Absol 21 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Absol 21
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Ken Sugimori

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

Darkness · Basic · Secret Wonders · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Absol 21 do in a game?

Absol 21 is a Darkness Pokémon card with 70 HP, printed as Basic.

Its strongest attack, Raid, is printed at 10 damage for 1 Energy — 10 damage per Energy card.

Darkness Basic Rare Unlimited #359 Absol

Absol 21Secret Wonders

70 HP · Darkness · Basic · retreat 1 · Fighting weakness +20

Top printed damage1010 per Energy Raid10 damage for 1 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 cost1 Energy49.3% of 17,240 in the 1 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 10 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackRareSecret Wonders33 printsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic

RarityRare

SetSecret Wonders

Card number21

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$35.81Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Turns of setup1 turnEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it1,071 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name33 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line27 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #359 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Absol 21 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% 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 Absol 21 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	25.7%	70 HP
Top printed damage	0.0%	10 damage
Energy efficiency	3.1%	10 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EBaleful Windhas printed text—
1ERaid10 damage per Energy card · has printed text10damage

2 attacks 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.

Darkness cardsNo. 838of 1,248 by printed HP Secret WondersNo. 56of 120 by printed HP

This cardAbsol 21Secret Wonders70 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 Absol 21

Hit points 70 HP puts it in the ~70 band, where 38.6% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 10 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Legality 11 of the 28 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Absol 21 at a glance

What it is. A Darkness Pokémon card with 70 HP printed as Basic, printed in Secret Wonders.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 10 damage for 1 Energy.
What it fears. A Fighting weakness at +20.
What it costs to move. 1 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 Absol 21 cost, and what do they hit for?

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

Absol 21 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Baleful Wind	1 Colorless	1	—	—	Choose a card from your opponent's hand without looking and discard it. If you discarded a Trainer, Supporter, or Stadium card, choose 1 more card from your opponent's hand without looking and discard it.
Raid	1 Darkness	1	10	10	If you played Absol from your hand during this turn, this attack's base damage is 40 instead of 10.

Retreating costs a further 1 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Baleful Wind1 Energy card

Raid1 Energy card

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.

Raid 1 Energy10 damage for 1 Energy — 10 per Energy card10

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

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How does Absol 21 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.

Absol 21 — Secret Wonders — AbsolSecret Wonders 21

No.10,622by HP in the archive

Absol 21 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 Absol printed110 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

1 — this card54.4%9,392 cards

226.4%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 1 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
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

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

1 — this card49.3%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 1 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 1 typically have 81 HP and print 40 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
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

No. 56of 120

That is where Absol 21 stands highest on HP — number 56 of 120 cards in Secret Wonders. 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
Darkness cards — 1,249 cards No. 838 of 1,248 by HP · No. 1,030 of 1,170 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gengar ex, 350

top 88% on damage
Secret Wonders — 132 cards No. 56 of 120 by HP · No. 84 of 107 by damage · top by HP: Salamence, 140

top 78% 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 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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Is Absol 21 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 10 damage attack that needs 1 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

Absol 21 — this card10.010 damage for 1 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 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 10.

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
Absol 21 — this card	10.0	10 damage for 1 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsRaid 10 / 1

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 Absol 21.
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
Raid	—	10	—

This card, per Energy card

10 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

-39.0 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 Darkness card do for Absol 21?

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 1,884 Fighting cards carry that type Damage from Fighting attacks is increased before it is applied.

Absol 21 · Basic 70 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 10 damage.

Takes double from this card — no group most often prints a Darkness weakness This type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.

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

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darkness — this cardmost 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	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness — this card	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Darknessweak to Fighting

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

What being a Darkness card is worth

No group in the archive most often prints a Darkness weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule. Going the other way, Darkness cards are themselves most exposed to Fighting.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Absol 21 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

The weakness printed on the card decides which attacks are enough to remove it in one turn.

Cards that remove it in one attack

1,071

Fighting damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 70 HP against a Fighting weakness at +20 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackLunatoneMega Evolution 7450 damage

+20Fighting weakness · 50 printed damage is enough
50 damage becomes 70 against this card

This cardAbsol 21Secret Wonders 2170 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 1,061 cards in the archive that can remove Absol 21 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 50 printed damage against a bar of 50. 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.

