Typhlosion HGSS09 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Typhlosion HGSS09
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Wataru Kawahara

This card has 140 HP, a top attack printed at 70 damage and a Water weakness.

Fire · Stage 2 Prime · HGSS Black Star Promos · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Typhlosion HGSS09 do in a game?

Typhlosion HGSS09 is a Fire Pokémon card with 140 HP, printed as Stage 2 Prime.

Its strongest attack, Flare Destroy, is printed at 70 damage for 3 Energy — 23 damage per Energy card.

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

Fire Stage 2 Prime Promo Unlimited #157 Typhlosion

Typhlosion HGSS09HGSS Black Star Promos

140 HP · Fire · Stage 2 Prime · retreat 2 · Water weakness ×2

Top printed damage7023 per Energy Flare Destroy70 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

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

Printed damage7021.8% of 16,246 in the 70~120 band

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

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 23 · typical 34.7
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3

Price trackPromoHGSS Black Star Promos31 printsranked among Stage 2 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 2 Prime

RarityPromo

SetHGSS Black Star Promos

Card numberHGSS09

AbilityAfterburner

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$55.06Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by70 damage140 HP against a Water ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it741 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name31 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line23 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #157 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Typhlosion HGSS09 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Hit points — top 23.3% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 17.4%.

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 Typhlosion HGSS09 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	76.7%	140 HP
Top printed damage	64.7%	70 damage
Energy efficiency	57.8%	23 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	17.4%	3 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

3EFlare Destroy23 damage per Energy card · has printed text70damage

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

Where it stands

No. 3,522of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 3,522 at 140 HP.

Fire cardsNo. 348of 1,574 by printed HP Stage 2 cardsNo. 861of 1,749 by printed HP

This cardTyphlosion HGSS09HGSS Black Star Promos140 HP

Printed HP

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

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Typhlosion HGSS09

Hit points 140 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 23 damage per Energy card against 34.7 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 3.
Weakness A Water attack printed at 70 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 8 of the 24 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Typhlosion HGSS09 at a glance

What it is. A Fire Pokémon card with 140 HP printed as Stage 2 Prime, printed in HGSS Black Star Promos.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 70 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Water weakness at ×2, which means 70 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited 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 Typhlosion HGSS09 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 70 damage, which is 23 damage for every Energy card attached.

Typhlosion HGSS09 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Flare Destroy	2 Fire + 1 Colorless	3	70	23	Discard an Energy card attached to Typhlosion and discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon.

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

Flare Destroy3 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.

Flare Destroy 3 Energy70 damage for 3 Energy — 23 per Energy card70

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (70).

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How does Typhlosion HGSS09 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.

Typhlosion HGSS09 — HGSS Black Star Promos — TyphlosionHGSS Black Star Promos HGSS09

No.3,522by HP in the archive

Typhlosion HGSS09 prints 140 HP, which puts it at number 3,522 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

65% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 20%Where it sits on printed HP

This card140 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 2 card380 HP
Strongest Typhlosion printed160 HP

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

This card prints 140 HP, which is 37% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~12033.1%5,725 cards

130~180 — this card15.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 140 HP.

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

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180 — this card	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~120 — this card21.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 70.

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

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120 — this card	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

3 — this card14.7%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 3 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically have 153 HP and print 104 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3 — this card	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. 2of 24

That is where Typhlosion HGSS09 stands highest on HP — number 2 of 24 cards in HGSS Black Star Promos. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 3,522 of 17,290 by HP · No. 5,054 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 31% on damage
Fire cards — 1,574 cards No. 348 of 1,574 by HP · No. 598 of 1,526 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 39% on damage
Stage 2 cards — 1,749 cards No. 861 of 1,749 by HP · No. 1,014 of 1,721 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 59% on damage
HGSS Black Star Promos — 25 cards No. 2 of 24 by HP · No. 5 of 21 by damage · top by HP: Meganium, 150

top 19% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 140 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 140
Top printed damage 70 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 70

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as Stage 2

1,749 on record

Cards in the same HP band

2,679 of 17,290 (15.5%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,535 of 16,246 (21.8%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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What Typhlosion HGSS09 does without attacking

Typhlosion HGSS09 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.

Afterburner — Poké-Power · once a turn

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your discard pile for a Fire Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Pokémon. If you do, put 1 damage counter on that Pokémon. This power can't be used if Typhlosion 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.

Afterburner 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.

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

Afterburner puts damage counters on a Pokémon rather than dealing damage to it. One counter is ten damage on the board, but the rules keep them apart: effects that reduce or prevent damage do not stop counters from being placed, and weakness and resistance are not applied to them.

