Sceptile ex δ 96 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 140 HP, a top attack printed at 60 damage and a Grass weakness.
Psychic · Stage 2 ex · Crystal Guardians · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Sceptile ex δ 96 do in a game?
Sceptile ex δ 96 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 140 HP, printed as Stage 2 ex.
Its strongest attack, Power Revenge, is printed at 60 damage for 2 Energy — 30 damage per Energy card.
Because of the Grass weakness, any Grass attack printed at 70 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Sceptile ex δ 96Crystal Guardians
Sceptile ex δ 96 performance summary
140 HP · Psychic · Stage 2 ex · retreat 1 · Grass weakness ×2
as of July 28, 2026
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2
Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 5.6% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 43.8%.
Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.
| Measure | Percentile | Printed value |
|---|---|---|
| Hit points | 76.7% | 140 HP |
| Top printed damage | 57.4% | 60 damage |
| Energy efficiency | 67.1% | 30 per Energy |
| Retreat lightness | 94.4% | 1 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 43.8% | 2 Energy |
1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.
Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 3,522 at 140 HP.
Sceptile ex δ 96140 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 240 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Sceptile ex δ 96
- 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 30 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
- Weakness A Grass attack printed at 70 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Sceptile ex δ 96 at a glance
- What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 140 HP printed as Stage 2 ex, printed in Crystal Guardians.
- What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 60 damage for 2 Energy.
- What it fears. A Grass weakness at ×2, which means 70 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.
What do the attacks on Sceptile ex δ 96 cost, and what do they hit for?
The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 60 damage, which is 30 damage for every Energy card attached.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Revenge | 1 Psychic + 1 Colorless | 2 | 60+ | 30 | Does 60 damage plus 10 more damage for each Prize card your opponent has taken. |
Retreating costs a further 1 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.
The Energy this attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.
One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.
Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol
A number on a Pokémon card is not always the number that lands.
- Power Revenge is printed as 60+, so the printed number is a floor — the attack deals at least that much, and the sentence beside it says what adds to it.
How does Sceptile ex δ 96 compare with every other card?
Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.
The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.
This card prints 140 HP, which is 37% of that ceiling.
Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.
17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 140 HP.
Cards in the 130~180 band typically print 104 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 | 33.1% | 5,725 cards |
| 130~180 — this card | 15.5% | 2,679 cards |
| 190~230 | 6.6% | 1,148 cards |
| 240~280 | 3.3% | 567 cards |
| 290~330 | 2.4% | 412 cards |
| 340+ | 0.5% | 90 cards |
16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 60.
Cards in the 40~60 band typically have 101 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~30 | 42.7% | 6,938 cards |
| 40~60 — this card | 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 |
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.
| 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 |
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.
| 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 |
That is where Sceptile ex δ 96 stands highest on HP — number 5 of 82 cards in Crystal Guardians. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 140 HP
middle half 60–130 HP - Top printed damage 60 damage
middle half 20–90 damage
- Lowest to highest printed in the archive
- Middle half of the archive
- This card
Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.
Open the group this card falls into
Back to summaryWhat Sceptile ex δ 96 does without attacking
Sceptile ex δ 96 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.
Why this sits apart from the attacks
An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.
Is Sceptile ex δ 96 efficient for the Energy it asks for?
Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 60 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.
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 30.
| 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 |
| Sceptile ex δ 96 — this card | 30.0 | 60 damage for 2 Energy |
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.
| 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 |
| Power Revenge | — | 30 | — |
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 60 is read as high or low rather than merely large.
Is Sceptile ex δ 96 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.
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.
What does being a Psychic card do for Sceptile ex δ 96?
Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.
17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Psychic — 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 |
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 Grass.
What knocks out Sceptile ex δ 96 in one hit, and what does it knock out?
Weakness doubles the damage a Grass attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 70 printed damage rather than 140.
Ethan's Pinsir70 damage70 damage becomes 140 against this card
Sceptile ex δ 96140 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 534 cards in the archive that can remove Sceptile ex δ 96 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.
Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.
