Ampharos 90 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Ampharos 90
Brand: Pokémon
Author: saino misaki

This card has 160 HP, a top attack printed at 140 damage and a Fighting weakness.

Lightning · Stage 2 · Chaos Rising · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Ampharos 90 do in a game?

Ampharos 90 is a Lightning Pokémon card with 160 HP, printed as Stage 2.

Its strongest attack, Flashing Bolt, is printed at 140 damage for 2 Energy — 70 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Fighting weakness, any Fighting attack printed at 80 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Lightning Stage 2 Illustration Rare (IR)Regulation J Standard and Unlimited and Expanded #181 Ampharos

Ampharos 90Chaos Rising

160 HP · Lightning · Stage 2 · retreat 2 · Fighting weakness ×2

Top printed damage14070 per Energy Flashing Bolt140 damage for 2 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points160 HP15.5% of 17,290 in the 130~180 band

Printed damage1409.0% of 16,246 in the 130~180 band

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

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 70 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackIllustration Rare (IR)Chaos Rising42 printsranked among Stage 2 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 2

Regulation markJ

RarityIllustration Rare (IR)

SetChaos Rising

Card number90

AbilitySynchro Pulse

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$7.53Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by80 damage160 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness Turns of setup2 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it655 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name42 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line35 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #181 Where it can be playedStandard and Unlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Ampharos 90 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Energy efficiency — top 3.0% 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 Ampharos 90 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	81.7%	160 HP
Top printed damage	89.0%	140 damage
Energy efficiency	97.0%	70 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2EFlashing Bolt70 damage per Energy card · has printed text140damage

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

Where it stands

No. 2,895of 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 2,895 at 160 HP.

Lightning cardsNo. 263of 1,520 by printed HP Stage 2 cardsNo. 455of 1,749 by printed HP

This cardAmpharos 90Chaos Rising160 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 220 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Ampharos 90

Hit points 160 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 70 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Weakness A Fighting attack printed at 80 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 4 of the 36 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Ampharos 90 at a glance

What it is. A Lightning Pokémon card with 160 HP printed as Stage 2, printed in Chaos Rising.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 140 damage for 2 Energy.
What it fears. A Fighting weakness at ×2, which means 80 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. Standard and Unlimited and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark J.
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 Ampharos 90 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 140 damage, which is 70 damage for every Energy card attached.

Ampharos 90 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Flashing Bolt	1 Lightning + 1 Colorless	2	140	70	During your next turn, this Pokémon can't use Flashing Bolt.

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

Flashing Bolt2 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.

Flashing Bolt 2 Energy140 damage for 2 Energy — 70 per Energy card140

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (140).

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How does Ampharos 90 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.

Ampharos 90 — Chaos Rising — AmpharosChaos Rising 90

No.2,895by HP in the archive

Ampharos 90 prints 160 HP, which puts it at number 2,895 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).

89% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 17%Where it sits on printed HP

This card160 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 2 card380 HP
Strongest Ampharos printed160 HP

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

This card prints 160 HP, which is 42% 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 160 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

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~180 — this card9.0%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 140.

Cards in the 130~180 band typically have 198 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	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180 — this card	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. 2,895of 17,290

That is where Ampharos 90 stands highest on HP — number 2,895 of 17,290 cards in Every card in the archive. 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. 2,895 of 17,290 by HP · No. 1,631 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 10% on damage
Lightning cards — 1,520 cards No. 263 of 1,520 by HP · No. 201 of 1,461 by damage · top by HP: Mega Eelektross ex, 350

top 14% on damage
Stage 2 cards — 1,749 cards No. 455 of 1,749 by HP · No. 381 of 1,721 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 22% on damage
Chaos Rising — 122 cards No. 26 of 97 by HP · No. 15 of 90 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gallade ex, 350

top 16% 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 160 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 160
Top printed damage 140 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 140

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

1,461 of 16,246 (9.0%)

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 Ampharos 90 does without attacking

Ampharos 90 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

None

Read from the printed text quoted below, not counted anywhere else.

Synchro Pulse — Ability

If you have the same number of cards in your hand as your opponent, attacks used by this Pokémon do 80 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

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.

