Porygon-Z BW84 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 130 HP, a top attack printed at 50 damage and a Fighting weakness.
Colorless · Stage 2 Team Plasma · BW Black Star Promos · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Porygon-Z BW84 do in a game?
Porygon-Z BW84 is a Colorless Pokémon card with 130 HP, printed as Stage 2 Team Plasma.
Its strongest attack, Tri Attack, is printed at 50 damage for 3 Energy — 17 damage per Energy card.
Because of the Fighting weakness, any Fighting attack printed at 65 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Porygon-Z BW84BW Black Star Promos
Porygon-Z BW84 performance summary
130 HP · Colorless · Stage 2 Team Plasma · retreat 1 · Fighting weakness ×2
as of July 28, 2026
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3
Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 5.6% 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.
| Measure | Percentile | Printed value |
|---|---|---|
| Hit points | 71.7% | 130 HP |
| Top printed damage | 49.6% | 50 damage |
| Energy efficiency | 41.4% | 17 per Energy |
| Retreat lightness | 94.4% | 1 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 17.4% | 3 Energy |
1 attack 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 4,029 at 130 HP.
Porygon-Z BW84130 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 250 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Porygon-Z BW84
- 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 17 damage per Energy card against 34.7 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 3.
- Weakness A Fighting attack printed at 65 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Porygon-Z BW84 at a glance
- What it is. A Colorless Pokémon card with 130 HP printed as Stage 2 Team Plasma, printed in BW Black Star Promos.
- What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 50 damage for 3 Energy.
- What it fears. A Fighting weakness at ×2, which means 65 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 Porygon-Z BW84 cost, and what do they hit for?
The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 50 damage, which is 17 damage for every Energy card attached.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri Attack | 3 Colorless | 3 | 50× | 17 | Flip 3 coins. This attack does 50 damage times the number of heads. |
Retreating costs a further 1 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.
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.
Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol
A number on a Pokémon card is not always the number that lands.
- Tri Attack is printed as 50×, so the printed number is multiplied — the attack deals that much for each thing the sentence beside it counts.
How does Porygon-Z BW84 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 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.
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.
| 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 |
16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 50.
Cards in the 40~60 band typically have 101 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~30 | 42.7% | 6,938 cards |
| 40~60 — this card | 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 |
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.
| 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 |
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 Porygon-Z BW84 stands highest on HP — number 377 of 2,171 cards in Colorless cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 130 HP
middle half 60–130 HP - Top printed damage 50 damage
middle half 20–90 damage
- 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 Porygon-Z BW84 does without attacking
Porygon-Z BW84 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.
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.
Is Porygon-Z BW84 efficient for the Energy it asks for?
Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 50 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.
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 17.
| 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 |
| Porygon-Z BW84 — this card | 17.0 | 50 damage for 3 Energy |
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.
| 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 |
| Tri Attack | — | 17 | — |
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 50 is read as high or low rather than merely large.
Is Porygon-Z BW84 strong for a Team Plasma card?
Team Plasma cards are built large to begin with, so measuring this one against the whole archive mixes up what the mechanic gives it with what the card itself gives it. Measured inside its own group, the two come apart.
The group is every Team Plasma card in the archive — 113 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.
What does being a Colorless card do for Porygon-Z BW84?
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 | 13.5% | 2,335 cards |
| Water | 14.1% | 2,435 cards |
| Colorless — this card | 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 Colorless weakness.
What being a Colorless card is worth
No group in the archive most often prints a Colorless weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule. Going the other way, Colorless cards are themselves most exposed to Fighting.
What knocks out Porygon-Z BW84 in one hit, and what does it knock out?
Weakness doubles the damage a Fighting attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 65 printed damage rather than 130.
Solrock70 damage70 damage becomes 140 against this card
Porygon-Z BW84130 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 736 cards in the archive that can remove Porygon-Z BW84 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.
Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.
| Card | Set | HP | Printed damage | After weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Lucario ex (77) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (160) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (179) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (188) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (113) | Ascended Heroes | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Toxtricity ex (100) | Paradox Rift | 260 | 270 | 540 |
130 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness means any Fighting attack printed at 65 damage or more is enough. 741 cards in the archive clear that bar.
100 HP
Rayquaza [20]
100 HP
Rayquaza [SL10]
100 HP
Rayquaza [14]
100 HP
Dragonite δ [3]
100 HP
Altaria ex δ [90]
100 HP
Latios ex [94]
71 cards in the archive are weak to Colorless 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.
What has to be in play before Porygon-Z BW84 can be?
Porygon-Z evolves from Porygon2, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.
- This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Porygon2.
- The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.
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.
What can you use instead of Porygon-Z BW84?
Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.
| Card | Set | HP | Top damage | Retreat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragonite | Expedition Base Set | 100 | 40 | 2 |
| Kingdra | Aquapolis | 110 | 60 | 3 |
| Golem | Skyridge | 100 | 50 | 4 |
| Dragonite ex | Dragon | 150 | 120 | 2 |
| Kabutops | Skyridge | 90 | 30 | 3 |
| Dragonite | Fossil | 100 | 40 | 1 |
This card itself is 130 HP, 50 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Colorless like it.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Porygon-Z BW84?
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.
130
Porygon-Z LV.X [100]
110
Porygon-Z [6]
150
Porygon-Z [214]
120
Porygon-Z [DP35]
110
Porygon-Z [7]
80
Porygon-Z G [26]
130
Porygon-Z [74]
130
Porygon-Z [67]
130
Porygon-Z [105a]
130
Porygon-Z [157]
130
Porygon-Z [66]
140
Porygon-Z [118]
130
Porygon-Z [105]
140
Team Rocket's Porygon-Z [155]
150
Porygon-Z [144]
150
Porygon-Z [142]
16 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 Porygon-Z BW84 in BW Black Star Promos?
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.
100
Raichu [BW78]
110
Landorus [BW79]
100
Druddigon [BW80]
170
Thundurus-EX [BW81]
170
Deoxys-EX [BW82]
180
Lugia-EX [BW83]
100
Lucario [BW85]
100
Genesect [BW86]
90
Leafeon [BW87]
90
Flareon [BW88]
110
Vaporeon [BW89]
90
Glaceon [BW90]
These are the cards numbered either side of #BW84 in BW Black Star Promos. 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 Porygon-Z BW84, 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 March 1, 2011.
Porygon-Z BW84 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, Tri Attack, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
- That works out at 17 damage for every Energy card attached.
- Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
- It cannot start the game in play — Porygon2 has to be on the field first.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- A Fighting 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 71 cards in one attack.
Porygon-Z BW84 card record
| Hit points | 130 HP | Type | Colorless |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Fighting ×2 | Retreat cost | 1 Energy |
| Evolves from | Porygon2 | Card type | Stage 2 Team Plasma |
| Pokédex number | #474 | Set | BW Black Star Promos |
| Card number | BW84 of 101 | Series | Black & White |
| Released | March 1, 2011 | Rarity | Promo |
| Illustrator | 5ban Graphics | ||
| Tournament legality | Unlimited and Expanded only | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Porygon-Z BW84 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Porygon-Z BW84 — frequently asked questions
How much damage does it take to knock out Porygon-Z BW84?
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What is the retreat cost of Porygon-Z BW84?
What does the × after the damage on Tri Attack mean?
What does Porygon-Z evolve from?
Can Porygon-Z BW84 be played in a tournament?
Does this page say how good Porygon-Z BW84 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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Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.