Gardevoir ex 96 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Gardevoir ex 96
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Hikaru Koike

This card has 150 HP, a top attack printed at 10 damage and a Grass weakness.

Psychic · Stage 2 ex · Sandstorm · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Gardevoir ex 96 do in a game?

Gardevoir ex 96 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 150 HP, printed as Stage 2 ex.

Its strongest attack, Psystorm, is printed at 10 damage for 4 Energy — 3 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Grass weakness, any Grass attack printed at 75 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Psychic Stage 2 ex Rare Holo EX Unlimited #282 Gardevoir

Gardevoir ex 96Sandstorm

150 HP · Psychic · Stage 2 ex · retreat 2 · Grass weakness ×2

Top printed damage103 per Energy Psystorm10 damage for 4 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points150 HP15.5% of 17,290 in the 130~180 band

Printed damage1042.7% of 16,246 in the ~30 band

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

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 3 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackRare Holo EXSandstorm63 printsranked among ex cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 2 ex

RarityRare Holo EX

SetSandstorm

Card number96

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$251.15Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by75 damage150 HP against a Grass ×2 weakness Turns of setup4 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it947 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name63 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line52 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #282 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Gardevoir ex 96 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Hit points — top 20.4% of the archive. Weakest on Top printed damage — bottom 0.1%.

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 Gardevoir ex 96 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	79.6%	150 HP
Top printed damage	0.0%	10 damage
Energy efficiency	0.0%	3 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2EFeedbackhas printed text—
4EPsystorm3 damage per Energy card · has printed text10damage

2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 3,166of 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 3,166 at 150 HP.

Psychic cardsNo. 384of 2,334 by printed HP ex cardsNo. 808of 942 by printed HP

This cardGardevoir ex 96Sandstorm150 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 230 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Gardevoir ex 96

Hit points 150 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 3 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Weakness A Grass attack printed at 75 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 14 of the 53 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Gardevoir ex 96 at a glance

What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 150 HP printed as Stage 2 ex, printed in Sandstorm.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 10 damage for 4 Energy.
What it fears. A Grass weakness at ×2, which means 75 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 Gardevoir ex 96 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 4 Energy and returns 10 damage, which is 3 damage for every Energy card attached.

Gardevoir ex 96 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Feedback	1 Psychic + 1 Colorless	2	—	—	Count the number of cards in your opponent's hand. Put that many damage counters on the Defending Pokémon.
Psystorm	1 Psychic + 3 Colorless	4	10×	3	Does 10 damage times the total amount of Energy attached to all Pokémon in play.

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

Feedback2 Energy cards

Psystorm4 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.

Psystorm 4 Energy10 damage for 4 Energy — 3 per Energy card10

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (10).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

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

Psystorm is printed as 10×, so the printed number is multiplied — the attack deals that much for each thing the sentence beside it counts.

This card places damage counters, which is not the same as dealing damage

Feedback puts damage counters on a Pokémon instead of dealing damage to it. The two look alike on the board — one counter is ten damage — but the rules treat them apart: anything that reduces or prevents damage does not stop counters from being placed, and weakness and resistance are not applied to them either.

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How does Gardevoir ex 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.

Gardevoir ex 96 — Sandstorm — Gardevoir exSandstorm 96

No.3,166by HP in the archive

Gardevoir ex 96 prints 150 HP, which puts it at number 3,166 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).

0% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 18%Where it sits on printed HP

This card150 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest ex card380 HP
Strongest Gardevoir ex printed310 HP

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

This card prints 150 HP, which is 40% 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 150 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

~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 10.

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. 3of 95

That is where Gardevoir ex 96 stands highest on HP — number 3 of 95 cards in Sandstorm. 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. 3,166 of 17,290 by HP · No. 14,164 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 87% on damage
Psychic cards — 2,335 cards No. 384 of 2,334 by HP · No. 1,642 of 1,992 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gardevoir ex, 360

top 82% on damage
ex cards — 942 cards No. 808 of 942 by HP · No. 898 of 906 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 99% on damage
Sandstorm — 100 cards No. 3 of 95 by HP · No. 61 of 81 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 200

top 74% 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 150 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 150
Top printed damage 10 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 10

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

2,679 of 17,290 (15.5%)

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 Gardevoir ex 96 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 10 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

Gardevoir ex 96 — this card3.010 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 2 typically return 32.5 damage per Energy card. This card returns 3.

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
Gardevoir ex 96 — this card	3.0	10 damage for 4 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsPsystorm 10 / 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 Gardevoir ex 96.
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
Psystorm	—	3	—

This card, per Energy card

3 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

-29.5 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 10 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Gardevoir ex 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.

Hit points150 HPtypical for the group is 243 HP — this card is 38% below

Top printed damage10 damagetypical for the group is 144 damage — this card is 93% below

Retreat cost2 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 0% above

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 Gardevoir ex 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.

