Shelgon 48 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Shelgon 48
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Atsuko Nishida

This card has 80 HP, a top attack printed at 40 damage and a Colorless weakness.

Colorless · Stage 1 · Arceus · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Shelgon 48 do in a game?

Shelgon 48 is a Colorless Pokémon card with 80 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Dragon Bump, is printed at 40 damage for 3 Energy — 13 damage per Energy card.

Colorless Stage 1 Uncommon Unlimited #372 Shelgon

Shelgon 48Arceus

80 HP · Colorless · Stage 1 · retreat 1 · Colorless weakness +20

Top printed damage4013 per Energy Dragon Bump40 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points80 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage4022.0% of 16,246 in the 40~60 band

Retreat cost1 Energy49.3% of 17,240 in the 1 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 13 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackUncommonArceus18 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

RarityUncommon

SetArceus

Card number48

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$1.95Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it723 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name18 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line17 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #372 Where it can be playedUnlimitedRead from the official format list

How Shelgon 48 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 28.4%.

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 Shelgon 48 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	38.6%	80 HP
Top printed damage	42.7%	40 damage
Energy efficiency	28.4%	13 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EScrunchhas printed text—
3EDragon Bump13 damage per Energy card · has printed text40damage

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

Where it stands

No. 9,046of 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 9,046 at 80 HP.

Colorless cardsNo. 999of 2,171 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 3,399of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardShelgon 48Arceus80 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 300 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Shelgon 48

Hit points 80 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 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Legality 1 of the 18 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Shelgon 48 at a glance

What it is. A Colorless Pokémon card with 80 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Arceus.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 40 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Colorless weakness at +20.
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 Shelgon 48 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 40 damage, which is 13 damage for every Energy card attached.

Shelgon 48 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Scrunch	1 Colorless	1	—	—	Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to Shelgon during your opponent's next turn.
Dragon Bump	3 Colorless	3	40+	13	If Shelgon has any basic Fire Energy and any basic Water Energy attached to it, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage.

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

Scrunch1 Energy card

Dragon Bump3 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 Bump 3 Energy40 damage for 3 Energy — 13 per Energy card40

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (40).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

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

Dragon Bump is printed as 40+, so the printed number is a floor — the attack deals at least that much, and the sentence beside it says what adds to it.

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How does Shelgon 48 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.

No.9,046by HP in the archive

Shelgon 48 prints 80 HP, which puts it at number 9,046 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).

43% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Bottom 48%Where it sits on printed HP

This card80 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Shelgon printed100 HP

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.

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 80 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 40.

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

1 — this card54.4%9,392 cards

226.4%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 1 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
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

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. 40of 102

That is where Shelgon 48 stands highest on HP — number 40 of 102 cards in Arceus. 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. 9,046 of 17,290 by HP · No. 8,196 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 50% on damage
Colorless cards — 2,173 cards No. 999 of 2,171 by HP · No. 861 of 2,018 by damage · top by HP: Slaking ex, 340

top 43% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 3,399 of 5,102 by HP · No. 3,156 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 64% on damage
Arceus — 111 cards No. 40 of 102 by HP · No. 37 of 92 by damage · top by HP: Charizard, 140

top 39% 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 80 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 80
Top printed damage 40 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 40

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 1

5,102 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 Shelgon 48 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 40 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

Shelgon 48 — this card13.040 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 1 typically return 49.0 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
Shelgon 48 — this card	13.0	40 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsDragon Bump 40 / 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 Shelgon 48.
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 Bump	—	13	—

This card, per Energy card

13 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

-36.0 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 40 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Colorless card do for Shelgon 48?

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 Damage from Colorless attacks is increased before it is applied.

Shelgon 48 · Stage 1 80 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 40 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 Shelgon 48 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.

Cards that remove it in one attack

723

Cards it removes in one attack

Colorless damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 80 HP against a Colorless weakness at +20 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackMiltankMega Evolution 10660 damage

+20Colorless weakness · 60 printed damage is enough
60 damage becomes 80 against this card

This cardShelgon 48Arceus 4880 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 718 cards in the archive that can remove Shelgon 48 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 60 printed damage against a bar of 60. 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.

Shelgonweak to Colorless +20

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

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

80 HP Rayquaza δ [16]

80 HP Rayquaza δ [26]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

51 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 Shelgon as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Shelgon 48 is one print of Shelgon. 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.

Shelgon has been printed 18 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 Shelgon cards ever printedPokédex #372Prints on record 18Toughest print 100 HPThis card 80 HP

18prints

Legal in Standard1Older prints, not in Standard17

Every Shelgon 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 Shelgon printed is 100 HP, and this card is 80% of it

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

Shelgon 113/159the toughest Shelgon ever printedSV09: Journey Together100 HP
Shelgon 48against that record80% of the record80 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Shelgon 48 can be?

