Sandslash 69 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Sandslash 69
Brand: Pokémon

This card has 120 HP, a top attack printed at 100 damage and a Grass weakness.

Fighting · Stage 1 · Mega Evolution · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Sandslash 69 do in a game?

Sandslash 69 is a Fighting Pokémon card with 120 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Mud Shot, is printed at 100 damage for 3 Energy — 33 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Grass weakness, any Grass attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Fighting Stage 1 Common Regulation I Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #028 Sandslash

Sandslash 69Mega Evolution

120 HP · Fighting · Stage 1 · retreat 1 · Grass weakness ×2

Top printed damage10033 per Energy Mud Shot100 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points120 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage10021.8% of 16,246 in the 70~120 band

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

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 33 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackCommonMega Evolution32 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

Regulation markI

RarityCommon

SetMega Evolution

Card number69

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$0.27Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by60 damage120 HP against a Grass ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it681 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name32 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line21 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #028 Where it can be playedUnlimited and Standard and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Sandslash 69 is built, on five measures

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.

How Sandslash 69 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	66.1%	120 HP
Top printed damage	76.6%	100 damage
Energy efficiency	75.0%	33 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2ESand Attack25 damage per Energy card · has printed text50damage
3EMud Shot33 damage per Energy card100damage

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

Where it stands

No. 4,897of 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 4,897 at 120 HP.

Fighting cardsNo. 564of 1,884 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 1,051of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardSandslash 69Mega Evolution120 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 260 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Sandslash 69

Hit points 120 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 33 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Weakness A Grass attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 3 of the 23 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Sandslash 69 at a glance

What it is. A Fighting Pokémon card with 120 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Mega Evolution.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 100 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Grass weakness at ×2, which means 60 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 and Standard and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark I.
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 Sandslash 69 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 100 damage, which is 33 damage for every Energy card attached.

Sandslash 69 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Sand Attack	2 Colorless	2	50	25	During your opponent's next turn, if the Defending Pokémon tries to use an attack, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack doesn't happen.
Mud Shot	1 Fighting + 2 Colorless	3	100	33	No extra effect.

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

Sand Attack2 Energy cards

Mud Shot3 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.

Sand Attack 2 Energy50 damage for 2 Energy — 25 per Energy card50
Mud Shot 3 Energy100 damage for 3 Energy — 33 per Energy card100

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (100).

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How does Sandslash 69 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.

Sandslash 69 — Mega Evolution — SandslashMega Evolution 69

No.4,897by HP in the archive

Sandslash 69 prints 120 HP, which puts it at number 4,897 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).

77% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 28%Where it sits on printed HP

This card120 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Sandslash printed120 HP

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

This card prints 120 HP, which is 32% 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 120 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

~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 100.

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

2 — this card26.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 2 Energy.

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

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2 — this card	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

1 — this card49.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

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

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

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

No. 1,051of 5,102

That is where Sandslash 69 stands highest on HP — number 1,051 of 5,102 cards in Stage 1 cards. 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. 4,897 of 17,290 by HP · No. 3,129 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 19% on damage
Fighting cards — 1,884 cards No. 564 of 1,884 by HP · No. 406 of 1,848 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gallade ex, 350

top 22% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 1,051 of 5,102 by HP · No. 769 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 16% on damage
Mega Evolution — 188 cards No. 60 of 152 by HP · No. 48 of 147 by damage · top by HP: Mega Venusaur ex, 380

top 32% 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 120 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 120
Top printed damage 100 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 100

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

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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Is Sandslash 69 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 100 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

Sandslash 69 — this card33.0100 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 33.

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
Sandslash 69 — this card	33.0	100 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsSand Attack 50 / 2Mud Shot 100 / 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 Sandslash 69.
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
Sand Attack	—	25	—
Mud Shot	—	33	—

This card, per Energy card

33 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

+0.5 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 100 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Fighting card do for Sandslash 69?

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 60 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Sandslash 69 · Stage 1 120 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 100 damage.