What the Water resistance changes
Damage from Water 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.
| Card | Set | HP | Printed damage | After weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flapple VMAX (19) | Battle Styles | 320 | 250 | 500 |
| Flapple VMAX (164) | Battle Styles | 320 | 250 | 500 |
| Mega Venusaur ex (3) | Mega Evolution | 380 | 240 | 480 |
| Mega Venusaur ex (155) | Mega Evolution | 380 | 240 | 480 |
| Mega Venusaur ex (177) | Mega Evolution | 380 | 240 | 480 |
| Decidueye ex (12) | Perfect Order | 320 | 240 | 480 |
140 HP against a Grass ×2 weakness means any Grass attack printed at 70 damage or more is enough. 534 cards in the archive clear that bar.
120 HP
Mewtwo [53]
120 HP
Gardevoir [RC10]
120 HP
Mew-EX [RC24]
120 HP
Gothitelle [48]
120 HP
Mew-EX [46]
120 HP
Mew-EX [120]
1,433 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.
What has to be in play before Sceptile ex δ 96 can be?
Sceptile ex δ evolves from Grovyle, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.
- This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Grovyle.
- The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.
- Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 254.
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.
What can you use instead of Sceptile ex δ 96?
Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.
| Card | Set | HP | Top damage | Retreat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gengar ex | FireRed & LeafGreen | 150 | 60 | 2 |
| Mew ex | Paldean Fates | 180 | 0 | 0 |
| Mewtwo ex | Ruby & Sapphire | 100 | 60 | 3 |
| Deoxys ex | Deoxys | 100 | 10 | 1 |
| Deoxys ex | Deoxys | 110 | 50 | 2 |
| Dusclops ex | Emerald | 100 | 0 | 2 |
This card itself is 140 HP, 60 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Psychic like it.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Sceptile ex δ 96?
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.
150
Sceptile ex [93]
220
M Sceptile-EX [85]
120
Sceptile [11]
170
Sceptile-EX [84]
110
Sceptile [10]
230
Sceptile-GX [216]
100
Sceptile [20]
100
Sceptile [4]
230
Sceptile-GX [196]
100
Sceptile [8]
220
M Sceptile-EX [8]
140
Sceptile [9]
130
Sceptile [31]
230
Sceptile-GX [22]
170
Sceptile-EX [XY53]
140
Sceptile [10a]
170
Sceptile-EX [7]
120
Sceptile [30]
130
Sceptile [8]
140
Sceptile [10]
130
Sceptile [8]
21 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number (#254). The badge on each card is its printed HP, the figure under the name is its hardest printed attack, and the name sits under the picture. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
What was printed next to Sceptile ex δ 96 in Crystal Guardians?
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.
150
Blaziken ex [90]
90
Delcatty ex [91]
150
Exploud ex [92]
100
Groudon ex [93]
90
Jirachi ex [94]
100
Kyogre ex [95]
140
Shiftry ex [97]
150
Swampert ex [98]
80
Alakazam ★ [99]
60
Celebi ★ [100]
These are the cards numbered either side of #96 in Crystal Guardians. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
Which rules apply to Sceptile ex δ 96, 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.
| Clause | What the rulebook says | Cards it applies to | Share of the archive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card. | 16,744 cards | 81.9% |
| Retreat | Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn). | 17,244 cards | 84.3% |
| Energy per turn | You can attach Energy just once each turn! | 17,180 cards | 84.0% |
Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.
| Format | Status | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Expanded | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Unlimited | Legal | Can be played in this format |
Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.
Where this card can be played
This card is legal in Unlimited play. It was released on August 1, 2006.
Sceptile ex δ 96 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, Power Revenge, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
- That works out at 30 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 — Grovyle has to be on the field first.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- A Grass attack printed at 70 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 140 HP.
- 534 cards in the archive clear that bar.
- Going the other way, it removes 1,433 cards in one attack.
- Damage from Water attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.
Sceptile ex δ 96 card record
| Hit points | 140 HP | Type | Psychic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Grass ×2 | Retreat cost | 1 Energy |
| Evolves from | Grovyle | Card type | Stage 2 ex |
| Pokédex number | #254 | Set | Crystal Guardians |
| Card number | 96 of 100 | Series | EX |
| Released | August 1, 2006 | Rarity | Rare Holo EX |
| Illustrator | Shizurow | ||
| 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.
What does Sceptile ex δ 96 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Sceptile ex δ 96 — frequently asked questions
How much damage does it take to knock out Sceptile ex δ 96?
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What does the + after the damage on Power Revenge mean?
What does Sceptile ex δ evolve from?
Can Sceptile ex δ 96 be played in a tournament?
What does the rule on Sceptile ex δ 96 mean?
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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
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