Nincada 117 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 40 HP and a Fire weakness.
Grass · Basic · Supreme Victors · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Nincada 117 do in a game?
Nincada 117 is a Grass Pokémon card with 40 HP, printed as Basic.
Nincada 117Supreme Victors
Nincada 117 performance summary
40 HP · Grass · Basic · retreat 1 · Fire weakness +10
Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Hit points — bottom 1.3%.
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 | 1.3% | 40 HP |
| Retreat lightness | 94.4% | 1 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 98.2% | 1 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 16,429 at 40 HP.
Nincada 11740 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 340 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Nincada 117
- Hit points 40 HP puts it in the ~70 band, where 38.6% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Legality 1 of the 11 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.
Nincada 117 at a glance
- What it is. A Grass Pokémon card with 40 HP printed as Basic, printed in Supreme Victors.
- What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 0 damage for 0 Energy.
- What it fears. A Fire weakness at +10.
- 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 Nincada 117 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call for Family | 1 Colorless | 1 | — | — | Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. |
| Dash Attack | 1 Colorless | 1 | — | — | Choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. This attack does 10 damage to that Pokémon. (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 Nincada 117 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 40 HP, which is 11% 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 40 HP.
Cards in the ~70 band typically print 23 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 — this card | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 | 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 1 Energy.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1.8% | 304 cards |
| 1 — this card | 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 Nincada 117 stands highest on HP — number 2,192 of 2,387 cards in Grass cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 40 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 summaryWhat does being a Grass card do for Nincada 117?
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 — this card | 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 Grass weakness.
What being a Grass card is worth
Groups that most often print a Grass weakness: Fighting (1,884 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Grass cards are themselves most exposed to Fire.
What knocks out Nincada 117 in one hit, and what does it knock out?
The weakness printed on the card decides which attacks are enough to remove it in one turn.
Litleo30 damage30 damage becomes 40 against this card
Nincada 11740 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 1,191 cards in the archive that can remove Nincada 117 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 30 printed damage against a bar of 30. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charizard ex (183) | 151 | 330 | 330 | 330 |
| Charizard ex (199) | 151 | 330 | 330 | 330 |
| Charizard ex (161) | Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos | 330 | 330 | 330 |
| Mega Emboar ex (31) | Ascended Heroes | 380 | 320 | 320 |
| Mega Emboar ex (273) | Ascended Heroes | 380 | 320 | 320 |
| Charizard VSTAR (19) | Crown Zenith | 280 | 320 | 320 |
What is Nincada as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?
Nincada 117 is one print of Nincada. 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.
Every Nincada 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.
Back to summaryWhat has to be in play before Nincada 117 can be?
Nincada evolves from an earlier stage, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.
- It is not the end of the line either — Ninjask evolves from this card, so a deck can keep going past it.
- The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.
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.
Is this the strongest Nincada print, and can the older ones still be played?
11 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.
Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.
| Set | Regulation mark | Standard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nincada 67/107 | EX Deoxys | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nincada 68/97 | EX Dragon | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nincada 67/97 | EX Dragon | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nincada 016/132 | ME01: Mega Evolution | Mark I | Legal in Standard |
| Nincada 66/97 | EX Dragon | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nincada 108/146 | Legends Awakened | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nincada 10/124 | Dragons Exalted | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nincada 117 | Supreme Victors | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nincada 9/108 | XY - Roaring Skies | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nincada 29/214 | SM - Lost Thunder | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Nincada 013/185 | SWSH04: Vivid Voltage | Mark D | Not legal in Standard |
1 of the 11 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 Nincada 117?
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.
50
Nincada [67]
50
Nincada [68]
40
Nincada [66]
40
Nincada [108]
50
Nincada [67]
40
Nincada [10]
40
Nincada [9]
40
Nincada [29]
40
Nincada [13]
50
Nincada [16]
10 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 Nincada 117 in Supreme Victors?
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.
40
Magnemite [111]
50
Mankey [112]
60
Meditite [113]
60
Meowth [114]
50
Mime Jr. [115]
60
Mudkip [116]
60
Pachirisu [118]
50
Paras [119]
50
Pikachu [120]
60
Piplup [121]
70
Rhyhorn [122]
60
Roselia [123]
These are the cards numbered either side of #117 in Supreme Victors. 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 Nincada 117, 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% |
| 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.
| 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 August 19, 2009.
Nincada 117 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 Fire attack printed at 30 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 40 HP.
- 1,208 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Nincada 117 card record
| Hit points | 40 HP | Type | Grass |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Fire +10 | Retreat cost | 1 Energy |
| Card type | Basic | Pokédex number | #290 |
| Set | Supreme Victors | Card number | 117 of 147 |
| Series | Platinum | Released | August 19, 2009 |
| Rarity | Common | Illustrator | Tomokazu Komiya |
| Tournament legality | Unlimited only | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Nincada 117 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Nincada 117 — frequently asked questions
How much damage does it take to knock out Nincada 117?
What is the retreat cost of Nincada 117?
Can an older Nincada print be played in a tournament?
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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.
Industry source
Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.