Every card mechanic in the archive

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Is Ampharos 90 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 140 damage attack that needs 2 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

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

Ampharos 90 — this card70.0140 damage for 2 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 70.

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
Ampharos 90 — this card	70.0	140 damage for 2 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsFlashing Bolt 140 / 2

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 Ampharos 90.
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
Flashing Bolt	—	70	—

This card, per Energy card

70 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

+37.5 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 140 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Lightning card do for Ampharos 90?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,884 Fighting cards carry that type A Fighting attack printed at 80 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Ampharos 90 · Stage 2 160 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 140 damage.

Takes double from this card 2,435 cards in groups that print a Lightning weakness Against Water, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightning — this cardmost 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	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning — this card	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

Lightningweak to Fighting

Waterweak to Lightning

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

What being a Lightning card is worth

Groups that most often print a Lightning weakness: Water (2,435 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Lightning cards are themselves most exposed to Fighting.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Ampharos 90 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Fighting attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 80 printed damage rather than 160.

Cards that remove it in one attack

655

Cards it removes in one attack

2,323

Fighting damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 160 HP against a Fighting weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackOkidogiAscended Heroes 12280 damage

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

This cardAmpharos 90Chaos Rising 90160 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 651 cards in the archive that can remove Ampharos 90 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 80 printed damage against a bar of 80. 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.

Ampharosweak to Fighting ×2

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

Fighting cards that remove Ampharos in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mega Lucario ex (77)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (160)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (179)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (188)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (113)	Ascended Heroes	340	270	540
Toxtricity ex (100)	Paradox Rift	260	270	540

160 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness means any Fighting attack printed at 80 damage or more is enough. 655 cards in the archive clear that bar.

280 HP Yanmega ex [3]

280 HP Yanmega ex [206]

280 HP Yanmega ex [228]

280 HP Pidgeot ex [164]

280 HP Pidgeot ex [217]

280 HP Pidgeot ex [225]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

2,323 cards in the archive are weak to Lightning 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 Ampharos as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Ampharos 90 is one print of Ampharos. 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.

Ampharos has been printed 42 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 Ampharos cards ever printedPokédex #181Prints on record 42Toughest print 240 HPThis card 160 HP

42prints

Legal in Standard4Older prints, not in Standard38

Every Ampharos 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 Ampharos printed is 240 HP, and this card is 66.7% of it

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

Ampharos-GX 185/181the toughest Ampharos ever printedSM - Team Up240 HP
Ampharos 90against that record66.7% of the record160 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Ampharos 90 can be?

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

The Ampharos line, oldest stage firstPokédex #181

Mareep23 prints on record · Expedition

+30 HP · +40 damage

Flaaffy22 prints on record · POP Series 7

+60 HP · +60 damage

Ampharos17 prints on record · Neo Revelation

Mareep → Flaaffy → Ampharos

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Flaaffy.
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 181.

1MareepHardest attack printed at this stage: 40 damage70 HP
2FlaaffyHardest attack printed at this stage: 80 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it100 HP
3AmpharosHardest attack printed at this stage: 140 damage. Evolving here adds 60 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 Ampharos print, and can the older ones still be played?

42 prints carry this name in the archive, and 36 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 (240 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

36 rows are shown of the 42 prints counted under this name.

Ampharos prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Ampharos-GX 185/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos-GX 163/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos-GX 43/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Ampharos-EX 88/98	XY - Ancient Origins	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Ampharos-EX 28/98	XY - Ancient Origins	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos V 171/185	SWSH04: Vivid Voltage	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos V 049/185	SWSH04: Vivid Voltage	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos-EX 87/98	XY - Ancient Origins	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos-EX 27/98	XY - Ancient Origins	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos 090/086	ME04: Chaos Rising	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Ampharos 109	Battle Academy 2024	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Ampharos 029/086	Deck Exclusives	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Ampharos 049/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos ex 89/97	EX Dragon	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos 78/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos 057/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos 056/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos 105/123	HeartGold SoulSilver	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos BW67	Black and White Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos 040/124	Blister Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos 40/114	XY - Steam Siege	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Rocket's Ampharos 074/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Ampharos 1/132	Secret Wonders	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos 1/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos 001/017	POP Series 7	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos δ 1/101	EX Dragon Frontiers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos 1/115	EX Unseen Forces	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Ampharos 2/109	EX Team Rocket Returns	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos 14/123	HeartGold SoulSilver	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos 23/95	Call of Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos 002/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos 001/147	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos 034/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos 01/64	Neo Revelation	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Ampharos 001/111	Neo Genesis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Ampharos 001/105	Neo Destiny	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

4 of the 36 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 Ampharos 90?

