Salamence 8 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Salamence 8
Brand: Pokémon
Author: BERUBURI

This card has 140 HP, a top attack printed at 90 damage and a Dragon weakness.

Dragon · Stage 2 · Dragon Vault · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Salamence 8 do in a game?

Salamence 8 is a Dragon Pokémon card with 140 HP, printed as Stage 2.

Its strongest attack, Shred, is printed at 90 damage for 4 Energy — 23 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Dragon weakness, any Dragon attack printed at 70 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Dragon Stage 2 Rare Holo Unlimited and Expanded #373 Salamence

Salamence 8Dragon Vault

140 HP · Dragon · Stage 2 · retreat 2 · Dragon weakness ×2

Top printed damage9023 per Energy Shred90 damage for 4 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points140 HP15.5% of 17,290 in the 130~180 band

Printed damage9021.8% of 16,246 in the 70~120 band

Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 23 · typical 27.8
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 4

Price trackRare HoloDragon Vault34 printsranked among Stage 2 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 2

RarityRare Holo

SetDragon Vault

Card number8

AbilityScornful Storm

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$6.14Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by70 damage140 HP against a Dragon ×2 weakness Turns of setup4 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it336 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name34 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line25 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #373 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Salamence 8 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Hit points — top 23.3% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 2.7%.

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 Salamence 8 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	76.7%	140 HP
Top printed damage	73.5%	90 damage
Energy efficiency	57.8%	23 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	2.7%	4 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

4EShred23 damage per Energy card · has printed text90damage

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 3,522of 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 3,522 at 140 HP.

Dragon cardsNo. 259of 530 by printed HP Stage 2 cardsNo. 861of 1,749 by printed HP

This cardSalamence 8Dragon Vault140 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 240 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Salamence 8

Hit points 140 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 23 damage per Energy card against 27.8 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 4.
Weakness A Dragon attack printed at 70 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 3 of the 26 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Salamence 8 at a glance

What it is. A Dragon Pokémon card with 140 HP printed as Stage 2, printed in Dragon Vault.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 90 damage for 4 Energy.
What it fears. A Dragon weakness at ×2, which means 70 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded 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 Salamence 8 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 4 Energy and returns 90 damage, which is 23 damage for every Energy card attached.

Salamence 8 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Shred	1 Fire + 1 Water + 2 Colorless	4	90	23	This attack's damage isn't affected by any effects on the Defending Pokémon.

Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Shred4 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.

Shred 4 Energy90 damage for 4 Energy — 23 per Energy card90

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (90).

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How does Salamence 8 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.

Salamence 8 — Dragon Vault — SalamenceDragon Vault 8

No.3,522by HP in the archive

Salamence 8 prints 140 HP, which puts it at number 3,522 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).

74% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 20%Where it sits on printed HP

This card140 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 2 card380 HP
Strongest Salamence printed170 HP

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.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~12033.1%5,725 cards

130~180 — this card15.5%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 140 HP.

Cards in the 130~180 band typically print 104 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
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

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~120 — this card21.8%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 90.

Cards in the 70~120 band typically have 141 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
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

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

4 — this card2.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 4 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 4 typically have 157 HP and print 111 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	14.7%	2,533 cards
4 — this card	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

2 — this card28.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 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.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
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

No. 2of 18

That is where Salamence 8 stands highest on HP — number 2 of 18 cards in Dragon Vault. 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. 3,522 of 17,290 by HP · No. 3,796 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 23% on damage
Dragon cards — 530 cards No. 259 of 530 by HP · No. 243 of 512 by damage · top by HP: Mega Dragonite ex, 370

top 47% on damage
Stage 2 cards — 1,749 cards No. 861 of 1,749 by HP · No. 788 of 1,721 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 46% on damage
Dragon Vault — 21 cards No. 2 of 18 by HP · No. 2 of 18 by damage · top by HP: Dragonite, 150

top 6% 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 140 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 140
Top printed damage 90 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 90

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 2

1,749 on record

Cards in the same HP band

2,679 of 17,290 (15.5%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,535 of 16,246 (21.8%)

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 Salamence 8 does without attacking

Salamence 8 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

1 of 1

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

Scornful Storm — Ability · once a turn

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may have your opponent discard cards from his or her hand until he or she has 4 cards left in his or her hand.

