Kirlia 53 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Kirlia 53
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Masakazu Fukuda

This card has 80 HP and a Psychic weakness.

Psychic · Stage 1 · Secret Wonders · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Kirlia 53 do in a game?

Kirlia 53 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 80 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Psychic Stage 1 Uncommon Unlimited #281 Kirlia

Kirlia 53Secret Wonders

80 HP · Psychic · Stage 1 · retreat 1 · Psychic weakness +20

Hit points80 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Retreat cost1 Energy49.3% of 17,240 in the 1 band

Price trackUncommonSecret Wonders35 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

RarityUncommon

SetSecret Wonders

Card number53

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$5.81Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Cards that can do it720 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name35 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line30 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #281 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Kirlia 53 is built, on three measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Hit points — bottom 38.6%.

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 Kirlia 53 is built, on three measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	38.6%	80 HP
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EPsychic Researchhas printed text—
3ETelekinesishas printed text—

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

Where it stands

No. 9,046of 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 9,046 at 80 HP.

Psychic cardsNo. 1,148of 2,334 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 3,399of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardKirlia 53Secret Wonders80 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 300 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Kirlia 53

Hit points 80 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Legality 9 of the 31 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Kirlia 53 at a glance

What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 80 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Secret Wonders.
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 +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 Kirlia 53 cost, and what do they hit for?

Every attack printed on the card, with the Energy it asks for.

Kirlia 53 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Psychic Research	1 Psychic	1	—	—	Search your discard pile for a Supporter card and use the effect of that card as the effect of this attack. (The Supporter card remains in your discard pile.)
Telekinesis	1 Psychic + 2 Colorless	3	—	—	Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 40 damage to that Pokémon. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness or Resistance.

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

Psychic Research1 Energy card

Telekinesis3 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.

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How does Kirlia 53 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.

Kirlia 53 — Secret Wonders — KirliaSecret Wonders 53

No.9,046by HP in the archive

Kirlia 53 prints 80 HP, which puts it at number 9,046 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).

Bottom 48%Where it sits on printed HP

This card80 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Kirlia printed100 HP

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

This card prints 80 HP, which is 21% 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

80~120 — this card33.1%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 80 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

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

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. 32of 120

That is where Kirlia 53 stands highest on HP — number 32 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. 9,046 of 17,290 by HP · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380
Psychic cards — 2,335 cards No. 1,148 of 2,334 by HP · top by HP: Mega Gardevoir ex, 360
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 3,399 of 5,102 by HP · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380
Secret Wonders — 132 cards No. 32 of 120 by HP · top by HP: Salamence, 140

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 80 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
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 printed as Stage 1

5,102 on record

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

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 does being a Psychic card do for Kirlia 53?

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 2,335 Psychic cards carry that type Damage from Psychic attacks is increased before it is applied.

Kirlia 53 · Stage 1 80 HP It prints no attack damage.

Takes double from this card 2,335 cards in groups that print a Psychic weakness Against Psychic, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychic — this cardmost 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

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 — 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

Psychicweak to Psychic

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.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Kirlia 53 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

720

Psychic damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 80 HP against a Psychic weakness at +20 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackGrumpigMega Evolution 6360 damage

+20Psychic weakness · 60 printed damage is enough
60 damage becomes 80 against this card

This cardKirlia 53Secret Wonders 5380 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 717 cards in the archive that can remove Kirlia 53 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 60 printed damage against a bar of 60. 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.

Kirliaweak to Psychic +20

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

Psychic cards that remove Kirlia in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH159)	SWSH Black Star Promos	300	300	300
Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH160)	SWSH Black Star Promos	300	300	300
Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH161)	SWSH Black Star Promos	300	300	300
Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH162)	SWSH Black Star Promos	300	300	300
Solgaleo & Lunala-GX (75)	Cosmic Eclipse	270	230	230
Solgaleo & Lunala-GX (216)	Cosmic Eclipse	270	230	230

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

Kirlia 53 is one print of Kirlia. 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.

Kirlia has been printed 35 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 Kirlia cards ever printedPokédex #281Prints on record 35Toughest print 100 HPThis card 80 HP

35prints

Legal in Standard9Older prints, not in Standard26

Every Kirlia 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 Kirlia printed is 100 HP, and this card is 80% of it

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

Kirlia 088/217the toughest Kirlia ever printedME: Ascended Heroes100 HP
Kirlia 53against that record80% of the record80 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Kirlia 53 can be?

