Tyranitar 12 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Tyranitar 12
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Hironobu Yoshida

This card has 100 HP and a top attack printed at 50 damage.

Darkness · Stage 2 · Neo Discovery · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Tyranitar 12 do in a game?

Tyranitar 12 is a Darkness Pokémon card with 100 HP, printed as Stage 2.

Its strongest attack, Trample, is printed at 50 damage for 4 Energy — 13 damage per Energy card.

Darkness Stage 2 Rare Holo Unlimited #248 Tyranitar

Tyranitar 12Neo Discovery

100 HP · Darkness · Stage 2 · retreat 3

Top printed damage5013 per Energy Trample50 damage for 4 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points100 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage5022.0% of 16,246 in the 40~60 band

Retreat cost3 Energy12.6% of 17,240 in the 3 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 13 · typical 34.7
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3

Price trackRare HoloNeo Discovery51 printsranked among Stage 2 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 2

RarityRare Holo

SetNeo Discovery

Card number12

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$450.00Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Turns of setup4 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Other prints of this name51 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line43 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #248 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Tyranitar 12 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Hit points — top 43.9% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 16.8%.

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 Tyranitar 12 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	56.1%	100 HP
Top printed damage	49.6%	50 damage
Energy efficiency	28.4%	13 per Energy
Retreat lightness	16.8%	3 Energy
Attack cost lightness	17.4%	3 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

3ESlam10 damage per Energy card · has printed text30damage
4ETrample13 damage per Energy card · has printed text50damage

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

Where it stands

No. 6,636of 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 6,636 at 100 HP.

Darkness cardsNo. 580of 1,248 by printed HP Stage 2 cardsNo. 1,502of 1,749 by printed HP

This cardTyranitar 12Neo Discovery100 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 280 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Tyranitar 12

Hit points 100 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 13 damage per Energy card against 34.7 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 3.
Legality 8 of the 44 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Tyranitar 12 at a glance

What it is. A Darkness Pokémon card with 100 HP printed as Stage 2, printed in Neo Discovery.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 50 damage for 4 Energy.
What it costs to move. 3 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 Tyranitar 12 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 4 Energy and returns 50 damage, which is 13 damage for every Energy card attached.

Tyranitar 12 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Slam	3 Colorless	3	30×	10	Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.
Trample	2 Darkness + 2 Colorless	4	50	13	For each Benched Pokémon in play (yours and your opponent's), flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Retreating costs a further 3 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Slam3 Energy cards

Trample4 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.

Slam 3 Energy30 damage for 3 Energy — 10 per Energy card30
Trample 4 Energy50 damage for 4 Energy — 13 per Energy card50

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (50).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

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

Slam is printed as 30×, so the printed number is multiplied — the attack deals that much for each thing the sentence beside it counts.

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How does Tyranitar 12 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.

Tyranitar 12 — Neo Discovery — TyranitarNeo Discovery 12

No.6,636by HP in the archive

Tyranitar 12 prints 100 HP, which puts it at number 6,636 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).

50% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 38%Where it sits on printed HP

This card100 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 2 card380 HP
Strongest Tyranitar printed190 HP

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

This card prints 100 HP, which is 26% 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 100 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

40~60 — this card22.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 50.

Cards in the 40~60 band typically have 101 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

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

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

228.6%4,926 cards

3 — this card12.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 3 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 3 typically have 150 HP and print 99 damage.

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

No. 1of 71

That is where Tyranitar 12 stands highest on HP — number 1 of 71 cards in Neo Discovery. 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. 6,636 of 17,290 by HP · No. 6,925 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 43% on damage
Darkness cards — 1,249 cards No. 580 of 1,248 by HP · No. 597 of 1,170 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gengar ex, 350

top 51% on damage
Stage 2 cards — 1,749 cards No. 1,502 of 1,749 by HP · No. 1,309 of 1,721 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 76% on damage
Neo Discovery — 75 cards No. 1 of 71 by HP · No. 3 of 64 by damage · top by HP: Tyranitar, 100

top 3% 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 100 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 100
Top printed damage 50 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 50

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

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,566 of 16,246 (22.0%)

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

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Tyranitar 12 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 50 damage attack that needs 4 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Tyranitar 12 — this card13.050 damage for 4 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically return 34.7 damage per Energy card. This card returns 13.

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
Tyranitar 12 — this card	13.0	50 damage for 4 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsSlam 30 / 3Trample 50 / 4

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Tyranitar 12.
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
Slam	—	10	—
Trample	—	13	—

This card, per Energy card

13 damage

Typical for a 3 Energy attack

34.7 damage

Difference

-21.7 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 50 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Darkness card do for Tyranitar 12?

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.

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

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

Darkness — this cardmost 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	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness — this card	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

What being a Darkness card is worth

No group in the archive most often prints a Darkness weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.

Every energy type in the archive

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

Tyranitar 12 is one print of Tyranitar. 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.

Tyranitar has been printed 51 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 Tyranitar cards ever printedPokédex #248Prints on record 51Toughest print 340 HPThis card 100 HP

51prints

Legal in Standard8Older prints, not in Standard43

Every Tyranitar 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 Tyranitar printed is 340 HP, and this card is 29.4% of it

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

Tyranitar ex 066/197the toughest Tyranitar ever printedPrize Pack Series Cards340 HP
Tyranitar 12against that record29.4% of the record100 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Tyranitar 12 can be?