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.

Scornful Storm 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.

Every card mechanic in the archive

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Is Salamence 8 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 90 damage attack that needs 4 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

Salamence 8 — this card23.090 damage for 4 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 4 typically return 27.8 damage per Energy card. This card returns 23.

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
Salamence 8 — this card	23.0	90 damage for 4 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsShred 90 / 4

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 Salamence 8.
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
Shred	—	23	—

This card, per Energy card

23 damage

Typical for a 4 Energy attack

27.8 damage

Difference

-4.8 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 90 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Dragon card do for Salamence 8?

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 530 Dragon cards carry that type A Dragon attack printed at 70 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Salamence 8 · Stage 2 140 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 90 damage.

Takes double from this card — no group most often prints a Dragon weakness This type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost 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

Dragon — this cardmost 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	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 — this card	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Dragonweak to Dragon

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

What being a Dragon card is worth

No group in the archive most often prints a Dragon weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule. Going the other way, Dragon cards are themselves most exposed to Dragon.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Salamence 8 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Dragon attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 70 printed damage rather than 140.

Cards that remove it in one attack

336

Cards it removes in one attack

Dragon damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 140 HP against a Dragon weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackNoivernAscended Heroes 15770 damage

×2Dragon weakness · 70 printed damage is enough
70 damage becomes 140 against this card

This cardSalamence 8Dragon Vault 8140 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 335 cards in the archive that can remove Salamence 8 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 70 printed damage against a bar of 70. 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.

Salamenceweak to Dragon ×2

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

Dragon cards that remove Salamence in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mega Dragonite ex (152)	Ascended Heroes	370	330	660
Mega Dragonite ex (271)	Ascended Heroes	370	330	660
Mega Dragonite ex (290)	Ascended Heroes	370	330	660
Mega Dragonite ex (295)	Ascended Heroes	370	330	660
Mega Latias ex (100)	Mega Evolution	280	300	600
Mega Latias ex (163)	Mega Evolution	280	300	600

140 HP against a Dragon ×2 weakness means any Dragon attack printed at 70 damage or more is enough. 336 cards in the archive clear that bar.

180 HP Dialga-EX [65]

180 HP Palkia-EX [66]

180 HP Dialga-EX [99]

180 HP Palkia-EX [100]

Black Kyurem-EX 100 — Legendary Treasures

180 HP Black Kyurem-EX [100]

White Kyurem-EX 101 — Legendary Treasures

180 HP White Kyurem-EX [101]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

87 cards in the archive are weak to Dragon 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 Salamence as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Salamence 8 is one print of Salamence. 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.

Salamence has been printed 34 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 Salamence cards ever printedPokédex #373Prints on record 34Toughest print 320 HPThis card 140 HP

34prints

Legal in Standard3Older prints, not in Standard31

Every Salamence 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 Salamence printed is 320 HP, and this card is 43.8% of it

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

Salamence ex 187/159the toughest Salamence ever printedSV09: Journey Together320 HP
Salamence 8against that record43.8% of the record140 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Salamence 8 can be?

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

The Salamence line, oldest stage firstPokédex #373

Bagon11 prints on record · EX Deoxys

+30 HP · +30 damage

Shelgon12 prints on record · EX Deoxys

+70 HP · +90 damage

Salamence10 prints on record · XY Promos

Bagon → Shelgon → Salamence

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Shelgon.
The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 373.

1BagonHardest attack printed at this stage: 50 damage70 HP
2ShelgonHardest attack printed at this stage: 80 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it100 HP
3SalamenceHardest attack printed at this stage: 170 damage. Evolving here adds 70 HP over the stage before it170 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (170 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 Salamence print, and can the older ones still be played?

34 prints carry this name in the archive, and 26 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 (320 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

26 rows are shown of the 34 prints counted under this name.

