Espeon 18 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Espeon 18
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Naoyo Kimura

This card has 80 HP, a top attack printed at 60 damage and a Psychic weakness.

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

What does Espeon 18 do in a game?

Espeon 18 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 80 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Morning Sun, is printed at 60 damage for 3 Energy — 20 damage per Energy card.

Psychic Stage 1 Rare Unlimited #196 Espeon

Espeon 18Majestic Dawn

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

Top printed damage6020 per Energy Morning Sun60 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

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

Printed damage6022.0% of 16,246 in the 40~60 band

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

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

Price trackRareMajestic Dawn46 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

RarityRare

SetMajestic Dawn

Card number18

AbilitySunlight Veil

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$13.29Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it720 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name46 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line31 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #196 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Espeon 18 is built, on five measures

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.

How Espeon 18 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	38.6%	80 HP
Top printed damage	57.4%	60 damage
Energy efficiency	46.1%	20 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	17.4%	3 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

3EMorning Sun20 damage per Energy card · has printed text60damage

1 attack 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 cardEspeon 18Majestic Dawn80 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 Espeon 18

Hit points 80 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% 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.
Legality 4 of the 32 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Espeon 18 at a glance

What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 80 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Majestic Dawn.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 60 damage for 3 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 Espeon 18 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 60 damage, which is 20 damage for every Energy card attached.

Espeon 18 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Morning Sun	1 Psychic + 2 Colorless	3	60	20	You may move an Energy card attached to Espeon to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

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

Morning Sun3 Energy cards

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.

Morning Sun 3 Energy60 damage for 3 Energy — 20 per Energy card60

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (60).

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How does Espeon 18 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.

Espeon 18 — Majestic Dawn — EspeonMajestic Dawn 18

No.9,046by HP in the archive

Espeon 18 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).

57% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Bottom 48%Where it sits on printed HP

This card80 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Espeon printed110 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

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~60 — this card22.0%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 60.

Cards in the 40~60 band typically have 101 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
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

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

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. 28of 85

That is where Espeon 18 stands highest on HP — number 28 of 85 cards in Majestic Dawn. 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 · No. 5,743 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 35% on damage
Psychic cards — 2,335 cards No. 1,148 of 2,334 by HP · No. 543 of 1,992 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gardevoir ex, 360

top 27% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 3,399 of 5,102 by HP · No. 1,904 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 38% on damage
Majestic Dawn — 100 cards No. 28 of 85 by HP · No. 8 of 77 by damage · top by HP: Torterra, 140

top 9% 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 80 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 80
Top printed damage 60 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 60

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%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,566 of 16,246 (22.0%)

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 Espeon 18 does without attacking

Espeon 18 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.

Printed effects

Capped at once a turn

None

Read from the printed text quoted below, not counted anywhere else.

Sunlight Veil — Poké-Body

Each of your Pokémon that evolves from Eevee gets +20 HP. You can't use more than 1 Sunlight Veil Poké-Body each turn.

Quoted from the card face. The label after the dash is how the card itself names the effect.

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.

Every card mechanic in the archive

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Is Espeon 18 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 60 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.

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

Espeon 18 — this card20.060 damage for 3 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
Espeon 18 — this card	20.0	60 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsMorning Sun 60 / 3

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 Espeon 18.
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
Morning Sun	—	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 60 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Psychic card do for Espeon 18?

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.

Espeon 18 · Stage 1 80 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 60 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 Espeon 18 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

Cards it removes in one attack

1,433

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 cardEspeon 18Majestic Dawn 1880 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 716 cards in the archive that can remove Espeon 18 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.

Espeonweak to Psychic +20

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

Psychic cards that remove Espeon 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

120 HP Mewtwo [53]

120 HP Gardevoir [RC10]

120 HP Mew-EX [RC24]

120 HP Gothitelle [48]

120 HP Mew-EX [46]

120 HP Mew-EX [120]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

1,433 cards in the archive are weak to Psychic 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 Espeon as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Espeon 18 is one print of Espeon. 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.

