Rayquaza ex 39 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Rayquaza ex 39
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Ryo Ueda

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

Colorless · Basic EX · Nintendo Black Star Promos · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Rayquaza ex 39 do in a game?

Rayquaza ex 39 is a Colorless Pokémon card with 100 HP, printed as Basic EX.

Its strongest attack, Twister, is printed at 50 damage for 3 Energy — 17 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Colorless weakness, any Colorless attack printed at 50 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Colorless Basic EX Promo Unlimited #384 Rayquaza

Rayquaza ex 39Nintendo Black Star Promos

100 HP · Colorless · Basic EX · retreat 1 · Colorless weakness ×2

Top printed damage5017 per Energy Twister50 damage for 3 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 cost1 Energy49.3% of 17,240 in the 1 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 17 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackPromoNintendo Black Star Promos69 printsranked among EX cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic EX

RarityPromo

SetNintendo Black Star Promos

Card number39

AbilityFrenzy

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$517.27Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by50 damage100 HP against a Colorless ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it860 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name69 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line49 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #384 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Rayquaza ex 39 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 5.6% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 41.4%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Rayquaza ex 39 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	56.1%	100 HP
Top printed damage	49.6%	50 damage
Energy efficiency	41.4%	17 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2EDragon Bind10 damage per Energy card · has printed text20damage
3ETwister17 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.

Colorless cardsNo. 693of 2,171 by printed HP EX cardsNo. 431of 438 by printed HP

This cardRayquaza ex 39Nintendo Black Star Promos100 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 Rayquaza ex 39

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 17 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Weakness A Colorless attack printed at 50 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 1 of the 50 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Rayquaza ex 39 at a glance

What it is. A Colorless Pokémon card with 100 HP printed as Basic EX, printed in Nintendo Black Star Promos.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 50 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Colorless weakness at ×2, which means 50 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 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 Rayquaza ex 39 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 50 damage, which is 17 damage for every Energy card attached.

Rayquaza ex 39 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Dragon Bind	2 Colorless	2	20	10	Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Twister	1 Fire + 1 Lightning + 1 Colorless	3	50	17	Flip 2 coins. If both are tails, this attack does nothing. For each heads, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.

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

Dragon Bind2 Energy cards

Twister3 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.

Dragon Bind 2 Energy20 damage for 2 Energy — 10 per Energy card20
Twister 3 Energy50 damage for 3 Energy — 17 per Energy card50

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

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How does Rayquaza ex 39 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.

Rayquaza ex 39 — Nintendo Black Star Promos — Rayquaza exNintendo Black Star Promos 39

No.6,636by HP in the archive

Rayquaza ex 39 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 EX card250 HP
Strongest Rayquaza ex printed100 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

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. 5of 36

That is where Rayquaza ex 39 stands highest on HP — number 5 of 36 cards in Nintendo Black Star Promos. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 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
Colorless cards — 2,173 cards No. 693 of 2,171 by HP · No. 724 of 2,018 by damage · top by HP: Slaking ex, 340

top 36% on damage
EX cards — 438 cards No. 431 of 438 by HP · No. 355 of 424 by damage · top by HP: Wailord-EX, 250

top 84% on damage
Nintendo Black Star Promos — 40 cards No. 5 of 36 by HP · No. 7 of 35 by damage · top by HP: Groudon ex, 120

top 17% 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 EX

438 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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What Rayquaza ex 39 does without attacking

Rayquaza ex 39 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.

Frenzy — Poké-Body

As long as your opponent has Kyogre, Kyogre ex, Groudon, or Groudon ex in play, Rayquaza ex's attacks do 40 damage to the Defending 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.

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Is Rayquaza ex 39 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 50 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

Rayquaza ex 39 — this card17.050 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 17.

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
Rayquaza ex 39 — this card	17.0	50 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsDragon Bind 20 / 2Twister 50 / 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 Rayquaza ex 39.
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
Dragon Bind	—	10	—
Twister	—	17	—

This card, per Energy card

17 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

-15.5 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 50 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Rayquaza ex 39 strong for a EX card?

EX cards are built large to begin with, so measuring this one against the whole archive mixes up what the mechanic gives it with what the card itself gives it. Measured inside its own group, the two come apart.

Hit points100 HPtypical for the group is 179 HP — this card is 44% below

Top printed damage50 damagetypical for the group is 99 damage — this card is 49% below

Retreat cost1 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 50% below

The group is every EX card in the archive — 438 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.

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What does being a Colorless card do for Rayquaza ex 39?

