Floatzel GL 4 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 80 HP, a top attack printed at 50 damage and a Lightning weakness.
Water · Basic SP · Rising Rivals · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Floatzel GL 4 do in a game?
Floatzel GL 4 is a Water Pokémon card with 80 HP, printed as Basic SP.
Its strongest attack, Giant Wave, is printed at 50 damage for 2 Energy — 25 damage per Energy card.
Because of the Lightning weakness, any Lightning attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Floatzel GL 4Rising Rivals
Floatzel GL 4 performance summary
80 HP · Water · Basic SP · retreat 1 · Lightning weakness ×2
as of July 28, 2026
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 |
| Top printed damage | 49.6% | 50 damage |
| Energy efficiency | 60.6% | 25 per Energy |
| 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.
Floatzel GL 480 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 300 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Floatzel GL 4
- 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.
Floatzel GL 4 at a glance
- What it is. A Water Pokémon card with 80 HP printed as Basic SP, printed in Rising Rivals.
- What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 50 damage for 2 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 Floatzel GL 4 cost, and what do they hit for?
The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 50 damage, which is 25 damage for every Energy card attached.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incite | No Energy | 0 | — | — | Search your discard pile for up to 2 Supporter cards, show them to your opponent, and put them into your hand. |
| Giant Wave | 2 Water | 2 | 50 | 25 | Floatzel GL can't use Giant Wave during your next turn. |
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.
How does Floatzel GL 4 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 |
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.
| 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 |
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 Floatzel GL 4 stands highest on HP — number 45 of 104 cards in Rising Rivals. 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 - Top printed damage 50 damage
middle half 20–90 damage
- 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 Floatzel GL 4 efficient for the Energy it asks for?
Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 50 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.
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.
| 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 |
| Floatzel GL 4 — this card | 25.0 | 50 damage for 2 Energy |
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.
| 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 |
| Giant Wave | — | 25 | — |
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.
Is Floatzel GL 4 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 Water card do for Floatzel GL 4?
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 — this card | 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 | 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 Water weakness.
What being a Water card is worth
Groups that most often print a Water weakness: Fire (1,574 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Water cards are themselves most exposed to Lightning.
What knocks out Floatzel GL 4 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
Floatzel GL 480 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 871 cards in the archive that can remove Floatzel GL 4 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 weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.
| 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.
100 HP
Arcanine [23]
100 HP
Arcanine [33]
100 HP
Arcanine [36]
100 HP
Pignite [17]
100 HP
Pignite [18]
100 HP
Volcarona [13]
958 cards in the archive are weak to Water 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.
What is Floatzel GL as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?
Floatzel GL 4 is one print of Floatzel GL. 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.
Is this the strongest Floatzel GL print, and can the older ones still be played?
2 prints carry this name in the archive. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.
| Set | Regulation mark | Standard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floatzel GL LV.X 104/111 | Rising Rivals | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Floatzel GL 4/111 | Rising Rivals | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
0 of the 2 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.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Floatzel GL 4?
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.
100
Floatzel GL LV.X [104]
80
Floatzel [16]
90
Floatzel [26]
80
Floatzel [37]
70
Floatzel [58]
90
Floatzel [33]
90
Floatzel [29]
100
Floatzel [36]
100
Floatzel [23]
120
Floatzel [58]
110
Floatzel [23]
120
Floatzel [47]
110
Floatzel [39]
110
Floatzel [49]
14 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 Floatzel GL 4 in Rising Rivals?
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.
100
Arcanine [1]
70
Fan Rotom [RT1]
90
Bastiodon GL [2]
90
Frost Rotom [RT2]
90
Darkrai G [3]
80
Heat Rotom [RT3]
90
Mow Rotom [RT4]
120
Flygon [5]
90
Wash Rotom [RT5]
70
Froslass GL [6]
Charon's Choice [RT6]
60
Jirachi [7]
These are the cards numbered either side of #4 in Rising Rivals. 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 Floatzel GL 4, 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 May 16, 2009.
Floatzel GL 4 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, Giant Wave, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
- That works out at 25 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
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.
- Going the other way, it removes 958 cards in one attack.
Floatzel GL 4 card record
| Hit points | 80 HP | Type | Water |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Lightning ×2 | Retreat cost | 1 Energy |
| Card type | Basic SP | Pokédex number | #419 |
| Set | Rising Rivals | Card number | 4 of 111 |
| Series | Platinum | Released | May 16, 2009 |
| Rarity | Rare Holo | Illustrator | Midori Harada |
| Tournament legality | Unlimited only | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Floatzel GL 4 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Floatzel GL 4 — frequently asked questions
How much damage does it take to knock out Floatzel GL 4?
What is the strongest attack on Floatzel GL 4?
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Can an older Floatzel GL print be played in a tournament?
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Does this page say how good Floatzel GL 4 is in a deck?
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.
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