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

The Kirlia line, oldest stage firstPokédex #281

Ralts23 prints on record · EX Dragon Frontiers

+30 HP · +20 damage

Kirlia25 prints on record · EX Delta Species

Ralts → Kirlia

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Ralts.
It is not the end of the line either — Gardevoir and Gallade evolve from this card, so a deck can keep going past it.
The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 281.

1RaltsHardest attack printed at this stage: 40 damage70 HP
2KirliaHardest attack printed at this stage: 60 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it100 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (100 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 Kirlia print, and can the older ones still be played?

35 prints carry this name in the archive, and 31 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 (100 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

31 rows are shown of the 35 prints counted under this name.

Kirlia prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Kirlia 088/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Kirlia 059/132	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Kirlia 212/198	SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base Set	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Kirlia 154/091	SV: Paldean Fates	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Kirlia 061/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Kirlia 028/091	SV: Paldean Fates	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Kirlia 085/198	SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base Set	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Kirlia SWSH271	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Kirlia 53/132	Diamond and Pearl Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 008/017	POP Series 7	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 092a/147	Alternate Art Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 51/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 60/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia SV35/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 56/99	Next Destinies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 69/162	XY - BREAKthrough	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 140/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 92/147	World Championship Decks	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 81/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 068/195	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Kirlia 60/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 53/98	XY - Ancient Origins	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 060/198	World Championship Decks	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia δ 33/101	EX Dragon Frontiers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 47/113	EX Delta Species	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 31/108	EX Power Keepers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 40/100	EX Sandstorm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 32/101	EX Dragon Frontiers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 35/109	EX Ruby and Sapphire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia RC9/RC25	Legendary Treasures: Radiant Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kirlia 33/106	EX Emerald	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

9 of the 31 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 Kirlia 53?

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 Kirlia 53
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Starmie	Skyridge	80	40	1
Dark Espeon	Neo Destiny	60	10	0
Espeon	Neo Discovery	80	30	0
Ninetales δ	Dragon Frontiers	70	30	0
Slowking	Southern Islands	70	10	2
Espeon	HS—Undaunted	100	30	1

This card itself is 80 HP, 0 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Psychic 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 Kirlia 53 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 #53 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 Kirlia 53, 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 Kirlia 53
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.

Kirlia 53 — 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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Kirlia 53 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

Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Ralts has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 9,046 of 17,290

Psychic cardsNo. 1,148 of 2,334

Stage 1 cardsNo. 3,399 of 5,102

Secret WondersNo. 32 of 120

What actually removes it

A Psychic attack printed at 60 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 80 HP.
720 cards in the archive clear that bar.

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Kirlia 53 card record

Kirlia 53 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	80 HP	Type	Psychic
Weakness	Psychic +20	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Evolves from	Ralts	Card type	Stage 1
Pokédex number	#281	Set	Secret Wonders
Card number	53 of 132	Series	Diamond & Pearl
Released	November 1, 2007	Rarity	Uncommon
Illustrator	Masakazu Fukuda
Tournament legality	Unlimited only

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

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What does Kirlia 53 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

$5.81

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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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Kirlia 53 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Kirlia 53?

Kirlia 53 has 80 HP and a Psychic weakness at +20, so a Psychic attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 80.

What is the retreat cost of Kirlia 53?

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

Can an older Kirlia print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 31 prints listed on this page, 9 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 Kirlia evolve from?

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

Can Kirlia 53 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 Kirlia 53 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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Kirlia 53 — what does this card actually do?

What does Kirlia 53 do in a game?

Kirlia 53 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Kirlia 53 at a glance

What do the attacks on Kirlia 53 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Kirlia 53 compare with every other card?

What does being a Psychic card do for Kirlia 53?

What knocks out Kirlia 53 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Kirlia 53 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Kirlia 53?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Kirlia 53?

What was printed next to Kirlia 53 in Secret Wonders?

Which rules apply to Kirlia 53, and where can it be played?

Kirlia 53 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

Kirlia 53 card record

What does Kirlia 53 cost?

Kirlia 53 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Kirlia 53?

What is the retreat cost of Kirlia 53?

Can an older Kirlia print be played in a tournament?

What does Kirlia evolve from?

Can Kirlia 53 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Kirlia 53 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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