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 2,173 Colorless cards carry that type A Colorless attack printed at 50 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Rayquaza ex 39 · Basic EX 100 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 50 damage.

Takes double from this card — no group most often prints a Colorless weakness This type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.

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

Colorless — this cardmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

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

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

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless — this card	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Colorlessweak to Colorless

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

What being a Colorless card is worth

No group in the archive most often prints a Colorless weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule. Going the other way, Colorless cards are themselves most exposed to Colorless.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Rayquaza ex 39 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Colorless attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 50 printed damage rather than 100.

Cards that remove it in one attack

860

Cards it removes in one attack

Colorless damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 100 HP against a Colorless weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackGumshoosMega Evolution 11050 damage

×2Colorless weakness · 50 printed damage is enough
50 damage becomes 100 against this card

This cardRayquaza ex 39Nintendo Black Star Promos 39100 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 851 cards in the archive that can remove Rayquaza ex 39 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 50 printed damage against a bar of 50. 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.

Rayquaza exweak to Colorless ×2

Rayquaza exresists Water -30

Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.

What the Water resistance changes

Damage from Water attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack printed high enough to knock this card out on paper may not do it. Resistance is a flat subtraction, not a multiplier — it does not scale with the attack.

Colorless cards that remove Rayquaza ex in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Slaking ex (147)	Surging Sparks	340	280	560
Slaking ex (227)	Surging Sparks	340	280	560
Slaking V (77)	Pokémon GO	230	260	520
Lugia (132)	Vivid Voltage	130	250	500
Lugia (SWSH069)	SWSH Black Star Promos	130	250	500
Slaking (162)	Paldea Evolved	180	240	480

100 HP against a Colorless ×2 weakness means any Colorless attack printed at 50 damage or more is enough. 860 cards in the archive clear that bar.

100 HP Rayquaza [20]

100 HP Rayquaza [SL10]

100 HP Rayquaza [14]

100 HP Dragonite δ [3]

100 HP Altaria ex δ [90]

100 HP Latios ex [94]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

71 cards in the archive are weak to Colorless 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 Rayquaza as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Rayquaza ex 39 is one print of Rayquaza. 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.

Rayquaza has been printed 69 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 Rayquaza cards ever printedPokédex #384Prints on record 69Toughest print 320 HPThis card 100 HP

69prints

Legal in Standard1Older prints, not in Standard68

Every Rayquaza 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 Rayquaza printed is 320 HP, and this card is 31.3% of it

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

Rayquaza VMAX 218/203the toughest Rayquaza ever printedSWSH07: Evolving Skies320 HP
Rayquaza ex 39against that record31.3% of the record100 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Rayquaza ex 39 can be?

Rayquaza ex evolves from an earlier stage, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Rayquaza line, oldest stage firstPokédex #384

Rayquaza15 prints on record · Dragons Exalted

Rayquaza ex8 prints on record · EX Deoxys

Rayquaza → Rayquaza ex

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 384.

1RayquazaHardest attack printed at this stage: 150 damage130 HP
2Rayquaza exHardest attack printed at this stage: 50 damage100 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (130 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 Rayquaza print, and can the older ones still be played?

69 prints carry this name in the archive, and 50 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 (320 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

50 rows are shown of the 69 prints counted under this name.

Rayquaza prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Rayquaza VMAX 218/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza VMAX 111/203	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza VMAX TG20/TG30	SWSH12: Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza VMAX 217/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza VMAX TG29/TG30	SWSH12: Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza VMAX 102/159	SWSH: Crown Zenith	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza VMAX 101/159	SWSH: Crown Zenith	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
M Rayquaza-EX 61/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Rayquaza-EX 98/98	XY - Ancient Origins	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Rayquaza-EX 105/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Rayquaza-EX 76/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Rayquaza-EX 76/108	Celebrations: Classic Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza V 194/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza V 193/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza V 110/203	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza V SWSH147	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza V 100/159	Jumbo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza-GX 177/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza-GX 160/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza-EX XY73	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza-GX 109/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza-EX 60/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza-EX 123/124	Dragons Exalted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza-EX 104/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza-EX BW47	Black and White Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza-EX 75/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza-EX 85/124	Dragons Exalted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza & Deoxys LEGEND 89/90	Undaunted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza 128/124	Dragons Exalted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza C LV.X DP47	Diamond and Pearl Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza C LV.X 146	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shining Rayquaza 56/73	Shining Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza 011/020	Blister Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza 93/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza XY64	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza XY141	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza 138/185	SWSH04: Vivid Voltage	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza 106/145	SM - Guardians Rising	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza 153/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Rayquaza ex 102/107	EX Deoxys	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza SL10	Call of Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza 20/95	Call of Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza ex 039	Nintendo Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza 14/146	Legends Awakened	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza C 008/147	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza δ 13/113	EX Delta Species	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza 9/106	EX Emerald	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza δ 26/110	EX Holon Phantoms	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza δ 16/110	EX Holon Phantoms	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rayquaza 003/017	POP Series 1	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

1 of the 50 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 Rayquaza ex 39?

