Next Destinies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram BW004	Black and White Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram 63/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
N's Reshiram 116/159	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Reshiram 14/73	Shining Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram 022/142	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark H	Legal in Standard
N's Reshiram 154/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Reshiram 002/025	Celebrations	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram XY74	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram 017/072	Shining Fates	Mark D	Not legal in Standard

12 of the 42 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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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 Reshiram 17 in Plasma Freeze?

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 #17 in Plasma Freeze. 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 Reshiram 17, 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 Reshiram 17
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.

Reshiram 17 — tournament formats
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 May 8, 2013.

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Reshiram 17 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, Fusion Flare, needs 4 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 4 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 20 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 4,029 of 17,290

Fire cardsNo. 404 of 1,574

Plasma FreezeNo. 23 of 108

What actually removes it

A Water attack printed at 65 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 130 HP.
741 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 2,544 cards in one attack.

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Reshiram 17 card record

Reshiram 17 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	130 HP	Type	Fire
Weakness	Water ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Card type	Basic	Pokédex number	#643
Set	Plasma Freeze	Card number	17 of 116
Series	Black & White	Released	May 8, 2013
Rarity	Rare Holo	Illustrator	Shin Nagasawa
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Expanded only

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

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What does Reshiram 17 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

$10.36

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Reshiram 17 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Reshiram 17?

Reshiram 17 has 130 HP and a Water weakness at ×2, so a Water attack printed at 65 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 130.

What is the strongest attack on Reshiram 17?

Fusion Flare, printed at 80 damage for 4 Energy — 20 damage per Energy card. If Zekrom is on your Bench, this attack does 40 more damage.

What is the retreat cost of Reshiram 17?

2 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

What does the + after the damage on Fusion Flare mean?

It marks the damage as conditional: the printed figure is the least it can deal, and the sentence on the card says what is added to it. The full sentence is printed on the card and quoted in the attack table on this page — "If Zekrom is on your Bench, this attack does 40 more damage."

Can an older Reshiram print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 42 prints listed on this page, 12 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.

Can Reshiram 17 be played in a tournament?

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

Does this page say how good Reshiram 17 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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Reshiram 17 — what does this card actually do?

What does Reshiram 17 do in a game?

Reshiram 17 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Reshiram 17 at a glance

What do the attacks on Reshiram 17 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Reshiram 17 compare with every other card?

Is Reshiram 17 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Fire card do for Reshiram 17?

What knocks out Reshiram 17 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

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

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Reshiram 17?

What was printed next to Reshiram 17 in Plasma Freeze?

Which rules apply to Reshiram 17, and where can it be played?

Reshiram 17 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

Reshiram 17 card record

What does Reshiram 17 cost?

Reshiram 17 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Reshiram 17?

What is the strongest attack on Reshiram 17?

What is the retreat cost of Reshiram 17?

What does the + after the damage on Fusion Flare mean?

Can an older Reshiram print be played in a tournament?

Can Reshiram 17 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Reshiram 17 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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