Lairon 45 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Lairon 45
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Masakazu Fukuda

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

Metal · Stage 1 · Holon Phantoms · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Lairon 45 do in a game?

Lairon 45 is a Metal Pokémon card with 80 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Iron Head, is printed at 30 damage for 3 Energy — 10 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Fire weakness, any Fire attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Metal Stage 1 Uncommon Unlimited #305 Lairon

Lairon 45Holon Phantoms

80 HP · Metal · Stage 1 · retreat 2 · Fire weakness ×2

Top printed damage3010 per Energy Iron Head30 damage for 3 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 cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 10 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackUncommonHolon Phantoms23 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

RarityUncommon

SetHolon Phantoms

Card number45

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$27.02Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by40 damage80 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it1,014 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name23 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line22 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #305 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Lairon 45 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 54.7% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 3.1%.

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 Lairon 45 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	38.6%	80 HP
Top printed damage	28.9%	30 damage
Energy efficiency	3.1%	10 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2ETackle10 damage per Energy card20damage
3EIron Head10 damage per Energy card · has printed text30damage

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.

Metal cardsNo. 634of 924 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 3,399of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardLairon 45Holon Phantoms80 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 Lairon 45

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 10 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Weakness A Fire attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 3 of the 23 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Lairon 45 at a glance

What it is. A Metal Pokémon card with 80 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Holon Phantoms.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 30 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Fire weakness at ×2, which means 40 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 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 Lairon 45 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 30 damage, which is 10 damage for every Energy card attached.

Lairon 45 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Tackle	2 Colorless	2	20	10	No extra effect.
Iron Head	3 Colorless	3	30×	10	Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.

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

Tackle2 Energy cards

Iron Head3 Energy cards

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.

Tackle 2 Energy20 damage for 2 Energy — 10 per Energy card20
Iron Head 3 Energy30 damage for 3 Energy — 10 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.

Iron Head is printed as 30×, so the printed number is multiplied — the attack deals that much for each thing the sentence beside it counts.

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How does Lairon 45 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.

Lairon 45 — Holon Phantoms — LaironHolon Phantoms 45

No.9,046by HP in the archive

Lairon 45 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 Lairon printed110 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

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

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. 16of 94

That is where Lairon 45 stands highest on HP — number 16 of 94 cards in Holon Phantoms. 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
Metal cards — 925 cards No. 634 of 924 by HP · No. 650 of 903 by damage · top by HP: Copperajah VMAX, 340

top 72% 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
Holon Phantoms — 111 cards No. 16 of 94 by HP · No. 37 of 87 by damage · top by HP: Kingdra δ, 110

top 41% 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 Lairon 45 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 30 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

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

Lairon 45 — this card10.030 damage for 3 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 10.

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
Lairon 45 — this card	10.0	30 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsTackle 20 / 2Iron Head 30 / 3

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 Lairon 45.
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
Tackle	—	10	—
Iron Head	—	10	—

This card, per Energy card

10 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

-22.5 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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What does being a Metal card do for Lairon 45?

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 1,574 Fire cards carry that type A Fire attack printed at 40 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Lairon 45 · Stage 1 80 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 30 damage.

Takes double from this card 237 cards in groups that print a Metal weakness Against Fairy, printed damage from this card counts double.

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

Metal — this cardmost 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	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 — this card	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Metalweak to Fire

Fairyweak to Metal

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

What being a Metal card is worth

Groups that most often print a Metal weakness: Fairy (237 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Metal cards are themselves most exposed to Fire.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Lairon 45 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Fire attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 40 printed damage rather than 80.

Cards that remove it in one attack

1,014

Cards it removes in one attack

185

Fire damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 80 HP against a Fire weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackChi-YuMega Evolution 3140 damage

×2Fire weakness · 40 printed damage is enough
40 damage becomes 80 against this card

This cardLairon 45Holon Phantoms 4580 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 999 cards in the archive that can remove Lairon 45 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 40 printed damage against a bar of 40. 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.

Laironweak to Fire ×2

Laironresists Grass -30

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

What the Grass resistance changes

Damage from Grass 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.

Fire cards that remove Lairon in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Charizard ex (183)	151	330	330	660
Charizard ex (199)	151	330	330	660
Charizard ex (161)	Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos	330	330	660
Mega Emboar ex (31)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	640
Mega Emboar ex (273)	Ascended Heroes	380	320	640
Charizard VSTAR (19)	Crown Zenith	280	320	640

80 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness means any Fire attack printed at 40 damage or more is enough. 1,014 cards in the archive clear that bar.

Cards this one removes in a single attack

185 cards in the archive are weak to Metal 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 Lairon as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Lairon 45 is one print of Lairon. 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.

