Banette ex 85 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Banette ex 85
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Mitsuhiro Arita

This card has 90 HP, a top attack printed at 30 damage and a Darkness weakness.

Psychic · Stage 1 ex · Legend Maker · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Banette ex 85 do in a game?

Banette ex 85 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 90 HP, printed as Stage 1 ex.

Its strongest attack, Shadow Chant, is printed at 30 damage for 2 Energy — 15 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Darkness weakness, any Darkness attack printed at 45 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Psychic Stage 1 ex Rare Holo EX Unlimited #354 Banette

Banette ex 85Legend Maker

90 HP · Psychic · Stage 1 ex · retreat 1 · Darkness weakness ×2

Top printed damage3015 per Energy Shadow Chant30 damage for 2 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points90 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

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

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

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 15 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackRare Holo EXLegend Maker26 printsranked among ex cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1 ex

RarityRare Holo EX

SetLegend Maker

Card number85

AbilityShady Move

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$164.37Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by45 damage90 HP against a Darkness ×2 weakness Turns of setup2 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it682 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name26 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line22 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #354 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Banette ex 85 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 5.6% 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 Banette ex 85 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	47.7%	90 HP
Top printed damage	28.9%	30 damage
Energy efficiency	32.6%	15 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2EShadow Chant15 damage per Energy card · has printed text30damage

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

Where it stands

No. 7,584of 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 7,584 at 90 HP.

Psychic cardsNo. 915of 2,334 by printed HP ex cardsNo. 919of 942 by printed HP

This cardBanette ex 85Legend Maker90 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 290 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Banette ex 85

Hit points 90 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 15 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Weakness A Darkness attack printed at 45 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 7 of the 23 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Banette ex 85 at a glance

What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 90 HP printed as Stage 1 ex, printed in Legend Maker.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 30 damage for 2 Energy.
What it fears. A Darkness weakness at ×2, which means 45 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 1 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited only.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Banette ex 85 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 30 damage, which is 15 damage for every Energy card attached.

Banette ex 85 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Shadow Chant	1 Psychic + 1 Colorless	2	30+	15	Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Supporter card in your discard pile. You can't add more than 60 damage in this way.

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

Shadow Chant2 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.

Shadow Chant 2 Energy30 damage for 2 Energy — 15 per Energy card30

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

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

A number on a Pokémon card is not always the number that lands.

Shadow Chant is printed as 30+, so the printed number is a floor — the attack deals at least that much, and the sentence beside it says what adds to it.

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How does Banette ex 85 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.

Banette ex 85 — Legend Maker — Banette exLegend Maker 85

No.7,584by HP in the archive

Banette ex 85 prints 90 HP, which puts it at number 7,584 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

Top 44%Where it sits on printed HP

This card90 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest ex card380 HP
Strongest Banette ex printed250 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 90 HP, which is 24% 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 90 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

154.4%9,392 cards

2 — this card26.4%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 2 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically have 116 HP and print 65 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2 — this card	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

05.3%914 cards

1 — this card49.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 1 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 1 typically have 81 HP and print 40 damage.

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

No. 16of 85

That is where Banette ex 85 stands highest on HP — number 16 of 85 cards in Legend Maker. 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. 7,584 of 17,290 by HP · No. 9,309 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 57% on damage
Psychic cards — 2,335 cards No. 915 of 2,334 by HP · No. 987 of 1,992 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gardevoir ex, 360

top 50% on damage
ex cards — 942 cards No. 919 of 942 by HP · No. 853 of 906 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 94% on damage
Legend Maker — 93 cards No. 16 of 85 by HP · No. 28 of 71 by damage · top by HP: Armaldo ex, 160

top 38% 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 90 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 90
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 ex

942 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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What Banette ex 85 does without attacking

Banette ex 85 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.

Shady Move — Poké-Power · once a turn

Once during your turn (before your attack), if Banette ex is your Active Pokémon, you may move 1 damage counter from either player's Pokémon to another Pokémon (yours or your opponent's). This power can't be used if Banette ex is affected by a Special Condition.

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.

Shady Move 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.