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 Ampharos 90
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Ampharos ex	Dragon	150	40	3
Tyranitar ex δ	Dragon Frontiers	150	70	3
Feraligatr δ	Dragon Frontiers	120	60	2
Ampharos	Unseen Forces	120	50	2
Luxray	SWSH Black Star Promos	160	120	1
Ampharos	HeartGold & SoulSilver	140	40	2

This card itself is 160 HP, 140 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Lightning 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 Ampharos 90 in Chaos Rising?

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.

Bubbly Water Energy [84]

Magnetic Metal Energy [85]

Nitro Fire Energy [86]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #90 in Chaos Rising. 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 Ampharos 90, 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 Ampharos 90
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.

Ampharos 90 — 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 Standard and Unlimited and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark J, printed next to the card number. It was released on May 22, 2026.

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Which generation of cards does Ampharos 90 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 Itypically 134 HP · 80 damage14.8%1,215 cards

Mark J — this cardtypically 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	14.8%	1,215 cards
Mark J — this card	5.1%	419 cards

This card

Mark J

Cards sharing that mark

419

Typical HP for the mark

148 (this card 160)

Typical damage for the mark

86 (this card 140)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Ampharos 90 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, Flashing Bolt, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 70 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 — Flaaffy has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 2,895 of 17,290

Lightning cardsNo. 263 of 1,520

Stage 2 cardsNo. 455 of 1,749

Chaos RisingNo. 26 of 97

What actually removes it

A Fighting attack printed at 80 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 160 HP.
655 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 2,323 cards in one attack.

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Ampharos 90 card record

Ampharos 90 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	160 HP	Type	Lightning
Weakness	Fighting ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Evolves from	Flaaffy	Card type	Stage 2
Regulation mark	Mark J	Pokédex number	#181
Set	Chaos Rising	Card number	90 of 86
Series	Mega Evolution	Released	May 22, 2026
Rarity	Illustration Rare (IR)	Illustrator	saino misaki
Tournament legality	Standard and Unlimited and Expanded only

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

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What does Ampharos 90 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

$7.53

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

Ampharos 90 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Ampharos 90 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Ampharos 90?

Ampharos 90 has 160 HP and a Fighting weakness at ×2, so a Fighting attack printed at 80 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 160.

What is the strongest attack on Ampharos 90?

Flashing Bolt, printed at 140 damage for 2 Energy — 70 damage per Energy card. During your next turn, this Pokémon can't use Flashing Bolt.

What is the retreat cost of Ampharos 90?

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

Can an older Ampharos print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 36 prints listed on this page, 4 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 Ampharos evolve from?

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

Can Ampharos 90 be played in a tournament?

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

Does this page say how good Ampharos 90 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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Ampharos 90 — what does this card actually do?

What does Ampharos 90 do in a game?

Ampharos 90 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Ampharos 90 at a glance

What do the attacks on Ampharos 90 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Ampharos 90 compare with every other card?

What Ampharos 90 does without attacking

Is Ampharos 90 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Lightning card do for Ampharos 90?

What knocks out Ampharos 90 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Ampharos 90 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Ampharos 90?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Ampharos 90?

What was printed next to Ampharos 90 in Chaos Rising?

Which rules apply to Ampharos 90, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Ampharos 90 belong to?

Ampharos 90 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

Ampharos 90 card record

What does Ampharos 90 cost?

Ampharos 90 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Ampharos 90?

What is the strongest attack on Ampharos 90?

What is the retreat cost of Ampharos 90?

Can an older Ampharos print be played in a tournament?

What does Ampharos evolve from?

Can Ampharos 90 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Ampharos 90 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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