Absolweak to Fighting +20

Absolresists Psychic -20

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

What the Psychic resistance changes

Damage from Psychic 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.

Fighting cards that remove Absol in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mega Lucario ex (77)	Mega Evolution	340	270	270
Mega Lucario ex (160)	Mega Evolution	340	270	270
Mega Lucario ex (179)	Mega Evolution	340	270	270
Mega Lucario ex (188)	Mega Evolution	340	270	270
Mega Lucario ex (113)	Ascended Heroes	340	270	270
Toxtricity ex (100)	Paradox Rift	260	270	270

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

Absol 21 is one print of Absol. 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.

Absol has been printed 33 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 Absol cards ever printedPokédex #359Prints on record 33Toughest print 280 HPThis card 70 HP

33prints

Legal in Standard11Older prints, not in Standard22

Every Absol 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 Absol printed is 280 HP, and this card is 25% of it

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

Mega Absol ex 180/132the toughest Absol ever printedME01: Mega Evolution280 HP
Absol 21against that record25% of the record70 HP

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

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

33 prints carry this name in the archive, and 28 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 (280 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

28 rows are shown of the 33 prints counted under this name.

Absol prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Mega Absol ex 180/132	ME01: Mega Evolution	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Absol ex 086/132	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Absol ex 161/132	ME01: Mega Evolution	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Absol ex 214/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Absol ex 135/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Absol-EX XY62	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 030/064	SV: Shrouded Fable	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Absol 063/094	ME02: Phantasmal Flames	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Absol G LV.X 141	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol XY178	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 67/116	Plasma Freeze	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol GG16/GG70	SWSH: Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Absol 88/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 133/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 097/189	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Absol 81/145	SM - Guardians Rising	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 40/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 076/159	SWSH: Crown Zenith	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Absol 164/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Absol 113/182	SV04: Paradox Rift	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Absol 38/73	Champion's Path	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Absol 91/102	Triumphant	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 96/95	EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 1/97	EX Dragon	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 18/110	EX Holon Phantoms	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 15/92	EX Legend Maker	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol G 1	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 21/132	Secret Wonders	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

11 of the 28 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 Absol 21 in Secret Wonders?

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 #21 in Secret Wonders. 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 Absol 21, 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 Absol 21
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.

Absol 21 — 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 November 1, 2007.

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Absol 21 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, Raid, needs 1 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 1 turn from an empty card.
That works out at 10 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

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

Darkness cardsNo. 838 of 1,248

Secret WondersNo. 56 of 120

What actually removes it

A Fighting attack printed at 50 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 70 HP.
1,071 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Damage from Psychic attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.

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Absol 21 card record

Absol 21 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	70 HP	Type	Darkness
Weakness	Fighting +20	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Card type	Basic	Pokédex number	#359
Set	Secret Wonders	Card number	21 of 132
Series	Diamond & Pearl	Released	November 1, 2007
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 Absol 21 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

$35.81

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

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Absol 21 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Absol 21?

Absol 21 has 70 HP and a Fighting weakness at +20, so a Fighting attack printed at 50 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 70.

What is the strongest attack on Absol 21?

Raid, printed at 10 damage for 1 Energy — 10 damage per Energy card. If you played Absol from your hand during this turn, this attack's base damage is 40 instead of 10.

What is the retreat cost of Absol 21?

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

Can an older Absol print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 28 prints listed on this page, 11 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 Absol 21 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 Absol 21 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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Absol 21 — what does this card actually do?

What does Absol 21 do in a game?

Absol 21 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Absol 21 at a glance

What do the attacks on Absol 21 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Absol 21 compare with every other card?

Is Absol 21 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Darkness card do for Absol 21?

What knocks out Absol 21 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

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

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Absol 21?

What was printed next to Absol 21 in Secret Wonders?

Which rules apply to Absol 21, and where can it be played?

Absol 21 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

Absol 21 card record

What does Absol 21 cost?

Absol 21 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Absol 21?

What is the strongest attack on Absol 21?

What is the retreat cost of Absol 21?

Can an older Absol print be played in a tournament?

Can Absol 21 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Absol 21 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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