Samurott 23 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Samurott 23
Brand: Pokémon
Author: rika

This card has 160 HP, a top attack printed at 30 damage and a Lightning weakness.

Water · Stage 2 · White Flare · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Samurott 23 do in a game?

Samurott 23 is a Water Pokémon card with 160 HP, printed as Stage 2.

Its strongest attack, Energized Slash, is printed at 30 damage for 1 Energy — 30 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Lightning weakness, any Lightning attack printed at 80 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Water Stage 2 Rare Regulation I Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #503 Samurott

Samurott 23White Flare

160 HP · Water · Stage 2 · retreat 2 · Lightning weakness ×2

Top printed damage3030 per Energy Energized Slash30 damage for 1 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points160 HP15.5% of 17,290 in the 130~180 band

Printed damage3042.7% of 16,246 in the ~30 band

Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 30 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackRareWhite Flare19 printsranked among Stage 2 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 2

Regulation markI

RarityRare

SetWhite Flare

Card number23

AbilityTorrential Whirlpool

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$0.56Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by80 damage160 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness Turns of setup1 turnEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it491 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name19 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line18 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #503 Where it can be playedUnlimited and Standard and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Samurott 23 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Top printed damage — bottom 28.9%.

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 Samurott 23 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	81.7%	160 HP
Top printed damage	28.9%	30 damage
Energy efficiency	67.1%	30 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EEnergized Slash30 damage per Energy card · has printed text30damage

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 2,895of 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 2,895 at 160 HP.

Water cardsNo. 369of 2,435 by printed HP Stage 2 cardsNo. 455of 1,749 by printed HP

This cardSamurott 23White Flare160 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 220 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Samurott 23

Hit points 160 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 30 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Weakness A Lightning attack printed at 80 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 12 of the 19 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Samurott 23 at a glance

What it is. A Water Pokémon card with 160 HP printed as Stage 2, printed in White Flare.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 30 damage for 1 Energy.
What it fears. A Lightning weakness at ×2, which means 80 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 2 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.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Samurott 23 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 1 Energy and returns 30 damage, which is 30 damage for every Energy card attached.

Samurott 23 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Energized Slash	1 Water	1	30+	30	This attack does 50 more damage for each Energy attached to this Pokémon.

Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Energized Slash1 Energy card

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.

Energized Slash 1 Energy30 damage for 1 Energy — 30 per Energy card30

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (30).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

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

Energized Slash is printed as 30+, 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 Samurott 23 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.

Samurott 23 — White Flare — SamurottWhite Flare 23

No.2,895by HP in the archive

Samurott 23 prints 160 HP, which puts it at number 2,895 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).

29% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 17%Where it sits on printed HP

This card160 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 2 card380 HP
Strongest Samurott printed160 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 160 HP, which is 42% 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

80~12033.1%5,725 cards

130~180 — this card15.5%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 160 HP.

Cards in the 130~180 band typically print 104 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
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

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~30 — this card42.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%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 30.

Cards in the ~30 band typically have 70 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30 — this card	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	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

149.3%8,503 cards

2 — this card28.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 2 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2 — this card	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 24of 162

That is where Samurott 23 stands highest on HP — number 24 of 162 cards in White Flare. 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. 2,895 of 17,290 by HP · No. 9,309 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 57% on damage
Water cards — 2,435 cards No. 369 of 2,435 by HP · No. 1,271 of 2,316 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 55% on damage
Stage 2 cards — 1,749 cards No. 455 of 1,749 by HP · No. 1,571 of 1,721 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 91% on damage
White Flare — 173 cards No. 24 of 162 by HP · No. 103 of 156 by damage · top by HP: Hydreigon ex, 330

top 65% 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 160 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 160
Top printed damage 30 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 30

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 2

1,749 on record

Cards in the same HP band

2,679 of 17,290 (15.5%)

Cards with this much printed damage

6,938 of 16,246 (42.7%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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What Samurott 23 does without attacking

Samurott 23 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.

Printed effects

Capped at once a turn

1 of 1

Read from the printed text quoted below, not counted anywhere else.

Torrential Whirlpool — Ability · once a turn

Once during your turn, you may switch your Active Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. If you do, switch out your opponent's Active Pokémon to the Bench. (Your opponent chooses the new Active Pokémon.)

