Honchkrow G 77 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 80 HP and a Lightning weakness.
Darkness · Basic SP · Platinum · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Honchkrow G 77 do in a game?
Honchkrow G 77 is a Darkness Pokémon card with 80 HP, printed as Basic SP.
Because of the Lightning weakness, any Lightning attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Honchkrow G 77Platinum
Honchkrow G 77 performance summary
80 HP · Darkness · Basic SP · retreat 1 · Lightning weakness ×2
Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 0.1% of the archive. Weakest on Hit points — bottom 38.6%.
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.
| Measure | Percentile | Printed value |
|---|---|---|
| Hit points | 38.6% | 80 HP |
| Retreat lightness | 94.4% | 1 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 100.0% | 0 Energy |
2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.
Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 9,046 at 80 HP.
Honchkrow G 7780 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 300 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Honchkrow G 77
- Hit points 80 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Weakness A Lightning attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Honchkrow G 77 at a glance
- What it is. A Darkness Pokémon card with 80 HP printed as Basic SP, printed in Platinum.
- What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 0 damage for 0 Energy.
- What it fears. A Lightning weakness at ×2, which means 40 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.
What do the attacks on Honchkrow G 77 cost, and what do they hit for?
Every attack printed on the card, with the Energy it asks for.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honcho's Command | No Energy | 0 | — | — | Search your deck for up to 2 in any combination of Stadium cards or Trainer cards that has Team Galactic's Invention in its name, show them to your opponent, and put them into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. |
| Target Attack | 1 Darkness + 1 Colorless | 2 | — | — | Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. If that Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) |
Retreating costs a further 1 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.
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.
Back to summaryHow does Honchkrow G 77 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.
The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.
This card prints 80 HP, which is 21% 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.
17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 80 HP.
Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.
| 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 |
17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 0 Energy.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 0 typically have 84 HP and print 45 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 — this card | 1.8% | 304 cards |
| 1 | 54.4% | 9,392 cards |
| 2 | 26.4% | 4,565 cards |
| 3 | 14.7% | 2,533 cards |
| 4 | 2.4% | 421 cards |
| 5 | 0.3% | 47 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.
| 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 |
That is where Honchkrow G 77 stands highest on HP — number 55 of 117 cards in Platinum. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 80 HP
middle half 60–130 HP
- 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.
Open the group this card falls into
Back to summaryIs Honchkrow G 77 strong for a SP card?
SP 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.
The group is every SP card in the archive — 105 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.
What does being a Darkness card do for Honchkrow G 77?
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.
17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.
| 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 |
Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Darkness weakness.
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. Going the other way, Darkness cards are themselves most exposed to Lightning.
What knocks out Honchkrow G 77 in one hit, and what does it knock out?
Weakness doubles the damage a Lightning attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 40 printed damage rather than 80.
Flaaffy40 damage40 damage becomes 80 against this card
Honchkrow G 7780 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 871 cards in the archive that can remove Honchkrow G 77 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 40 printed damage against a bar of 40. 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.
Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.
What the Fighting resistance changes
Damage from Fighting 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.
| Card | Set | HP | Printed damage | After weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pikachu ex (57) | Ascended Heroes | 200 | 300 | 600 |
| Pikachu ex (277) | Ascended Heroes | 200 | 300 | 600 |
| Pikachu ex (57) | Surging Sparks | 200 | 300 | 600 |
| Pikachu ex (219) | Surging Sparks | 200 | 300 | 600 |
| Pikachu ex (238) | Surging Sparks | 200 | 300 | 600 |
| Pikachu ex (247) | Surging Sparks | 200 | 300 | 600 |
80 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness means any Lightning attack printed at 40 damage or more is enough. 877 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Honchkrow G 77?
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.
110
Honchkrow LV.X [132]
200
Honchkrow V [162]
210
Honchkrow-GX [223]
90
Honchkrow [15]
90
Honchkrow [10]
210
Honchkrow-GX [202]
90
Honchkrow [29]
110
Honchkrow [130]
90
Honchkrow [16]
210
Honchkrow-GX [109]
200
Honchkrow V [161]
130
Team Rocket's Honchkrow [127]
110
Honchkrow [73]
100
Honchkrow [52]
200
Honchkrow V [88]
110
Honchkrow [79]
110
Honchkrow [72]
120
Honchkrow [107]
130
Honchkrow [94]
130
Honchkrow [132]
130
Honchkrow [58]
120
Honchkrow [115]
22 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number. The badge on each card is its printed HP, the figure under the name is its hardest printed attack, and the name sits under the picture. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
What was printed next to Honchkrow G 77 in Platinum?
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.
60
Combee [71]
50
Diglett [72]
60
Dunsparce [73]
50
Electrike [74]
60
Grimer [75]
60
Happiny [76]
60
Kricketot [78]
80
Lapras [79]
90
Lickitung [80]
50
Lotad [81]
60
Mareep [82]
50
Misdreavus [83]
These are the cards numbered either side of #77 in Platinum. 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.
Which rules apply to Honchkrow G 77, 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.
| 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% |
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.
| Format | Status | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Expanded | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Unlimited | Legal | Can be played in this format |
Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.
Where this card can be played
This card is legal in Unlimited play. It was released on February 11, 2009.
Honchkrow G 77 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.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- A Lightning attack printed at 40 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 80 HP.
- 877 cards in the archive clear that bar.
- Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.
Honchkrow G 77 card record
| Hit points | 80 HP | Type | Darkness |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Lightning ×2 | Retreat cost | 1 Energy |
| Card type | Basic SP | Pokédex number | #430 |
| Set | Platinum | Card number | 77 of 127 |
| Series | Platinum | Released | February 11, 2009 |
| Rarity | Common | Illustrator | Yusuke Ishikawa |
| Tournament legality | Unlimited only | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Honchkrow G 77 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Honchkrow G 77 — frequently asked questions
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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.
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