Empoleon LV.X DP11 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 140 HP and a Lightning weakness.
Water · Level-Up · DP Black Star Promos · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Empoleon LV.X DP11 do in a game?
Empoleon LV.X DP11 is a Water Pokémon card with 140 HP, printed as Level-Up.
Empoleon LV.X DP11DP Black Star Promos
Empoleon LV.X DP11 performance summary
140 HP · Water · Level-Up · retreat 2 · Lightning weakness +30
Strongest on Hit points — top 23.3% 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.
| Measure | Percentile | Printed value |
|---|---|---|
| Hit points | 76.7% | 140 HP |
| Retreat lightness | 45.3% | 2 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 17.4% | 3 Energy |
1 attack 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 3,522 at 140 HP.
Empoleon LV.X DP11140 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 240 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Empoleon LV.X DP11
- Hit points 140 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Empoleon LV.X DP11 at a glance
- What it is. A Water Pokémon card with 140 HP printed as Level-Up, printed in DP Black Star Promos.
- What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 0 damage for 0 Energy.
- What it fears. A Lightning weakness at +30.
- What it costs to move. 2 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 Empoleon LV.X DP11 cost, and what do they hit for?
Every attack printed on the card, with the Energy it asks for.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hydro Impact | 3 Water | 3 | — | — | Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 80 damage to that Pokémon (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Empoleon can't attack during your next turn. |
Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.
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.
Back to summaryHow does Empoleon LV.X DP11 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 140 HP, which is 37% 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 140 HP.
Cards in the 130~180 band typically print 104 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 | 33.1% | 5,725 cards |
| 130~180 — this card | 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 |
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.
| 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 |
17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 2 Energy to retreat.
Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 — this card | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Empoleon LV.X DP11 stands highest on HP — number 4 of 51 cards in DP Black Star Promos. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 140 HP
middle half 60–130 HP
- 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 summaryWhat Empoleon LV.X DP11 does without attacking
Empoleon LV.X DP11 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.
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.
Supreme Command can only be used once a turn
The words once during your turn are printed in it, which caps it at one use per turn on that one card. Two copies of the card in play are two separate Pokémon, so each carries its own use.
What does being a Water card do for Empoleon LV.X DP11?
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 — 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 |
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.
What knocks out Empoleon LV.X DP11 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.
Manectric110 damage110 damage becomes 140 against this card
Empoleon LV.X DP11140 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 325 cards in the archive that can remove Empoleon LV.X DP11 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 110 printed damage against a bar of 110. 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 weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.
| 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 |
What has to be in play before Empoleon LV.X DP11 can be?
Empoleon LV.X evolves from Empoleon, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.
- This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Empoleon.
- The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.
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.
Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Empoleon LV.X DP11?
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.
140
Empoleon [117]
210
Empoleon V [146]
140
Empoleon LV.X [120]
130
Empoleon [4]
130
Empoleon [17]
130
Empoleon [2]
140
Empoleon [BW56]
140
Empoleon [35]
140
Empoleon [29]
130
Empoleon [26]
90
Empoleon FB [27]
210
Empoleon V [145]
140
Empoleon [38]
320
Empoleon ex [114]
160
Empoleon [56]
160
Empoleon [34]
160
Empoleon [81]
210
Empoleon V [SWSH108]
210
Empoleon V [40]
320
Empoleon ex [70]
160
Empoleon [37]
21 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number. The badge on each card is its printed HP, the figure under the name is its hardest printed attack, and the name sits under the picture. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
What was printed next to Empoleon LV.X DP11 in DP Black Star Promos?
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.
Tropical Wind [DP05]
50
Buneary [DP06]
70
Cranidos [DP07]
80
Shieldon [DP08]
160
Torterra LV.X [DP09]
120
Infernape LV.X [DP10]
110
Lucario LV.X [DP12]
60
Buizel [DP13]
60
Chatot [DP14]
60
Shinx [DP15]
60
Pikachu [DP16]
110
Dialga LV.X [DP17]
These are the cards numbered either side of #DP11 in DP Black Star Promos. 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 Empoleon LV.X DP11, 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.
The rule printed on this card
“Put this card onto your Active Empoleon. Empoleon LV.X can use any attack, Poké-Power, or Poké-Body from its previous level.”
| 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.
| 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, 2007.
Empoleon LV.X DP11 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 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
- It cannot start the game in play — Empoleon has to be on the field first.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- A Lightning attack printed at 110 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 140 HP.
- 326 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Empoleon LV.X DP11 card record
| Hit points | 140 HP | Type | Water |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Lightning +30 | Retreat cost | 2 Energy |
| Evolves from | Empoleon | Card type | Level-Up |
| Pokédex number | #395 | Set | DP Black Star Promos |
| Card number | DP11 of 56 | Series | Diamond & Pearl |
| Released | May 1, 2007 | Rarity | Promo |
| Illustrator | Shizurow | ||
| Tournament legality | Unlimited only | ||
| Printed rule | Put this card onto your Active Empoleon. Empoleon LV.X can use any attack, Poké-Power, or Poké-Body from its previous level. | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Empoleon LV.X DP11 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Empoleon LV.X DP11 — 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.
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