Takes double from this card 4,942 cards in groups that print a Fighting weakness Against Colorless, Lightning and Darkness, 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

Fighting — this cardmost 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	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting — this card	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

Fightingweak to Grass

Colorlessweak to Fighting

Lightningweak to Fighting

Darknessweak to Fighting

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

What being a Fighting card is worth

Groups that most often print a Fighting weakness: Colorless (2,173 cards), Lightning (1,520 cards) and Darkness (1,249 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Fighting cards are themselves most exposed to Grass.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Sandslash 69 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 60 printed damage rather than 120.

Cards that remove it in one attack

681

Cards it removes in one attack

3,088

Grass damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 120 HP against a Grass weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackIvysaurMega Evolution 13460 damage

×2Grass weakness · 60 printed damage is enough
60 damage becomes 120 against this card

This cardSandslash 69Mega Evolution 69120 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 681 cards in the archive that can remove Sandslash 69 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 60 printed damage against a bar of 60. 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.

Sandslashweak to Grass ×2

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

Grass cards that remove Sandslash in one 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

120 HP against a Grass ×2 weakness means any Grass attack printed at 60 damage or more is enough. 681 cards in the archive clear that bar.

200 HP Surfing Pikachu V [8]

200 HP Pikachu ex [57]

Hop's Pincurchin ex 68 — Ascended Heroes

200 HP Hop's Pincurchin ex [68]

200 HP Zangoose ex [167]

200 HP Pikachu ex [276]

200 HP Pikachu ex [277]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

3,088 cards in the archive are weak to Fighting 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 Sandslash as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Sandslash 69 is one print of Sandslash. 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.

Sandslash has been printed 32 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 Sandslash cards ever printedPokédex #028Prints on record 32Toughest print 120 HPThis card 120 HP

32prints

Legal in Standard3Older prints, not in Standard29

Every Sandslash 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.

Sandslash 69 is the toughest Sandslash ever printed

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

Alolan Sandslash 138/236the toughest Sandslash ever printedSM - Cosmic Eclipse120 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Sandslash 69 can be?

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

The Sandslash line, oldest stage firstPokédex #028

Sandshrew20 prints on record · EX Team Rocket Returns

+50 HP · +80 damage

Sandslash15 prints on record · Legendary Collection

Sandshrew → Sandslash

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Sandshrew.
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 028.

1SandshrewHardest attack printed at this stage: 40 damage70 HP
2SandslashHardest attack printed at this stage: 120 damage. Evolving here adds 50 HP over the stage before it120 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (120 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 Sandslash print, and can the older ones still be played?

32 prints carry this name in the archive, and 23 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (120 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

23 rows are shown of the 32 prints counted under this name.

Sandslash prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Alolan Sandslash 138/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Sandslash 29/156	SM - Ultra Prism	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sandslash 132/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Sandslash 098/167	SV06: Twilight Masquerade	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Sandslash 028/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Sandslash 069/132	ME01: Mega Evolution	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Alolan Sandslash SM18	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Alolan Sandslash 20/145	SM - Guardians Rising	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sandslash 84/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sandslash 42	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sandslash 61/123	Mysterious Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sandslash 79/149	Boundaries Crossed	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Aqua's Seviper 009/034	Trading Card Game Classic	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sandslash 76/162	XY - BREAKthrough	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sandslash δ 27/113	EX Delta Species	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sandslash 29/123	HeartGold SoulSilver	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sandslash 062/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Sandslash 18/109	EX Team Rocket Returns	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sandslash 093/144	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sandslash 21/100	EX Sandstorm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Brock's Sandslash 036/132	Gym Challenge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sandslash 41/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Brock's Sandslash 023/132	Gym Heroes	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 Sandslash 69?

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 Sandslash 69
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Lucario	Pokémon Rumble	90	80	1
Rhydon	Skyridge	90	100	2
Magcargo	Skyridge	80	40	3
Lycanroc	SM Black Star Promos	120	100	2
Archeops	Dark Explorers	130	60	2
Brock's Rhydon	Gym Heroes	80	70	3

This card itself is 120 HP, 100 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Fighting 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 Sandslash 69 in Mega Evolution?