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Is Typhlosion HGSS09 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 70 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

Typhlosion HGSS09 — this card23.070 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 3 typically return 34.7 damage per Energy card. This card returns 23.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Typhlosion HGSS09 — this card	23.0	70 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsFlare Destroy 70 / 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 Typhlosion HGSS09.
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
Flare Destroy	—	23	—

This card, per Energy card

23 damage

Typical for a 3 Energy attack

34.7 damage

Difference

-11.7 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 70 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Typhlosion HGSS09 strong for a Prime card?

Prime 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 points140 HPtypical for the group is 120 HP — this card is 17% above

Top printed damage70 damagetypical for the group is 69 damage — this card is 1% above

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

The group is every Prime card in the archive — 31 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 Fire card do for Typhlosion HGSS09?

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 2,435 Water cards carry that type A Water attack printed at 70 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Typhlosion HGSS09 · Stage 2 Prime 140 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 70 damage.

Takes double from this card 3,312 cards in groups that print a Fire weakness Against Grass and Metal, 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

Fire — this cardmost 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	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire — this card	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

Fireweak to Water

Grassweak to Fire

Metalweak to Fire

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

What being a Fire card is worth

Groups that most often print a Fire weakness: Grass (2,387 cards) and Metal (925 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Fire cards are themselves most exposed to Water.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Typhlosion HGSS09 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

Cards that remove it in one attack

741

Cards it removes in one attack

2,428

Water damage needed to knock it out

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

Removes it in one attackDewgongPhantasmal Flames 2270 damage

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

This cardTyphlosion HGSS09HGSS Black Star Promos HGSS09140 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 739 cards in the archive that can remove Typhlosion HGSS09 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.

Typhlosionweak to Water ×2

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

Water cards that remove Typhlosion in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Vaporeon ex (23)	Prismatic Evolutions	280	280	560
Vaporeon ex (149)	Prismatic Evolutions	280	280	560
Wailord ex (16)	Pitch Black	380	270	540
Wailord ex (97)	Pitch Black	380	270	540
Palafin ex (61)	Twilight Masquerade	340	250	500
Palafin ex (193)	Twilight Masquerade	340	250	500

140 HP against a Water ×2 weakness means any Water attack printed at 70 damage or more is enough. 741 cards in the archive clear that bar.

140 HP Klinklang [76]

140 HP Aggron [59]

140 HP Serperior [RC3]

140 HP Venusaur [3]

140 HP Klinklang [77]

140 HP Aggron [80]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

2,428 cards in the archive are weak to Fire 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 Typhlosion as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Typhlosion HGSS09 is one print of Typhlosion. 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.

Typhlosion has been printed 31 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 Typhlosion cards ever printedPokédex #157Prints on record 31Toughest print 260 HPThis card 140 HP

31prints

Legal in Standard8Older prints, not in Standard23

Every Typhlosion 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 Typhlosion printed is 260 HP, and this card is 53.8% of it

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

Hisuian Typhlosion VSTAR 193/189the toughest Typhlosion ever printedSWSH10: Astral Radiance260 HP
Typhlosion HGSS09against that record53.8% of the record140 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Typhlosion HGSS09 can be?

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

The Typhlosion line, oldest stage firstPokédex #157

Cyndaquil13 prints on record · EX Hidden Legends

+20 HP · +30 damage

Quilava10 prints on record · EX Unseen Forces

+70 HP · +70 damage

No imageTyphlosion7 prints on record · EX Unseen Forces

Cyndaquil → Quilava → Typhlosion

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Quilava.
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 157.

1CyndaquilHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage70 HP
2QuilavaHardest attack printed at this stage: 60 damage. Evolving here adds 20 HP over the stage before it90 HP
3TyphlosionNo imageTyphlosionHardest attack printed at this stage: 130 damage. Evolving here adds 70 HP over the stage before it160 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (160 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 Typhlosion print, and can the older ones still be played?

31 prints carry this name in the archive, and 24 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 (260 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

24 rows are shown of the 31 prints counted under this name.