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Is Banette ex 85 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 30 damage attack that needs 2 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

Banette ex 85 — this card15.030 damage for 2 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 2 typically return 32.5 damage per Energy card. This card returns 15.

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
Banette ex 85 — this card	15.0	30 damage for 2 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsShadow Chant 30 / 2

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 Banette ex 85.
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
Shadow Chant	—	15	—

This card, per Energy card

15 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

-17.5 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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Is Banette ex 85 strong for a ex card?

ex cards are built large to begin with, so measuring this one against the whole archive mixes up what the mechanic gives it with what the card itself gives it. Measured inside its own group, the two come apart.

Hit points90 HPtypical for the group is 243 HP — this card is 63% below

Top printed damage30 damagetypical for the group is 144 damage — this card is 79% below

Retreat cost1 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 50% below

The group is every ex card in the archive — 942 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.

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What does being a Psychic card do for Banette ex 85?

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 1,249 Darkness cards carry that type A Darkness attack printed at 45 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Banette ex 85 · Stage 1 ex 90 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 30 damage.

Takes double from this card 2,335 cards in groups that print a Psychic weakness Against Psychic, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychic — this cardmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic — this card	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Psychicweak to Darkness

Psychicweak to Psychic

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

What being a Psychic card is worth

Groups that most often print a Psychic weakness: Psychic (2,335 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Psychic cards are themselves most exposed to Darkness.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Banette ex 85 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Darkness attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 45 printed damage rather than 90.

Cards that remove it in one attack

682

Cards it removes in one attack

509

Darkness damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 90 HP against a Darkness weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackGalarian LinooneAscended Heroes 13150 damage

×2Darkness weakness · 45 printed damage is enough
50 damage becomes 100 against this card

This cardBanette ex 85Legend Maker 8590 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 680 cards in the archive that can remove Banette ex 85 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 50 printed damage against a bar of 45. 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.

Banette exweak to Darkness ×2

Banette exresists Fighting -30

Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.

What the Fighting resistance changes

Damage from Fighting 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.

Darkness cards that remove Banette ex in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (126)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (225)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (226)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (245)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Drapion VSTAR (119)	Lost Origin	270	250	500
Drapion VSTAR (200)	Lost Origin	270	250	500

90 HP against a Darkness ×2 weakness means any Darkness attack printed at 45 damage or more is enough. 682 cards in the archive clear that bar.

Cards this one removes in a single attack

509 cards in the archive are weak to Psychic and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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

Banette ex 85 is one print of Banette. 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.

Banette has been printed 26 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 Banette cards ever printedPokédex #354Prints on record 26Toughest print 250 HPThis card 90 HP

26prints

Legal in Standard7Older prints, not in Standard19

Every Banette 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 Banette printed is 250 HP, and this card is 36% of it

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

Banette ex 088/198the toughest Banette ever printedPrize Pack Series Cards250 HP
Banette ex 85against that record36% of the record90 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Banette ex 85 can be?

Banette ex evolves from Shuppet, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Banette line, oldest stage firstPokédex #354

Shuppet18 prints on record · EX Power Keepers

+40 HP · +50 damage

Banette14 prints on record · EX Power Keepers

+150 HP

No imageBanette ex1 prints on record · EX Legend Maker

Shuppet → Banette → Banette ex

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Shuppet.
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 354.

1ShuppetHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage60 HP
2BanetteHardest attack printed at this stage: 80 damage. Evolving here adds 40 HP over the stage before it100 HP
3Banette exNo imageBanette exHardest attack printed at this stage: 60 damage. Evolving here adds 150 HP over the stage before it250 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (250 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 Banette print, and can the older ones still be played?

26 prints carry this name in the archive, and 23 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 (250 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

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

Banette prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Banette ex 088/198	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Banette ex 229/198	SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base Set	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Banette-GX 174/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Banette-GX SV61/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Banette-GX 157/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Banette-GX 66/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Banette 073/196	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Banette 234/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Banette 19/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Banette 32/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Banette 65/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Banette 060/159	SV09: Journey Together	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Banette 068/185	SWSH04: Vivid Voltage	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Banette 091/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Banette ex 85	Legend Maker	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Banette 14/102	Triumphant	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Banette 23/132	Secret Wonders	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Banette TG07/TG30	SWSH11: Lost Origin Trainer Gallery	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Banette 31/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Banette 063/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Banette 034/084	ME05: Pitch Black	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Banette 4/108	EX Power Keepers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Banette 1/101	EX Hidden Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

7 of the 23 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 Banette ex 85?