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.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #69 in Mega Evolution. 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 Sandslash 69, 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 Sandslash 69
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.

Sandslash 69 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Legal	Can be played in this format
Expanded	Legal	Can be played in 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 and Standard and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark I, printed next to the card number. It was released on September 26, 2025.

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Which generation of cards does Sandslash 69 belong to?

The single letter printed beside the card number groups a card with everything issued under the same rules. Tournament formats are cut along those letters, so the size of a letter is the size of the pool a card sits in.

Cards carrying each regulation mark

Mark Dtypically 133 HP · 84 damage15.4%1,261 cards

Mark Etypically 150 HP · 87 damage14.7%1,202 cards

Mark Ftypically 142 HP · 88 damage14.4%1,180 cards

Mark Gtypically 124 HP · 80 damage19.9%1,634 cards

Mark Htypically 132 HP · 88 damage15.7%1,283 cards

Mark I — this cardtypically 134 HP · 80 damage14.8%1,215 cards

Mark Jtypically 148 HP · 86 damage5.1%419 cards

8,194 cards in the archive carry a regulation mark. Older prints carry none at all, so this is not the whole archive.

The regulation mark is the single letter recorded with each modern card. Older prints carry no mark at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.

Cards carrying each regulation mark
Group	Share	Value
Mark D	15.4%	1,261 cards
Mark E	14.7%	1,202 cards
Mark F	14.4%	1,180 cards
Mark G	19.9%	1,634 cards
Mark H	15.7%	1,283 cards
Mark I — this card	14.8%	1,215 cards
Mark J	5.1%	419 cards

This card

Mark I

Cards sharing that mark

1,215

Typical HP for the mark

134 (this card 120)

Typical damage for the mark

80 (this card 100)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Sandslash 69 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, Mud Shot, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 33 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 — Sandshrew has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 4,897 of 17,290

Fighting cardsNo. 564 of 1,884

Stage 1 cardsNo. 1,051 of 5,102

Mega EvolutionNo. 60 of 152

What actually removes it

A Grass attack printed at 60 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 120 HP.
681 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 3,088 cards in one attack.

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Sandslash 69 card record

Sandslash 69 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	120 HP	Type	Fighting
Weakness	Grass ×2	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Evolves from	Sandshrew	Card type	Stage 1
Regulation mark	Mark I	Pokédex number	#028
Set	Mega Evolution	Card number	69 of 132
Series	Mega Evolution	Released	September 26, 2025
Rarity	Common
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only

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What does Sandslash 69 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

$0.27

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August 14, 2026

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

Sandslash 69 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Sandslash 69 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Sandslash 69?

Sandslash 69 has 120 HP and a Grass weakness at ×2, so a Grass attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 120.

What is the strongest attack on Sandslash 69?

Mud Shot, printed at 100 damage for 3 Energy — 33 damage per Energy card.

What is the retreat cost of Sandslash 69?

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

Can an older Sandslash 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 Sandslash evolve from?

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

Can Sandslash 69 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Standard and Expanded play, and it carries regulation mark I. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Sandslash 69 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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Sandslash 69 — what does this card actually do?

What does Sandslash 69 do in a game?

Sandslash 69 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Sandslash 69 at a glance

What do the attacks on Sandslash 69 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Sandslash 69 compare with every other card?

Is Sandslash 69 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Fighting card do for Sandslash 69?

What knocks out Sandslash 69 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Sandslash 69 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Sandslash 69?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Sandslash 69?

What was printed next to Sandslash 69 in Mega Evolution?

Which rules apply to Sandslash 69, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Sandslash 69 belong to?

Sandslash 69 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

Sandslash 69 card record

What does Sandslash 69 cost?

Sandslash 69 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Sandslash 69?

What is the strongest attack on Sandslash 69?

What is the retreat cost of Sandslash 69?

Can an older Sandslash print be played in a tournament?

What does Sandslash evolve from?

Can Sandslash 69 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Sandslash 69 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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