Tangrowth LV.X 99 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 130 HP and a Fire weakness.
Grass · Level-Up · Arceus · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Tangrowth LV.X 99 do in a game?
Tangrowth LV.X 99 is a Grass Pokémon card with 130 HP, printed as Level-Up.
Because of the Fire weakness, any Fire attack printed at 65 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Tangrowth LV.X 99Arceus
Tangrowth LV.X 99 performance summary
130 HP · Grass · Level-Up · retreat 3 · Fire weakness ×2
Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 16.8%.
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 | 71.7% | 130 HP |
| Retreat lightness | 16.8% | 3 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 98.2% | 1 Energy |
1 attack 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 4,029 at 130 HP.
Tangrowth LV.X 99130 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 250 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Tangrowth LV.X 99
- Hit points 130 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Weakness A Fire attack printed at 65 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Tangrowth LV.X 99 at a glance
- What it is. A Grass Pokémon card with 130 HP printed as Level-Up, printed in Arceus.
- What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 0 damage for 0 Energy.
- What it fears. A Fire weakness at ×2, which means 65 printed damage is enough to remove it.
- What it costs to move. 3 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 Tangrowth LV.X 99 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Growth | 1 Grass | 1 | — | — | Search your discard pile for as many Grass Energy cards as you like and attach them to your Pokémon in any way you like. |
Retreating costs a further 3 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.
The Energy this 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 Tangrowth LV.X 99 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 130 HP, which is 34% 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 130 HP.
Cards in the 130~180 band typically print 104 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 | 33.1% | 5,725 cards |
| 130~180 — this card | 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 3 Energy to retreat.
Cards with a retreat cost of 3 typically have 150 HP and print 99 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 — this card | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Tangrowth LV.X 99 stands highest on HP — number 6 of 102 cards in Arceus. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 130 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 Tangrowth LV.X 99 does without attacking
Tangrowth LV.X 99 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.
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.
Healing Growth can only be used once a turn
The words once during your turn are printed in it, which caps it at one use per turn on that one card. Two copies of the card in play are two separate Pokémon, so each carries its own use.
What does being a Grass card do for Tangrowth LV.X 99?
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 Tangrowth LV.X 99 in one hit, and what does it knock out?
Weakness doubles the damage a Fire attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 65 printed damage rather than 130.
Pyroar70 damage70 damage becomes 140 against this card
Tangrowth LV.X 99130 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 662 cards in the archive that can remove Tangrowth LV.X 99 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 70 printed damage against a bar of 65. 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 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.
| Card | Set | HP | Printed damage | After weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charizard ex (183) | 151 | 330 | 330 | 660 |
| Charizard ex (199) | 151 | 330 | 330 | 660 |
| Charizard ex (161) | Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos | 330 | 330 | 660 |
| Mega Emboar ex (31) | Ascended Heroes | 380 | 320 | 640 |
| Mega Emboar ex (273) | Ascended Heroes | 380 | 320 | 640 |
| Charizard VSTAR (19) | Crown Zenith | 280 | 320 | 640 |
130 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness means any Fire attack printed at 65 damage or more is enough. 665 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Back to summaryWhat has to be in play before Tangrowth LV.X 99 can be?
Tangrowth LV.X evolves from Tangrowth, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.
- This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Tangrowth.
- The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn 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.
Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Tangrowth LV.X 99?
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
Tangrowth [10]
130
Tangrowth [6]
110
Tangrowth [10]
110
Tangrowth [29]
110
Tangrowth [34]
120
Tangrowth [2]
130
Tangrowth [5]
130
Tangrowth [17]
140
Tangrowth [2]
130
Tangrowth [2]
140
Tangrowth [6]
140
Tangrowth [8]
150
Tangrowth [5]
150
Tangrowth [7]
150
Tangrowth [2]
15 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 Tangrowth LV.X 99 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.
50
Helix Fossil [93]
120
Arceus LV.X [94]
120
Arceus LV.X [95]
120
Arceus LV.X [96]
140
Gengar LV.X [97]
160
Salamence LV.X [98]
These are the cards numbered either side of #99 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.
Which rules apply to Tangrowth LV.X 99, 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
“Put this card onto your Active Tangrowth. Tangrowth LV.X can use any attack, Poké-Power, or Poké-Body from its previous level.”
| 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 November 4, 2009.
Tangrowth LV.X 99 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
- Moving it out of the active spot costs 3 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
- It cannot start the game in play — Tangrowth has to be on the field first.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- A Fire attack printed at 65 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 130 HP.
- 665 cards in the archive clear that bar.
- Damage from Water attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.
Tangrowth LV.X 99 card record
| Hit points | 130 HP | Type | Grass |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Fire ×2 | Retreat cost | 3 Energy |
| Evolves from | Tangrowth | Card type | Level-Up |
| Pokédex number | #465 | Set | Arceus |
| Card number | 99 of 99 | Series | Platinum |
| Released | November 4, 2009 | Rarity | Rare Holo LV.X |
| Illustrator | Ryo Ueda | ||
| Tournament legality | Unlimited only | ||
| Printed rule | Put this card onto your Active Tangrowth. Tangrowth LV.X can use any attack, Poké-Power, or Poké-Body from its previous level. | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Tangrowth LV.X 99 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Tangrowth LV.X 99 — 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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