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 Banette ex 85
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Mew ex	Holon Phantoms	90	50	1
Mewtwo ex	Ruby & Sapphire	100	60	3
Deoxys ex	Deoxys	100	10	1
Celebi ex	POP Series 2	80	30	1
Deoxys ex	Deoxys	110	50	2
Deoxys ex	Deoxys	90	50	2

This card itself is 90 HP, 30 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Psychic like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Banette ex 85 in Legend Maker?

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.

50 Mysterious Fossil [79]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #85 in Legend Maker. 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 Banette ex 85, 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

“When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.”

Prize cards your opponent takes when it is knocked out

Every knockout carries the opponent 2 steps closer to winning, and that is the cost of putting this card on the field whatever it cost to buy.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Banette ex 85
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.

Banette ex 85 — 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 February 1, 2006.

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Banette ex 85 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, Shadow Chant, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 15 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Shuppet has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 7,584 of 17,290

Psychic cardsNo. 915 of 2,334

ex cardsNo. 919 of 942

Legend MakerNo. 16 of 85

What actually removes it

A Darkness attack printed at 45 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 90 HP.
682 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 509 cards in one attack.
Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.

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Banette ex 85 card record

Banette ex 85 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	90 HP	Type	Psychic
Weakness	Darkness ×2	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Evolves from	Shuppet	Card type	Stage 1 ex
Pokédex number	#354	Set	Legend Maker
Card number	85 of 92	Series	EX
Released	February 1, 2006	Rarity	Rare Holo EX
Illustrator	Mitsuhiro Arita
Tournament legality	Unlimited only
Printed rule	When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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

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What does Banette ex 85 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

$164.37

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Banette ex 85 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Banette ex 85?

Banette ex 85 has 90 HP and a Darkness weakness at ×2, so a Darkness attack printed at 45 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 90.

What is the strongest attack on Banette ex 85?

Shadow Chant, printed at 30 damage for 2 Energy — 15 damage per Energy card. Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Supporter card in your discard pile. You can't add more than 60 damage in this way.

What is the retreat cost of Banette ex 85?

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

What does the + after the damage on Shadow Chant mean?

It marks the damage as conditional: the printed figure is the least it can deal, and the sentence on the card says what is added to it. The full sentence is printed on the card and quoted in the attack table on this page — "Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Supporter card in your discard pile. You can't add more than 60 damage in this way."

How often can you use Shady Move?

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

Can an older Banette print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 23 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 Banette ex evolve from?

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

Can Banette ex 85 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.

What does the rule on Banette ex 85 mean?

The card reads “When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.” That sentence is printed on the card itself, so it applies wherever the card is played.

Does this page say how good Banette ex 85 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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Banette ex 85 — what does this card actually do?

What does Banette ex 85 do in a game?

Banette ex 85 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Banette ex 85 at a glance

What do the attacks on Banette ex 85 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Banette ex 85 compare with every other card?

What Banette ex 85 does without attacking

Is Banette ex 85 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Banette ex 85 strong for a ex card?

What does being a Psychic card do for Banette ex 85?

What knocks out Banette ex 85 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Banette ex 85 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Banette ex 85?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Banette ex 85?

What was printed next to Banette ex 85 in Legend Maker?

Which rules apply to Banette ex 85, and where can it be played?

Banette ex 85 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

Banette ex 85 card record

What does Banette ex 85 cost?

Banette ex 85 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Banette ex 85?

What is the strongest attack on Banette ex 85?

What is the retreat cost of Banette ex 85?

What does the + after the damage on Shadow Chant mean?

How often can you use Shady Move?

Can an older Banette print be played in a tournament?

What does Banette ex evolve from?

Can Banette ex 85 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Banette ex 85 mean?

Does this page say how good Banette ex 85 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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