Starmie 71 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Starmie 71
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Kouki Saitou

This card has 80 HP, a top attack printed at 30 damage and a Lightning weakness.

Water · Stage 1 · Legends Awakened · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Starmie 71 do in a game?

Starmie 71 is a Water Pokémon card with 80 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Star Boomerang, is printed at 30 damage for 1 Energy — 30 damage per Energy card.

Water Stage 1 Uncommon Unlimited #121 Starmie

Starmie 71Legends Awakened

80 HP · Water · Stage 1 · retreat 0 · Lightning weakness +20

Top printed damage3030 per Energy Star Boomerang30 damage for 1 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

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

Printed damage3042.7% of 16,246 in the ~30 band

Retreat cost0 Energy5.3% of 17,240 in the 0 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 30 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackUncommonLegends Awakened36 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

RarityUncommon

SetLegends Awakened

Card number71

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$9.31Opens 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 it639 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name36 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line34 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #121 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Starmie 71 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 0.1% of the archive. Weakest on Top printed damage — bottom 28.9%.

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 Starmie 71 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	38.6%	80 HP
Top printed damage	28.9%	30 damage
Energy efficiency	67.1%	30 per Energy
Retreat lightness	100.0%	0 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EStar Boomerang30 damage per Energy card · has printed text30damage
1ECore Flashhas 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.

Water cardsNo. 1,282of 2,435 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 3,399of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardStarmie 71Legends Awakened80 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 Starmie 71

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 30 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Legality 7 of the 36 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Starmie 71 at a glance

What it is. A Water Pokémon card with 80 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Legends Awakened.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 30 damage for 1 Energy.
What it fears. A Lightning weakness at +20.
What it costs to move. 0 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 Starmie 71 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 1 Energy and returns 30 damage, which is 30 damage for every Energy card attached.

Starmie 71 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Star Boomerang	1 Water	1	30	30	You may return Starmie and all cards attached to it to your hand.
Core Flash	1 Psychic	1	—	—	Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon that has any Poké-Powers or Poké-Bodies. This attack does 50 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

This card has no retreat cost at all, so it can leave the active spot without discarding any Energy — the only limit is that retreating happens once a turn.

Star Boomerang1 Energy card

Core Flash1 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.

Star Boomerang 1 Energy30 damage for 1 Energy — 30 per Energy card30

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (30).

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How does Starmie 71 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.

Starmie 71 — Legends Awakened — StarmieLegends Awakened 71

No.9,046by HP in the archive

Starmie 71 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).

29% 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 Starmie printed90 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

~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 30.

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

0 — this card5.3%914 cards

149.3%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 0 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 0 typically have 103 HP and print 61 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0 — this card	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 51of 137

That is where Starmie 71 stands highest on HP — number 51 of 137 cards in Legends Awakened. 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. 9,309 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 57% on damage
Water cards — 2,435 cards No. 1,282 of 2,435 by HP · No. 1,271 of 2,316 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 55% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 3,399 of 5,102 by HP · No. 3,719 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 75% on damage
Legends Awakened — 146 cards No. 51 of 137 by HP · No. 64 of 122 by damage · top by HP: Rhyperior LV.X, 170

top 52% 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 30 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 30

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

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 Starmie 71 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 30 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

Starmie 71 — this card30.030 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 30.

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
Starmie 71 — this card	30.0	30 damage for 1 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsStar Boomerang 30 / 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 Starmie 71.
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
Star Boomerang	—	30	—

This card, per Energy card

30 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

-19.0 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 30 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Water card do for Starmie 71?

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 1,520 Lightning cards carry that type Damage from Lightning attacks is increased before it is applied.

Starmie 71 · Stage 1 80 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 30 damage.

Takes double from this card 1,574 cards in groups that print a Water weakness Against Fire, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Water — this cardmost 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	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water — this card	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

Waterweak to Lightning

Fireweak to Water

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

What being a Water card is worth

Groups that most often print a Water weakness: Fire (1,574 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Water cards are themselves most exposed to Lightning.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Starmie 71 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

639

Cards it removes in one attack

288

Lightning damage needed to knock it out

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

Removes it in one attackPawmoPhantasmal Flames 3360 damage

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

This cardStarmie 71Legends Awakened 7180 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 635 cards in the archive that can remove Starmie 71 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.

Starmieweak to Lightning +20

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

Lightning cards that remove Starmie in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Pikachu ex (57)	Ascended Heroes	200	300	300
Pikachu ex (277)	Ascended Heroes	200	300	300
Pikachu ex (57)	Surging Sparks	200	300	300
Pikachu ex (219)	Surging Sparks	200	300	300
Pikachu ex (238)	Surging Sparks	200	300	300
Pikachu ex (247)	Surging Sparks	200	300	300

60 HP Growlithe [28]

60 HP Growlithe [42]

60 HP Dark Rapidash [44]

60 HP Growlithe [45]

60 HP Magmar [44]

60 HP Rapidash [51]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

288 cards in the archive are weak to Water 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 Starmie as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Starmie 71 is one print of Starmie. 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.

