Groudon 29 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 100 HP, a top attack printed at 100 damage and a Grass weakness.
Fighting · Basic · Legends Awakened · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Groudon 29 do in a game?
Groudon 29 is a Fighting Pokémon card with 100 HP, printed as Basic.
Its strongest attack, Major Earthquake, is printed at 100 damage for 3 Energy — 33 damage per Energy card.
Because of the Grass weakness, any Grass attack printed at 50 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Groudon 29Legends Awakened
Groudon 29 performance summary
100 HP · Fighting · Basic · retreat 3 · Grass weakness ×2
as of July 28, 2026
Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 0.1% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 16.8%.
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 | 56.1% | 100 HP |
| Top printed damage | 76.6% | 100 damage |
| Energy efficiency | 75.0% | 33 per Energy |
| Retreat lightness | 16.8% | 3 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 100.0% | 0 Energy |
2 attacks 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 6,636 at 100 HP.
Groudon 29100 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 280 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Groudon 29
- Hit points 100 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Weakness A Grass attack printed at 50 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
- Legality 3 of the 32 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.
Groudon 29 at a glance
- What it is. A Fighting Pokémon card with 100 HP printed as Basic, printed in Legends Awakened.
- What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 100 damage for 3 Energy.
- What it fears. A Grass weakness at ×2, which means 50 printed damage is enough to remove it.
- What it costs to move. 3 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.
What do the attacks on Groudon 29 cost, and what do they hit for?
The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 100 damage, which is 33 damage for every Energy card attached.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | No Energy | 0 | — | — | Choose up to 2 basic Fighting Energy cards from your hand and attach them to 1 of your Pokémon. |
| Major Earthquake | 2 Fighting + 1 Colorless | 3 | 100 | 33 | Discard 2 Fighting Energy attached to Groudon and this attack does 10 damage to each of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) |
Retreating costs a further 3 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.
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.
How does Groudon 29 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 100 HP, which is 26% 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 100 HP.
Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.
| 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 |
16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 100.
Cards in the 70~120 band typically have 141 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~30 | 42.7% | 6,938 cards |
| 40~60 | 22.0% | 3,566 cards |
| 70~120 — this card | 21.8% | 3,535 cards |
| 130~180 | 9.0% | 1,461 cards |
| 190~250 | 3.8% | 621 cards |
| 260+ | 0.8% | 125 cards |
17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 0 Energy.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 0 typically have 84 HP and print 45 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 — this card | 1.8% | 304 cards |
| 1 | 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 |
17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 3 Energy to retreat.
Cards with a retreat cost of 3 typically have 150 HP and print 99 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 — this card | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Groudon 29 stands highest on HP — number 17 of 137 cards in Legends Awakened. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 100 HP
middle half 60–130 HP - Top printed damage 100 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 summaryIs Groudon 29 efficient for the Energy it asks for?
Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 100 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.
| 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 |
| Groudon 29 — this card | 33.0 | 100 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 |
| Major Earthquake | — | 33 | — |
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 100 is read as high or low rather than merely large.
What does being a Fighting card do for Groudon 29?
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 | 12.6% | 2,173 cards |
| Fire | 9.1% | 1,574 cards |
| Fighting — this card | 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 Fighting weakness.
What being a Fighting card is worth
Groups that most often print a Fighting weakness: Colorless (2,173 cards), Lightning (1,520 cards) and Darkness (1,249 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Fighting cards are themselves most exposed to Grass.
What knocks out Groudon 29 in one hit, and what does it knock out?
Weakness doubles the damage a Grass attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 50 printed damage rather than 100.
50 damage becomes 100 against this card
Groudon 29100 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 875 cards in the archive that can remove Groudon 29 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.
Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.
What the Lightning resistance changes
Damage from Lightning 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.
| Card | Set | HP | Printed damage | After weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flapple VMAX (19) | Battle Styles | 320 | 250 | 500 |
| Flapple VMAX (164) | Battle Styles | 320 | 250 | 500 |
| Mega Venusaur ex (3) | Mega Evolution | 380 | 240 | 480 |
| Mega Venusaur ex (155) | Mega Evolution | 380 | 240 | 480 |
| Mega Venusaur ex (177) | Mega Evolution | 380 | 240 | 480 |
| Decidueye ex (12) | Perfect Order | 320 | 240 | 480 |
100 HP against a Grass ×2 weakness means any Grass attack printed at 50 damage or more is enough. 880 cards in the archive clear that bar.
3,088 cards in the archive are weak to Fighting 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 is Groudon as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?
Groudon 29 is one print of Groudon. 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.
Every Groudon 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.
Back to summaryIs this the strongest Groudon print, and can the older ones still be played?
36 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.
32 rows are shown of the 36 prints counted under this name.
| Set | Regulation mark | Standard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primal Groudon-EX 97/98 | XY - Ancient Origins | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Primal Groudon-EX 151/160 | XY - Primal Clash | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Primal Groudon-EX 86/160 | XY - Primal Clash | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Team Magma's Groudon-EX 15/34 | Double Crisis | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon-EX 106/108 | Dark Explorers | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon-EX 150/160 | XY - Primal Clash | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon-EX 54/108 | Dark Explorers | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon-EX 85/160 | XY - Primal Clash | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon-EX XY42 | XY Promos | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Kyogre & Groudon LEGEND 88/90 | Undaunted | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Kyogre & Groudon LEGEND 87/90 | Undaunted | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon 108/217 | ME: Ascended Heroes | Mark J | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon 199/182 | SV04: Paradox Rift | Mark G | Legal in Standard |
| Groudon 081/168 | Miscellaneous Cards & Products | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon XY52 | XY Promos | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon 049/131 | SV: Prismatic Evolutions | Mark G | Legal in Standard |
| Groudon 113/236 | Deck Exclusives | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon 084/160 | Deck Exclusives | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon 017/025 | Celebrations | Mark E | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon 093/182 | Prize Pack Series Cards | Mark G | Legal in Standard |
| Groudon ex 002 | Nintendo Promos | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon SL4 | Call of Legends | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon ex 93/101 | EX Hidden Legends | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon ex 93/100 | EX Crystal Guardians | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon ex 038 | Nintendo Promos | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon 6/95 | Call of Legends | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon 29/146 | Legends Awakened | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Team Magma's Groudon 9/95 | Celebrations: Classic Collection | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon ★ 111/113 | EX Delta Species | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon 5/106 | EX Emerald | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon 102/101 | EX Hidden Legends | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Groudon 14/106 | EX Emerald | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
3 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.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Groudon 29?
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.
What was printed next to Groudon 29 in Legends Awakened?
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.
These are the cards numbered either side of #29 in Legends Awakened. 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 Groudon 29, 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% |
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 | 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 August 1, 2008.
Groudon 29 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, Major Earthquake, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
- That works out at 33 damage for every Energy card attached.
- Moving it out of the active spot costs 3 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- A Grass attack printed at 50 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 100 HP.
- 880 cards in the archive clear that bar.
- Going the other way, it removes 3,088 cards in one attack.
- Damage from Lightning attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.
Groudon 29 card record
| Hit points | 100 HP | Type | Fighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Grass ×2 | Retreat cost | 3 Energy |
| Card type | Basic | Pokédex number | #383 |
| Set | Legends Awakened | Card number | 29 of 146 |
| Series | Diamond & Pearl | Released | August 1, 2008 |
| Rarity | Rare | Illustrator | Kazuaki Aihara |
| Tournament legality | Unlimited only | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Groudon 29 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Groudon 29 — frequently asked questions
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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.
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