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

The Tyranitar line, oldest stage firstPokédex #248

Larvitar18 prints on record · EX Emerald

+20 HP · +40 damage

Pupitar19 prints on record · Aquapolis

+100 HP · +180 damage

Tyranitar10 prints on record · Aquapolis

Larvitar → Pupitar → Tyranitar

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Pupitar.
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 248.

1LarvitarHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage70 HP
2PupitarHardest attack printed at this stage: 70 damage. Evolving here adds 20 HP over the stage before it90 HP
3TyranitarHardest attack printed at this stage: 250 damage. Evolving here adds 100 HP over the stage before it190 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (190 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 Tyranitar print, and can the older ones still be played?

51 prints carry this name in the archive, and 44 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 (340 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

44 rows are shown of the 51 prints counted under this name.

Tyranitar prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Tyranitar ex 066/197	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Tyranitar ex 211/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Tyranitar ex 064/131	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX 226/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX 245/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX 225/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX 126/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar-GX 223/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar-GX 203/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar-GX 121/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Tyranitar-EX 92/98	XY - Ancient Origins	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Tyranitar-EX 43/98	XY - Ancient Origins	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar V 155/163	SWSH05: Battle Styles	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar V 154/163	SWSH05: Battle Styles	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar V 158/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar V SWSH109	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar V 097/163	SWSH05: Battle Styles	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar 095/159	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Team Rocket's Tyranitar 096/182	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Tyranitar-EX 91/98	XY - Ancient Origins	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar 222/193	SV02: Paldea Evolved	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Tyranitar-EX 42/98	XY - Ancient Origins	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar 135/193	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Tyranitar 088/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar 043/078	Pokemon GO	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Tyranitar 87/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar 85/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar ex 111/115	EX Unseen Forces	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar XY130	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar 88/95	Unleashed	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar 056/124	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar ex 017/017	POP Series 1	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar ex δ 99/101	EX Dragon Frontiers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar 30/100	Stormfront	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar 17/123	Mysterious Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar 029/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar δ 16/113	EX Delta Species	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar H28/H32	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar 066/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar 040/147	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar 12/75	Neo Discovery	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Tyranitar 31/75	Neo Discovery	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Tyranitar 011/105	Neo Destiny	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shining Tyranitar 113/105	Neo Destiny	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

8 of the 44 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 Tyranitar 12?

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 Tyranitar 12
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Tyranitar	Expedition Base Set	120	50	4
Tyranitar	Aquapolis	120	60	3
Tyranitar	Expedition Base Set	120	50	4
Tyranitar	Aquapolis	120	60	3
Greninja	XY Black Star Promos	130	60	1
Tyranitar	Neo Discovery	100	50	3

This card itself is 100 HP, 50 top damage and 3 retreat, and every card here is Darkness 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 Tyranitar 12 in Neo Discovery?

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 #12 in Neo Discovery. 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 Tyranitar 12, 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 Tyranitar 12
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
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.

Tyranitar 12 — 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 June 1, 2001.

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Tyranitar 12 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, Trample, needs 4 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 4 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 13 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 3 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Pupitar has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 6,636 of 17,290

Darkness cardsNo. 580 of 1,248

Stage 2 cardsNo. 1,502 of 1,749

Neo DiscoveryNo. 1 of 71

What actually removes it

Going the other way, it removes 506 cards in one attack.
Damage from Psychic attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.

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Tyranitar 12 card record

Tyranitar 12 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	100 HP	Type	Darkness
Retreat cost	3 Energy	Evolves from	Pupitar
Card type	Stage 2	Pokédex number	#248
Set	Neo Discovery	Card number	12 of 75
Series	Neo	Released	June 1, 2001
Rarity	Rare Holo	Illustrator	Hironobu Yoshida
Tournament legality	Unlimited only

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

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What does Tyranitar 12 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

$450.00

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

Tyranitar 12 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Tyranitar 12 — frequently asked questions

What is the strongest attack on Tyranitar 12?

Trample, printed at 50 damage for 4 Energy — 13 damage per Energy card. For each Benched Pokémon in play (yours and your opponent's), flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

What is the retreat cost of Tyranitar 12?

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

What does the × after the damage on Slam mean?

It marks the damage as conditional: the printed figure is dealt once for each thing the sentence on the card counts. The full sentence is printed on the card and quoted in the attack table on this page — "Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads."

Can an older Tyranitar print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 44 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 Tyranitar evolve from?

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

Can Tyranitar 12 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 Tyranitar 12 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

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Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

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Tyranitar 12 — what does this card actually do?

What does Tyranitar 12 do in a game?

Tyranitar 12 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Tyranitar 12 at a glance

What do the attacks on Tyranitar 12 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Tyranitar 12 compare with every other card?

Is Tyranitar 12 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Darkness card do for Tyranitar 12?

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

What has to be in play before Tyranitar 12 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Tyranitar 12?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Tyranitar 12?

What was printed next to Tyranitar 12 in Neo Discovery?

Which rules apply to Tyranitar 12, and where can it be played?

Tyranitar 12 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

Tyranitar 12 card record

What does Tyranitar 12 cost?

Tyranitar 12 — frequently asked questions

What is the strongest attack on Tyranitar 12?

What is the retreat cost of Tyranitar 12?

What does the × after the damage on Slam mean?

Can an older Tyranitar print be played in a tournament?

What does Tyranitar evolve from?

Can Tyranitar 12 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Tyranitar 12 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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