Deals double to this card 2,387 Grass cards carry that type A Grass attack printed at 75 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Gardevoir ex 96 · Stage 2 ex 150 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 10 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 Grass

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 Grass.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Gardevoir ex 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 75 printed damage rather than 150.

Cards that remove it in one attack

947

Grass damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 150 HP against a Grass weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackBrambleghastPhantasmal Flames 4780 damage

×2Psychic weakness · 75 printed damage is enough
80 damage becomes 160 against this card

This cardGardevoir ex 96Sandstorm 96150 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 945 cards in the archive that can remove Gardevoir ex 96 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 80 printed damage against a bar of 75. 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.

Gardevoir exweak to Grass ×2

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

Grass cards that remove Gardevoir ex in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH159)	SWSH Black Star Promos	300	300	600
Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH160)	SWSH Black Star Promos	300	300	600
Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH161)	SWSH Black Star Promos	300	300	600
Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH162)	SWSH Black Star Promos	300	300	600
Flapple VMAX (19)	Battle Styles	320	250	500
Flapple VMAX (164)	Battle Styles	320	250	500

150 HP against a Grass ×2 weakness means any Grass attack printed at 75 damage or more is enough. 947 cards in the archive clear that bar.

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

Gardevoir ex 96 is one print of Gardevoir. 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.

Gardevoir has been printed 63 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 Gardevoir cards ever printedPokédex #282Prints on record 63Toughest print 360 HPThis card 150 HP

63prints

Legal in Standard14Older prints, not in Standard49

Every Gardevoir 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 Gardevoir printed is 360 HP, and this card is 41.7% of it

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

Mega Gardevoir ex 187/132the toughest Gardevoir ever printedME01: Mega Evolution360 HP
Gardevoir ex 96against that record41.7% of the record150 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Gardevoir ex 96 can be?

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

The Gardevoir line, oldest stage firstPokédex #282

Ralts23 prints on record · EX Dragon Frontiers

+30 HP · +20 damage

Kirlia25 prints on record · EX Delta Species

+50 HP · +60 damage

Gardevoir15 prints on record · Dark Explorers

+160 HP · +70 damage

No imageGardevoir ex3 prints on record · EX Sandstorm

Ralts → Kirlia → Gardevoir → Gardevoir ex

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Kirlia.
The line runs 4 stages, so the first card has to be in play 3 turns before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 282.

1RaltsHardest attack printed at this stage: 40 damage70 HP
2KirliaHardest attack printed at this stage: 60 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it100 HP
3GardevoirHardest attack printed at this stage: 120 damage. Evolving here adds 50 HP over the stage before it150 HP
4Gardevoir exNo imageGardevoir exHardest attack printed at this stage: 190 damage. Evolving here adds 160 HP over the stage before it310 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (310 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 Gardevoir print, and can the older ones still be played?

63 prints carry this name in the archive, and 53 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 (360 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

53 rows are shown of the 63 prints counted under this name.

Gardevoir prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Mega Gardevoir ex 187/132	ME01: Mega Evolution	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Gardevoir ex 178/132	ME01: Mega Evolution	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Gardevoir ex 060/132	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Gardevoir ex 159/132	ME01: Mega Evolution	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Gardevoir ex 089/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Gardevoir VMAX 76/73	Champion's Path	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir VMAX 17/73	Champion's Path	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir ex 233/091	SV: Paldean Fates	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Gardevoir ex 245/198	SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base Set	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Gardevoir ex 217/091	SV: Paldean Fates	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Gardevoir ex 228/198	SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base Set	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Gardevoir ex 086/198	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Gardevoir ex 029/091	SV: Paldean Fates	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Gardevoir & Sylveon-GX 205/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir & Sylveon-GX 225/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir & Sylveon-GX 204/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir & Sylveon-GX 130/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir-GX SV75/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir-GX 159/147	SM - Burning Shadows	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir-GX 140/147	SM - Burning Shadows	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir-GX 93/147	SM - Burning Shadows	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Gardevoir-EX RC31/RC32	Generations: Radiant Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Gardevoir-EX 156/160	XY - Primal Clash	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Gardevoir-EX 112/114	XY - Steam Siege	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Gardevoir-EX 106/160	XY - Primal Clash	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Gardevoir-EX 79/114	XY - Steam Siege	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir V 70/73	Champion's Path	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir V SWSH105	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir V 16/73	Champion's Path	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir-EX 116/114	XY - Steam Siege	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir-EX RC30/RC32	Generations: Radiant Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir-EX 155/160	XY - Primal Clash	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir-EX 111/114	XY - Steam Siege	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir-EX 105/160	XY - Primal Clash	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir-EX 78/114	XY - Steam Siege	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir ex δ 93/101	EX Dragon Frontiers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir ex δ 93/101	Celebrations: Classic Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir TG05/TG30	SWSH12: Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Gardevoir 069/195	SWSH12: Silver Tempest	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Gardevoir ex 96	Sandstorm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir 061/198	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir TG05/TG30	SWSH10: Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir LV.X 131/132	Secret Wonders	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Radiant Gardevoir 069/196	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Gardevoir 054/098	Blister Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir 141/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir 8/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir RC10/RC25	Legendary Treasures: Radiant Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir 109/108	Dark Explorers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir 7/132	Secret Wonders	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir 57/99	Next Destinies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir δ 6/113	EX Delta Species	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Gardevoir 4/106	EX Emerald	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