Espeon 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 Espeon cards ever printedPokédex #196Prints on record 46Toughest print 310 HPThis card 80 HP

46prints

Legal in Standard4Older prints, not in Standard42

Every Espeon 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 Espeon printed is 310 HP, and this card is 25.8% of it

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

Espeon VMAX 270/264the toughest Espeon ever printedSWSH08: Fusion Strike310 HP
Espeon 18against that record25.8% of the record80 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Espeon 18 can be?

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

The Espeon line, oldest stage firstPokédex #196

Eevee45 prints on record · EX Unseen Forces

+40 HP · +30 damage

Espeon12 prints on record · Aquapolis

Eevee → Espeon

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Eevee.
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 196.

1EeveeHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage70 HP
2EspeonHardest attack printed at this stage: 60 damage. Evolving here adds 40 HP over the stage before it110 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (110 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 Espeon print, and can the older ones still be played?

46 prints carry this name in the archive, and 32 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 (310 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

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

Espeon prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Espeon VMAX 270/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Espeon VMAX 065/203	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Espeon ex 155/131	SV: Prismatic Evolutions	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Espeon ex 034/131	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Espeon & Deoxys-GX 72/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon V 180/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Espeon-GX SV60/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon-GX 152/149	SM Base Set	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon V 064/203	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Espeon-GX 140/149	SM Base Set	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon V 179/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Espeon-GX 61/149	SM Base Set	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon V SWSH201	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Espeon-EX 117/122	XY - BREAKpoint	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon-EX 52/122	XY - BREAKpoint	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon 033/131	SV: Prismatic Evolutions	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Espeon SWSH174	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Espeon 086/197	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Espeon 81/90	Undaunted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon 048/108	League & Championship Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon BW92	Black and White Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon 4/95	Call of Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon 089/214	Blister Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon 48/116	Plasma Freeze	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon 01/75	Neo Discovery	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon 011/147	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon 16/100	EX Sandstorm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon E4 18/111	Rising Rivals	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon 18/100	Majestic Dawn	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon δ 4/113	EX Delta Species	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Espeon 20/75	Neo Discovery	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Espeon 004/105	Neo Destiny	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

4 of the 32 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 Espeon 18?

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 Espeon 18
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, 60 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 Espeon 18 in Majestic Dawn?

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 #18 in Majestic Dawn. 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 Espeon 18, 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 Espeon 18
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.

Espeon 18 — 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 May 1, 2008.

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Espeon 18 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, Morning Sun, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 20 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 — Eevee 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

Majestic DawnNo. 28 of 85

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.
Going the other way, it removes 1,433 cards in one attack.

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Espeon 18 card record

Espeon 18 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	80 HP	Type	Psychic
Weakness	Psychic +20	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Evolves from	Eevee	Card type	Stage 1
Pokédex number	#196	Set	Majestic Dawn
Card number	18 of 100	Series	Diamond & Pearl
Released	May 1, 2008	Rarity	Rare
Illustrator	Naoyo Kimura
Tournament legality	Unlimited only

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

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What does Espeon 18 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

$13.29

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August 14, 2026

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

Espeon 18 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Espeon 18 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Espeon 18?

Espeon 18 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 strongest attack on Espeon 18?

Morning Sun, printed at 60 damage for 3 Energy — 20 damage per Energy card. You may move an Energy card attached to Espeon to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

What is the retreat cost of Espeon 18?

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

Can an older Espeon print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 32 prints listed on this page, 4 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 Espeon evolve from?

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

Can Espeon 18 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 Espeon 18 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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Espeon 18 — what does this card actually do?

What does Espeon 18 do in a game?

Espeon 18 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Espeon 18 at a glance

What do the attacks on Espeon 18 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Espeon 18 compare with every other card?

What Espeon 18 does without attacking

Is Espeon 18 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Psychic card do for Espeon 18?

What knocks out Espeon 18 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Espeon 18 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Espeon 18?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Espeon 18?

What was printed next to Espeon 18 in Majestic Dawn?

Which rules apply to Espeon 18, and where can it be played?

Espeon 18 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

Espeon 18 card record

What does Espeon 18 cost?

Espeon 18 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Espeon 18?

What is the strongest attack on Espeon 18?

What is the retreat cost of Espeon 18?

Can an older Espeon print be played in a tournament?

What does Espeon evolve from?

Can Espeon 18 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Espeon 18 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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