Sigilyph 121 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 120 HP and a Lightning weakness.
Psychic · Basic · White Flare · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Sigilyph 121 do in a game?
Sigilyph 121 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 120 HP, printed as Basic.
Because of the Lightning weakness, any Lightning attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Sigilyph 121White Flare
Sigilyph 121 performance summary
120 HP · Psychic · Basic · retreat 1 · Lightning weakness ×2
Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Hit points — bottom 66.1%.
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 | 66.1% | 120 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 4,897 at 120 HP.
Sigilyph 121120 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 260 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Sigilyph 121
- Hit points 120 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 60 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
- Legality 6 of the 18 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.
Sigilyph 121 at a glance
- What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 120 HP printed as Basic, printed in White Flare.
- 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 60 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 and Standard and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark I.
- 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 Sigilyph 121 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reflect | 1 Colorless | 1 | — | — | During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon takes 40 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance). |
| Telekinesis | 1 Psychic + 2 Colorless | 3 | — | — | This attack does 70 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness or Resistance. |
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 Sigilyph 121 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 120 HP, which is 32% 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 120 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 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 Sigilyph 121 stands highest on HP — number 576 of 2,334 cards in Psychic cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 120 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 Psychic card do for Sigilyph 121?
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 — this card | 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 | 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 Psychic weakness.
What being a Psychic card is worth
Groups that most often print a Psychic weakness: Psychic (2,335 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Psychic cards are themselves most exposed to Lightning.
What knocks out Sigilyph 121 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 60 printed damage rather than 120.
Pawmo60 damage60 damage becomes 120 against this card
Sigilyph 121120 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 635 cards in the archive that can remove Sigilyph 121 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.
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 |
120 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness means any Lightning attack printed at 60 damage or more is enough. 639 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Back to summaryWhat is Sigilyph as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?
Sigilyph 121 is one print of Sigilyph. 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 Sigilyph 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 summaryIs this the strongest Sigilyph 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.
| Set | Regulation mark | Standard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sigilyph-GX 222/214 | SM - Lost Thunder | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Sigilyph-GX 202/214 | SM - Lost Thunder | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Sigilyph-GX 98/214 | SM - Lost Thunder | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Sigilyph 121/086 | SV: White Flare | Mark I | Legal in Standard |
| Sigilyph 038/086 | SV: White Flare | Mark I | Legal in Standard |
| Sigilyph 080/192 | SWSH02: Rebel Clash | Mark D | Not legal in Standard |
| Sigilyph 081/191 | SV08: Surging Sparks | Mark H | Legal in Standard |
| N's Sigilyph 064/159 | SV09: Journey Together | Mark I | Legal in Standard |
| Sigilyph 066/172 | SWSH09: Brilliant Stars | Mark F | Legal in Standard |
| Sigilyph 075/195 | SWSH12: Silver Tempest | Mark F | Legal in Standard |
| Sigilyph 123/264 | SWSH08: Fusion Strike | Mark E | Not legal in Standard |
| Sigilyph 118/116 | Plasma Freeze | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Sigilyph 66/113 | Legendary Treasures | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Sigilyph 052/124 | Blister Exclusives | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Sigilyph 41/101 | Plasma Blast | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Sigilyph 41/98 | Emerging Powers | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Sigilyph 42/98 | Emerging Powers | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Sigilyph 55/122 | XY - BREAKpoint | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
6 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.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Sigilyph 121?
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.
90
Sigilyph [118]
120
Sigilyph [38]
170
Sigilyph-GX [222]
170
Sigilyph-GX [202]
90
Sigilyph [66]
170
Sigilyph-GX [98]
90
Sigilyph [41]
90
Sigilyph [52]
90
Sigilyph [41]
90
Sigilyph [42]
110
Sigilyph [80]
90
Sigilyph [55]
100
Sigilyph [75]
100
Sigilyph [123]
110
Sigilyph [81]
110
N's Sigilyph [64]
110
Sigilyph [66]
17 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 Sigilyph 121 in White Flare?
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.
120
Zebstrika [115]
40
Joltik [116]
90
Galvantula [117]
110
Stunfisk [118]
60
Woobat [119]
90
Swoobat [120]
70
Yamask [122]
120
Cofagrigus [123]
70
Gothita [124]
90
Gothorita [125]
80
Frillish [126]
80
Roggenrola [127]
These are the cards numbered either side of #121 in White Flare. 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 Sigilyph 121, 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 | Legal | Can be played in this format |
| Expanded | Legal | Can be played in 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 and Standard and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark I, printed next to the card number. It was released on July 18, 2025.
Which generation of cards does Sigilyph 121 belong to?
The single letter printed beside the card number groups a card with everything issued under the same rules. Tournament formats are cut along those letters, so the size of a letter is the size of the pool a card sits in.
8,194 cards in the archive carry a regulation mark. Older prints carry none at all, so this is not the whole archive.
The regulation mark is the single letter recorded with each modern card. Older prints carry no mark at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Mark D | 15.4% | 1,261 cards |
| Mark E | 14.7% | 1,202 cards |
| Mark F | 14.4% | 1,180 cards |
| Mark G | 19.9% | 1,634 cards |
| Mark H | 15.7% | 1,283 cards |
| Mark I — this card | 14.8% | 1,215 cards |
| Mark J | 5.1% | 419 cards |
Sigilyph 121 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 60 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 120 HP.
- 639 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.
Sigilyph 121 card record
| Hit points | 120 HP | Type | Psychic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Lightning ×2 | Retreat cost | 1 Energy |
| Card type | Basic | Regulation mark | Mark I |
| Pokédex number | #561 | Set | White Flare |
| Card number | 121 of 86 | Series | Scarlet & Violet |
| Released | July 18, 2025 | Rarity | Illustration Rare (IR) |
| Illustrator | mingo | ||
| Tournament legality | Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Sigilyph 121 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Sigilyph 121 — frequently asked questions
How much damage does it take to knock out Sigilyph 121?
What is the retreat cost of Sigilyph 121?
Can an older Sigilyph print be played in a tournament?
Can Sigilyph 121 be played in a tournament?
Does this page say how good Sigilyph 121 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.
Industry source
Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.