Starmie has been printed 36 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 Starmie cards ever printedPokédex #121Prints on record 36Toughest print 330 HPThis card 80 HP

36prints

Legal in Standard7Older prints, not in Standard29

Every Starmie 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 Starmie printed is 330 HP, and this card is 24.2% of it

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

Mega Starmie ex 118/088the toughest Starmie ever printedME03: Perfect Order330 HP
Starmie 71against that record24.2% of the record80 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Starmie 71 can be?

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

The Starmie line, oldest stage firstPokédex #121

Staryu24 prints on record · EX Deoxys

+20 HP · +30 damage

Starmie22 prints on record · Rumble

Staryu → Starmie

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Staryu.
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 121.

1StaryuHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage70 HP
2StarmieHardest attack printed at this stage: 60 damage. Evolving here adds 20 HP over the stage before it90 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (90 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 Starmie print, and can the older ones still be played?

36 prints carry this name in the archive. 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 (330 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

Starmie prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Mega Starmie ex 118/088	ME03: Perfect Order	Mark J	Not legal in Standard
Mega Starmie ex 021/088	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark J	Not legal in Standard
Mega Starmie ex 102/088	ME03: Perfect Order	Mark J	Not legal in Standard
Starmie V TG13/TG30	SWSH10: Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Starmie V 030/189	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Starmie V 166/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Starmie-GX 14/68	Hidden Fates	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Aqua's Walrein 005/034	Trading Card Game Classic	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie BREAK 32/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Misty's Starmie 047/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Starmie 119/091	SV: Paldean Fates	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Starmie 16/111	SM - Crimson Invasion	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 53/123	HeartGold SoulSilver	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 31/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 34/146	XY Base Set	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 121/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Starmie 24/99	Next Destinies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 73/160	XY - Primal Clash	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 30/162	XY - BREAKthrough	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 053/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 055/172	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Starmie H28/H32	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 5	Rumble	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 030/144	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 49/101	EX Hidden Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Misty's Starmie 056/132	Gym Heroes	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 71/146	Legends Awakened	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 50/111	Rising Rivals	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 65/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 044/144	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie δ 30/113	EX Delta Species	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 25/64	Neo Revelation	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 48/107	EX Deoxys	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie δ 15/113	EX Delta Species	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 064/102	Base Set (Shadowless)	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Starmie 094/130	Base Set 2	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

7 of the 36 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 Starmie 71?

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 Starmie 71
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Gyarados	Base	100	50	3
Vaporeon	Skyridge	70	40	1
Piloswine	Skyridge	90	40	3
Misty's Gyarados	Gym Challenge	100	70	3
Dark Vaporeon	Legendary Collection	60	30	1
Dark Wartortle	Legendary Collection	60	10	1

This card itself is 80 HP, 30 top damage and 0 retreat, and every card here is Water 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 Starmie 71 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.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #71 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.

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Which rules apply to Starmie 71, 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 Starmie 71
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.

Starmie 71 — 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 August 1, 2008.

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Starmie 71 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, Star Boomerang, needs 1 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 1 turn from an empty card.
That works out at 30 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs no Energy at all.
It cannot start the game in play — Staryu has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

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

Water cardsNo. 1,282 of 2,435

Stage 1 cardsNo. 3,399 of 5,102

Legends AwakenedNo. 51 of 137

What actually removes it

A Lightning attack printed at 60 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 80 HP.
639 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 288 cards in one attack.

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Starmie 71 card record

Starmie 71 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	80 HP	Type	Water
Weakness	Lightning +20	Retreat cost	0 Energy
Evolves from	Staryu	Card type	Stage 1
Pokédex number	#121	Set	Legends Awakened
Card number	71 of 146	Series	Diamond & Pearl
Released	August 1, 2008	Rarity	Uncommon
Illustrator	Kouki Saitou
Tournament legality	Unlimited only

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

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What does Starmie 71 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

$9.31

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

Starmie 71 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Starmie 71 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Starmie 71?

Starmie 71 has 80 HP and a Lightning weakness at +20, so a Lightning 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 Starmie 71?

Star Boomerang, printed at 30 damage for 1 Energy — 30 damage per Energy card. You may return Starmie and all cards attached to it to your hand.

What is the retreat cost of Starmie 71?

None. Starmie 71 carries a printed retreat cost of zero, so it can move out of the active spot without discarding any Energy. The once-a-turn limit on retreating still applies.

Can an older Starmie print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 36 prints listed on this page, 7 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 Starmie evolve from?

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

Can Starmie 71 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 Starmie 71 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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Starmie 71 — what does this card actually do?

What does Starmie 71 do in a game?

Starmie 71 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Starmie 71 at a glance

What do the attacks on Starmie 71 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Starmie 71 compare with every other card?

Is Starmie 71 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Water card do for Starmie 71?

What knocks out Starmie 71 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Starmie 71 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Starmie 71?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Starmie 71?

What was printed next to Starmie 71 in Legends Awakened?

Which rules apply to Starmie 71, and where can it be played?

Starmie 71 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

Starmie 71 card record

What does Starmie 71 cost?

Starmie 71 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Starmie 71?

What is the strongest attack on Starmie 71?

What is the retreat cost of Starmie 71?

Can an older Starmie print be played in a tournament?

What does Starmie evolve from?

Can Starmie 71 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Starmie 71 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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