14 of the 53 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 Gardevoir ex 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.

Cards that fill the same slot as Gardevoir ex 96
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Gengar ex	FireRed & LeafGreen	150	60	2
Mew ex	Paldean Fates	180	0	0
Sceptile ex δ	Crystal Guardians	140	60	1
Deoxys ex	Deoxys	110	50	2
Lillie's Clefairy ex	Ascended Heroes	190	20	1
Lillie's Clefairy ex	Journey Together	190	20	1

This card itself is 150 HP, 10 top damage and 2 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 Gardevoir ex 96 in Sandstorm?

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.

40 Claw Fossil [90]

10 Mysterious Fossil [91]

40 Root Fossil [92]

Multi Energy [93]

100 Aerodactyl ex [94]

150 Aggron ex [95]

150 Kabutops ex [97]

100 Raichu ex [98]

160 Typhlosion ex [99]

200 Wailord ex [100]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #96 in Sandstorm. 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 Gardevoir ex 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.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Gardevoir ex 96
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.

Gardevoir ex 96 — 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 September 18, 2003.

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Gardevoir ex 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, Psystorm, needs 4 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 4 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 3 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 — Kirlia has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 3,166 of 17,290

Psychic cardsNo. 384 of 2,334

ex cardsNo. 808 of 942

SandstormNo. 3 of 95

What actually removes it

A Grass attack printed at 75 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 150 HP.
947 cards in the archive clear that bar.

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Gardevoir ex 96 card record

Gardevoir ex 96 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	150 HP	Type	Psychic
Weakness	Grass ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Evolves from	Kirlia	Card type	Stage 2 ex
Pokédex number	#282	Set	Sandstorm
Card number	96 of 100	Series	EX
Released	September 18, 2003	Rarity	Rare Holo EX
Illustrator	Hikaru Koike
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 Gardevoir ex 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.

Market price today

$251.15

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Gardevoir ex 96 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Gardevoir ex 96?

Gardevoir ex 96 has 150 HP and a Grass weakness at ×2, so a Grass attack printed at 75 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 150.

What is the strongest attack on Gardevoir ex 96?

Psystorm, printed at 10 damage for 4 Energy — 3 damage per Energy card. Does 10 damage times the total amount of Energy attached to all Pokémon in play.

What is the retreat cost of Gardevoir ex 96?

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 Psystorm 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 — "Does 10 damage times the total amount of Energy attached to all Pokémon in play."

Does Gardevoir ex 96 deal damage or place damage counters?

It places damage counters. One counter is ten damage on the board, but the two are different things in the rules: weakness and resistance are not applied to counters, and effects that reduce or prevent damage do not stop counters from being placed.

Can an older Gardevoir print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 53 prints listed on this page, 14 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 Gardevoir ex evolve from?

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

Can Gardevoir ex 96 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 Gardevoir ex 96 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 Gardevoir ex 96 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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Gardevoir ex 96 — what does this card actually do?

What does Gardevoir ex 96 do in a game?

Gardevoir ex 96 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Gardevoir ex 96 at a glance

What do the attacks on Gardevoir ex 96 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Gardevoir ex 96 compare with every other card?

Is Gardevoir ex 96 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Gardevoir ex 96 strong for a ex card?

What does being a Psychic card do for Gardevoir ex 96?

What knocks out Gardevoir ex 96 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Gardevoir ex 96 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Gardevoir ex 96?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Gardevoir ex 96?

What was printed next to Gardevoir ex 96 in Sandstorm?

Which rules apply to Gardevoir ex 96, and where can it be played?

Gardevoir ex 96 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

Gardevoir ex 96 card record

What does Gardevoir ex 96 cost?

Gardevoir ex 96 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Gardevoir ex 96?

What is the strongest attack on Gardevoir ex 96?

What is the retreat cost of Gardevoir ex 96?

What does the × after the damage on Psystorm mean?

Does Gardevoir ex 96 deal damage or place damage counters?

Can an older Gardevoir print be played in a tournament?

What does Gardevoir ex evolve from?

Can Gardevoir ex 96 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Gardevoir ex 96 mean?

Does this page say how good Gardevoir ex 96 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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