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

The Shelgon line, oldest stage first

Bagon11 prints on record · EX Deoxys

+30 HP · +30 damage

Shelgon12 prints on record · EX Deoxys

+70 HP · +90 damage

Salamence10 prints on record · XY Promos

Bagon → Shelgon → Salamence

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Bagon.
It is not the end of the line either — Salamence 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.

1BagonHardest attack printed at this stage: 50 damage70 HP
2ShelgonHardest attack printed at this stage: 80 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it100 HP
3SalamenceHardest attack printed at this stage: 170 damage. Evolving here adds 70 HP over the stage before it170 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (170 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 Shelgon print, and can the older ones still be played?

18 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.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (100 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

Shelgon prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Shelgon 113/159	SV09: Journey Together	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Shelgon 105/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shelgon 50/100	Stormfront	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shelgon 108/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Shelgon 007/020	League & Championship Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shelgon δ 53/113	EX Delta Species	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shelgon 45/107	EX Deoxys	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shelgon 39/108	EX Power Keepers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shelgon 20/97	EX Dragon	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shelgon 43/70	Dragon Majesty	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shelgon 48/99	Arceus	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shelgon 64/132	Secret Wonders	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shelgon 56/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shelgon 63/101	Plasma Blast	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shelgon δ 38/101	EX Dragon Frontiers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shelgon 41/97	EX Dragon	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shelgon δ 54/113	EX Delta Species	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shelgon 42/97	EX Dragon	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

1 of the 18 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 Shelgon 48?

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 Shelgon 48
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Erika's Dragonair	Gym Heroes	80	30	2
Altaria ex	Emerald	100	70	1
Light Togetic	Neo Destiny	60	30	0
Togetic	Aquapolis	60	0	1
Dragonair	Base	80	30	2
Togetic	Neo Genesis	60	30	0

This card itself is 80 HP, 40 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 Shelgon 48 in Arceus?

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.

80 Wormadam Plant Cloak [49]

90 Wormadam Sandy Cloak [50]

90 Wormadam Trash Cloak [51]

60 Bagon [52]

80 Beedrill G [53]

60 Bronzor [54]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #48 in Arceus. 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 Shelgon 48, 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 Shelgon 48
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.

Shelgon 48 — 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 November 4, 2009.

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Shelgon 48 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, Dragon Bump, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 13 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Bagon has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 9,046 of 17,290

Colorless cardsNo. 999 of 2,171

Stage 1 cardsNo. 3,399 of 5,102

ArceusNo. 40 of 102

What actually removes it

A Colorless attack printed at 60 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 80 HP.
723 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 51 cards in one attack.

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Shelgon 48 card record

Shelgon 48 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	80 HP	Type	Colorless
Weakness	Colorless +20	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Evolves from	Bagon	Card type	Stage 1
Pokédex number	#372	Set	Arceus
Card number	48 of 99	Series	Platinum
Released	November 4, 2009	Rarity	Uncommon
Illustrator	Atsuko Nishida
Tournament legality	Unlimited only

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

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What does Shelgon 48 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

$1.95

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

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Shelgon 48 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Shelgon 48?

Shelgon 48 has 80 HP and a Colorless weakness at +20, so a Colorless attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 80.

What is the strongest attack on Shelgon 48?

Dragon Bump, printed at 40 damage for 3 Energy — 13 damage per Energy card. If Shelgon has any basic Fire Energy and any basic Water Energy attached to it, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage.

What is the retreat cost of Shelgon 48?

1 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 Dragon Bump mean?

It marks the damage as conditional: the printed figure is the least it can deal, and the sentence on the card says what is added to it. The full sentence is printed on the card and quoted in the attack table on this page — "If Shelgon has any basic Fire Energy and any basic Water Energy attached to it, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage."

Can an older Shelgon print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 18 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.

What does Shelgon evolve from?

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

Can Shelgon 48 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 Shelgon 48 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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Shelgon 48 — what does this card actually do?

What does Shelgon 48 do in a game?

Shelgon 48 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Shelgon 48 at a glance

What do the attacks on Shelgon 48 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Shelgon 48 compare with every other card?

Is Shelgon 48 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Colorless card do for Shelgon 48?

What knocks out Shelgon 48 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Shelgon 48 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Shelgon 48?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Shelgon 48?

What was printed next to Shelgon 48 in Arceus?

Which rules apply to Shelgon 48, and where can it be played?

Shelgon 48 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

Shelgon 48 card record

What does Shelgon 48 cost?

Shelgon 48 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Shelgon 48?

What is the strongest attack on Shelgon 48?

What is the retreat cost of Shelgon 48?

What does the + after the damage on Dragon Bump mean?

Can an older Shelgon print be played in a tournament?

What does Shelgon evolve from?

Can Shelgon 48 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Shelgon 48 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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