Salamence prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Salamence ex 187/159	SV09: Journey Together	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Salamence VMAX 194/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Salamence VMAX 144/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Salamence ex 177/159	SV09: Journey Together	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Salamence ex 114/159	Jumbo Cards	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Salamence-GX 73/70	Dragon Majesty	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salamence-GX 44/70	Dragon Majesty	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salamence V 185/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Salamence V 143/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Salamence-EX XY170	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salamence 109/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Salamence ex δ 98/101	EX Dragon Frontiers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salamence ex 96/108	EX Power Keepers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salamence ex 103/107	EX Deoxys	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salamence LV.X 98/99	Arceus	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salamence 057/108	Blister Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salamence XY59	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salamence SM140	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salamence 64/101	Plasma Blast	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salamence 106/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salamence 008/020	League & Championship Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salamence 18/132	Secret Wonders	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salamence 24/100	Stormfront	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salamence 8/99	Arceus	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salamence 10/97	EX Dragon	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salamence δ 14/113	EX Delta Species	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

3 of the 26 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 Salamence 8?

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 Salamence 8
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Garchomp	Plasma Freeze	140	100	1
Kingdra	XY Black Star Promos	130	150	1
Flygon	BW Black Star Promos	140	80	1
Haxorus	Black Bolt	170	80	3
Salamence	XY Black Star Promos	150	130	2
Dragonite	Plasma Freeze	150	90	3

This card itself is 140 HP, 90 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Dragon 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 Salamence 8 in Dragon Vault?

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 #8 in Dragon Vault. 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 Salamence 8, 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 Salamence 8
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.

Salamence 8 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Legal	Can be played in 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 and Expanded play. It was released on October 5, 2012.

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Salamence 8 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, Shred, needs 4 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 4 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 23 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Shelgon has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 3,522 of 17,290

Dragon cardsNo. 259 of 530

Stage 2 cardsNo. 861 of 1,749

Dragon VaultNo. 2 of 18

What actually removes it

A Dragon attack printed at 70 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 140 HP.
336 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 87 cards in one attack.

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Salamence 8 card record

Salamence 8 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	140 HP	Type	Dragon
Weakness	Dragon ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Evolves from	Shelgon	Card type	Stage 2
Pokédex number	#373	Set	Dragon Vault
Card number	8 of 20	Series	Black & White
Released	October 5, 2012	Rarity	Rare Holo
Illustrator	BERUBURI
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Expanded only

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

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What does Salamence 8 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

$6.14

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August 14, 2026

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

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Salamence 8 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Salamence 8?

Salamence 8 has 140 HP and a Dragon weakness at ×2, so a Dragon attack printed at 70 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 140.

What is the strongest attack on Salamence 8?

Shred, printed at 90 damage for 4 Energy — 23 damage per Energy card. This attack's damage isn't affected by any effects on the Defending Pokémon.

What is the retreat cost of Salamence 8?

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

How often can you use Scornful Storm?

Once during your turn. The limit is printed in the ability itself, and it is counted per Pokémon — a second copy of Salamence in play carries its own use.

Can an older Salamence print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 26 prints listed on this page, 3 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 Salamence evolve from?

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

Can Salamence 8 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Salamence 8 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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Salamence 8 — what does this card actually do?

What does Salamence 8 do in a game?

Salamence 8 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Salamence 8 at a glance

What do the attacks on Salamence 8 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Salamence 8 compare with every other card?

What Salamence 8 does without attacking

Is Salamence 8 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Dragon card do for Salamence 8?

What knocks out Salamence 8 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Salamence 8 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Salamence 8?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Salamence 8?

What was printed next to Salamence 8 in Dragon Vault?

Which rules apply to Salamence 8, and where can it be played?

Salamence 8 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

Salamence 8 card record

What does Salamence 8 cost?

Salamence 8 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Salamence 8?

What is the strongest attack on Salamence 8?

What is the retreat cost of Salamence 8?

How often can you use Scornful Storm?

Can an older Salamence print be played in a tournament?

What does Salamence evolve from?

Can Salamence 8 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Salamence 8 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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