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 Rayquaza ex 39
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Shaymin-EX	Roaring Skies	110	30	1
Shaymin-EX	Roaring Skies	110	30	1
Shaymin-EX	Roaring Skies	110	30	1

This card itself is 100 HP, 50 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Colorless 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 Rayquaza ex 39 in Nintendo Black Star Promos?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Zapdos ex 33 — Nintendo Black Star Promos

100 Zapdos ex [33]

Typhlosion 34 — Nintendo Black Star Promos

110 Typhlosion [34]

Pikachu δ 35 — Nintendo Black Star Promos

40 Pikachu δ [35]

Tropical Tidal Wave [36]

Kyogre ex 37 — Nintendo Black Star Promos

100 Kyogre ex [37]

Groudon ex 38 — Nintendo Black Star Promos

100 Groudon ex [38]

50 Mew [40]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #39 in Nintendo Black Star Promos. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Rayquaza ex 39, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

The rule printed on this card

“When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.”

Prize cards your opponent takes when it is knocked out

Every knockout carries the opponent 2 steps closer to winning, and that is the cost of putting this card on the field whatever it cost to buy.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Rayquaza ex 39
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.

Rayquaza ex 39 — 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 October 1, 2003.

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Rayquaza ex 39 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, Twister, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 17 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

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

Colorless cardsNo. 693 of 2,171

EX cardsNo. 431 of 438

Nintendo Black Star PromosNo. 5 of 36

What actually removes it

A Colorless attack printed at 50 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 100 HP.
860 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 71 cards in one attack.
Damage from Water attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.

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Rayquaza ex 39 card record

Rayquaza ex 39 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	100 HP	Type	Colorless
Weakness	Colorless ×2	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Card type	Basic EX	Pokédex number	#384
Set	Nintendo Black Star Promos	Card number	39 of 40
Series	NP	Released	October 1, 2003
Rarity	Promo	Illustrator	Ryo Ueda
Tournament legality	Unlimited only
Printed rule	When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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

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What does Rayquaza ex 39 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

$517.27

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Rayquaza ex 39 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Rayquaza ex 39 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Rayquaza ex 39?

Rayquaza ex 39 has 100 HP and a Colorless weakness at ×2, so a Colorless attack printed at 50 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 100.

What is the strongest attack on Rayquaza ex 39?

Twister, printed at 50 damage for 3 Energy — 17 damage per Energy card. Flip 2 coins. If both are tails, this attack does nothing. For each heads, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.

What is the retreat cost of Rayquaza ex 39?

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

Can an older Rayquaza print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 50 prints listed on this page, 1 is 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.

Can Rayquaza ex 39 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited play. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

What does the rule on Rayquaza ex 39 mean?

The card reads “When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.” That sentence is printed on the card itself, so it applies wherever the card is played.

Does this page say how good Rayquaza ex 39 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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Rayquaza ex 39 — what does this card actually do?

What does Rayquaza ex 39 do in a game?

Rayquaza ex 39 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Rayquaza ex 39 at a glance

What do the attacks on Rayquaza ex 39 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Rayquaza ex 39 compare with every other card?

What Rayquaza ex 39 does without attacking

Is Rayquaza ex 39 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Rayquaza ex 39 strong for a EX card?

What does being a Colorless card do for Rayquaza ex 39?

What knocks out Rayquaza ex 39 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Rayquaza ex 39 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Rayquaza ex 39?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Rayquaza ex 39?

What was printed next to Rayquaza ex 39 in Nintendo Black Star Promos?

Which rules apply to Rayquaza ex 39, and where can it be played?

Rayquaza ex 39 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

Rayquaza ex 39 card record

What does Rayquaza ex 39 cost?

Rayquaza ex 39 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Rayquaza ex 39?

What is the strongest attack on Rayquaza ex 39?

What is the retreat cost of Rayquaza ex 39?

Can an older Rayquaza print be played in a tournament?

Can Rayquaza ex 39 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Rayquaza ex 39 mean?

Does this page say how good Rayquaza ex 39 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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