Lairon has been printed 23 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 Lairon cards ever printedPokédex #305Prints on record 23Toughest print 110 HPThis card 80 HP

23prints

Legal in Standard3Older prints, not in Standard20

Every Lairon 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 Lairon printed is 110 HP, and this card is 72.7% of it

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

Lairon 184/167the toughest Lairon ever printedSV06: Twilight Masquerade110 HP
Lairon 45against that record72.7% of the record80 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Lairon 45 can be?

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

The Lairon line, oldest stage first

Aron17 prints on record · EX Legend Maker

+40 HP · +40 damage

Lairon16 prints on record · EX Crystal Guardians

+70 HP · +150 damage

Aggron14 prints on record · EX Legend Maker

Aron → Lairon → Aggron

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Aron.
It is not the end of the line either — Aggron evolves from this card, so a deck can keep going past it.
The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.

1AronHardest attack printed at this stage: 50 damage70 HP
2LaironHardest attack printed at this stage: 90 damage. Evolving here adds 40 HP over the stage before it110 HP
3AggronHardest attack printed at this stage: 240 damage. Evolving here adds 70 HP over the stage before it180 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (180 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 Lairon print, and can the older ones still be played?

23 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 (110 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

Lairon prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Lairon 184/167	SV06: Twilight Masquerade	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Lairon 121/167	SV06: Twilight Masquerade	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Lairon 66/111	SM - Crimson Invasion	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lairon 122/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Lairon 110/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Team Magma's Lairon 13/34	Double Crisis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lairon 29/90	Undaunted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lairon 79/124	Dragons Exalted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lairon 58/101	Plasma Blast	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lairon 124/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lairon 088/159	SWSH: Crown Zenith	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Lairon 36/100	EX Crystal Guardians	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lairon 45/110	EX Holon Phantoms	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Magma's Lairon 20/95	EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lairon 37/109	EX Ruby and Sapphire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lairon 37/102	Triumphant	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lairon 53/123	Mysterious Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lairon 44/111	Rising Rivals	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lairon 36/109	EX Ruby and Sapphire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Magma's Lairon 36/95	EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lairon 41/100	EX Sandstorm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lairon 32/108	EX Power Keepers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Lairon 38/92	EX Legend Maker	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

3 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 Lairon 45?

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 Lairon 45
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Dark Scizor	Neo Destiny	70	30	2
Scizor ex	Unseen Forces	120	50	1
Steelix	Aquapolis	100	50	4
Raichu δ	Holon Phantoms	70	50	0
Magneton	Skyridge	70	30	2
Scizor	Aquapolis	80	30	2

This card itself is 80 HP, 30 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Metal 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 Lairon 45 in Holon Phantoms?

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 Holon's Castform [44]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #45 in Holon Phantoms. 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 Lairon 45, 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 Lairon 45
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.

Lairon 45 — 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 May 1, 2006.

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Lairon 45 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, Iron Head, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 10 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 — Aron has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

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

Metal cardsNo. 634 of 924

Stage 1 cardsNo. 3,399 of 5,102

Holon PhantomsNo. 16 of 94

What actually removes it

A Fire attack printed at 40 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 80 HP.
1,014 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 185 cards in one attack.
Damage from Grass attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.

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Lairon 45 card record

Lairon 45 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	80 HP	Type	Metal
Weakness	Fire ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Evolves from	Aron	Card type	Stage 1
Pokédex number	#305	Set	Holon Phantoms
Card number	45 of 110	Series	EX
Released	May 1, 2006	Rarity	Uncommon
Illustrator	Masakazu Fukuda
Tournament legality	Unlimited only

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

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What does Lairon 45 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

$27.02

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August 14, 2026

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

Lairon 45 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Lairon 45 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Lairon 45?

Lairon 45 has 80 HP and a Fire weakness at ×2, so a Fire attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 80.

What is the strongest attack on Lairon 45?

Iron Head, printed at 30 damage for 3 Energy — 10 damage per Energy card. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.

What is the retreat cost of Lairon 45?

2 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 Iron Head mean?

It marks the damage as conditional: the printed figure is dealt once for each thing the sentence on the card counts. The full sentence is printed on the card and quoted in the attack table on this page — "Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads."

Can an older Lairon print be played in a tournament?

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

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

Can Lairon 45 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 Lairon 45 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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Lairon 45 — what does this card actually do?

What does Lairon 45 do in a game?

Lairon 45 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Lairon 45 at a glance

What do the attacks on Lairon 45 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Lairon 45 compare with every other card?

Is Lairon 45 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Metal card do for Lairon 45?

What knocks out Lairon 45 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Lairon 45 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Lairon 45?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Lairon 45?

What was printed next to Lairon 45 in Holon Phantoms?

Which rules apply to Lairon 45, and where can it be played?

Lairon 45 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

Lairon 45 card record

What does Lairon 45 cost?

Lairon 45 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Lairon 45?

What is the strongest attack on Lairon 45?

What is the retreat cost of Lairon 45?

What does the × after the damage on Iron Head mean?

Can an older Lairon print be played in a tournament?

What does Lairon evolve from?

Can Lairon 45 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Lairon 45 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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