Typhlosion prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Hisuian Typhlosion VSTAR 193/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Hisuian Typhlosion VSTAR 054/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Hisuian Typhlosion V 169/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Hisuian Typhlosion V 053/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Hisuian Typhlosion V SWSH237	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Ethan's Typhlosion 034/182	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Ethan's Typhlosion 190/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Typhlosion ex 99/100	EX Sandstorm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Typhlosion 42/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Typhlosion ex 110/115	EX Unseen Forces	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Typhlosion 020/162	Blister Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Typhlosion SM185	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Hisuian Typhlosion 052/189	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Typhlosion HGSS09	HGSS Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Typhlosion 35/95	Call of Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Typhlosion 034	Nintendo Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Typhlosion 16/123	Mysterious Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Typhlosion 018/111	Neo Genesis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Typhlosion 028/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Typhlosion 017/111	Neo Genesis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Typhlosion 064/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Typhlosion δ 12/101	EX Dragon Frontiers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Typhlosion 065/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Typhlosion 010/105	Neo Destiny	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

8 of the 24 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 Typhlosion HGSS09?

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 Typhlosion HGSS09
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Charizard	Plasma Storm	160	150	3
Charizard	Dragon	120	60	2
Typhlosion	Neo Genesis	100	80	2
Charizard	Stormfront	120	100	3
Charizard	SM Black Star Promos	150	30	2
Blaine's Charizard	Gym Challenge	100	20	3

This card itself is 140 HP, 70 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Fire 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 Typhlosion HGSS09 in HGSS Black Star Promos?

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.

70 Pikachu [HGSS03]

Wobbuffet HGSS04 — HGSS Black Star Promos

90 Wobbuffet [HGSS04]

Hoothoot HGSS05 — HGSS Black Star Promos

50 Hoothoot [HGSS05]

90 Noctowl [HGSS06]

Feraligatr HGSS07 — HGSS Black Star Promos

140 Feraligatr [HGSS07]

Meganium HGSS08 — HGSS Black Star Promos

150 Meganium [HGSS08]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #HGSS09 in HGSS Black Star Promos. 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 Typhlosion HGSS09, 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 Typhlosion HGSS09
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.

Typhlosion HGSS09 — 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 10, 2010.

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Typhlosion HGSS09 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, Flare Destroy, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 23 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Quilava has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

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

Fire cardsNo. 348 of 1,574

Stage 2 cardsNo. 861 of 1,749

HGSS Black Star PromosNo. 2 of 24

What actually removes it

A Water attack printed at 70 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 140 HP.
741 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 2,428 cards in one attack.

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Typhlosion HGSS09 card record

Typhlosion HGSS09 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	140 HP	Type	Fire
Weakness	Water ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Evolves from	Quilava	Card type	Stage 2 Prime
Pokédex number	#157	Set	HGSS Black Star Promos
Card number	HGSS09 of 25	Series	HeartGold & SoulSilver
Released	February 10, 2010	Rarity	Promo
Illustrator	Wataru Kawahara
Tournament legality	Unlimited only

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

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What does Typhlosion HGSS09 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

$55.06

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Typhlosion HGSS09 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Typhlosion HGSS09?

Typhlosion HGSS09 has 140 HP and a Water weakness at ×2, so a Water attack printed at 70 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 140.

What is the strongest attack on Typhlosion HGSS09?

Flare Destroy, printed at 70 damage for 3 Energy — 23 damage per Energy card. Discard an Energy card attached to Typhlosion and discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon.

What is the retreat cost of Typhlosion HGSS09?

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

How often can you use Afterburner?

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

Does Typhlosion HGSS09 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 Typhlosion print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 24 prints listed on this page, 8 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 Typhlosion evolve from?

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

Can Typhlosion HGSS09 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 Typhlosion HGSS09 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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Typhlosion HGSS09 — what does this card actually do?

What does Typhlosion HGSS09 do in a game?

Typhlosion HGSS09 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Typhlosion HGSS09 at a glance

What do the attacks on Typhlosion HGSS09 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Typhlosion HGSS09 compare with every other card?

What Typhlosion HGSS09 does without attacking

Is Typhlosion HGSS09 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Typhlosion HGSS09 strong for a Prime card?

What does being a Fire card do for Typhlosion HGSS09?

What knocks out Typhlosion HGSS09 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Typhlosion HGSS09 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Typhlosion HGSS09?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Typhlosion HGSS09?

What was printed next to Typhlosion HGSS09 in HGSS Black Star Promos?

Which rules apply to Typhlosion HGSS09, and where can it be played?

Typhlosion HGSS09 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

Typhlosion HGSS09 card record

What does Typhlosion HGSS09 cost?

Typhlosion HGSS09 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Typhlosion HGSS09?

What is the strongest attack on Typhlosion HGSS09?

What is the retreat cost of Typhlosion HGSS09?

How often can you use Afterburner?

Does Typhlosion HGSS09 deal damage or place damage counters?

Can an older Typhlosion print be played in a tournament?

What does Typhlosion evolve from?

Can Typhlosion HGSS09 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Typhlosion HGSS09 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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