Quoted from the card face. The label after the dash is how the card itself names the effect.

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.

Torrential Whirlpool 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.

Every card mechanic in the archive

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Is Samurott 23 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 30 damage attack that needs 1 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

Samurott 23 — this card30.030 damage for 1 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 30.

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
Samurott 23 — this card	30.0	30 damage for 1 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsEnergized Slash 30 / 1

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 Samurott 23.
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
Energized Slash	—	30	—

This card, per Energy card

30 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

-19.0 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 30 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Water card do for Samurott 23?

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 1,520 Lightning cards carry that type A Lightning attack printed at 80 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Samurott 23 · Stage 2 160 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 30 damage.

Takes double from this card 1,574 cards in groups that print a Water weakness Against Fire, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Water — this cardmost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost 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 — 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

Waterweak to Lightning

Fireweak to Water

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.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Samurott 23 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 80 printed damage rather than 160.

Cards that remove it in one attack

491

Cards it removes in one attack

288

Lightning damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 160 HP against a Lightning weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackLanturnPaldean Fates 2180 damage

×2Lightning weakness · 80 printed damage is enough
80 damage becomes 160 against this card

This cardSamurott 23White Flare 23160 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 489 cards in the archive that can remove Samurott 23 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 80 printed damage against a bar of 80. 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.

Samurottweak to Lightning ×2

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

Lightning cards that remove Samurott in one 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

160 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness means any Lightning attack printed at 80 damage or more is enough. 491 cards in the archive clear that bar.

60 HP Growlithe [28]

60 HP Growlithe [42]

60 HP Dark Rapidash [44]

60 HP Growlithe [45]

60 HP Magmar [44]

60 HP Rapidash [51]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

288 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.

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

Samurott 23 is one print of Samurott. 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.

Samurott has been printed 19 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 Samurott cards ever printedPokédex #503Prints on record 19Toughest print 270 HPThis card 160 HP

19prints

Legal in Standard12Older prints, not in Standard7

Every Samurott 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 Samurott printed is 270 HP, and this card is 59.3% of it

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

Hisuian Samurott VSTAR GG52/GG70the toughest Samurott ever printedSWSH: Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery270 HP
Samurott 23against that record59.3% of the record160 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Samurott 23 can be?

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

The Samurott line, oldest stage first

Oshawott11 prints on record · Boundaries Crossed

+30 HP · +20 damage

Dewott6 prints on record · Legendary Treasures

+60 HP · +70 damage

Samurott6 prints on record · Boundaries Crossed

Oshawott → Dewott → Samurott

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Dewott.
The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.

1OshawottHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage70 HP
2DewottHardest attack printed at this stage: 50 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it100 HP
3SamurottHardest attack printed at this stage: 120 damage. Evolving here adds 60 HP over the stage before it160 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (160 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 Samurott print, and can the older ones still be played?

19 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 (270 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

Samurott prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Hisuian Samurott VSTAR GG52/GG70	SWSH: Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Hisuian Samurott VSTAR 209/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Hisuian Samurott VSTAR 197/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Hisuian Samurott VSTAR 102/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Hisuian Samurott V GG51/GG70	SWSH: Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Hisuian Samurott V 176/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Hisuian Samurott V 101/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Hisuian Samurott V SWSH239	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Hisuian Samurott SWSH207	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Hisuian Samurott 100/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Samurott 107/086	SV: White Flare	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Samurott 023/086	SV: White Flare	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Samurott 035/185	SWSH04: Vivid Voltage	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Samurott 41/149	Boundaries Crossed	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Samurott 39/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Samurott BW22	Black and White Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Samurott 32/114	Black and White	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Samurott 031/114	Deck Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Samurott 32/114	XY - Steam Siege	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

12 of the 19 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 Samurott 23?

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 Samurott 23
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Salamence ex δ	Dragon Frontiers	160	80	2
Blastoise	Plasma Storm	140	60	4
Feraligatr	Expedition Base Set	120	70	3
Empoleon	Plasma Freeze	140	10	2
Swampert ex	Crystal Guardians	150	60	3
Seismitoad	Black Bolt	170	160	3

This card itself is 160 HP, 30 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Water 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 Samurott 23 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.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #23 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.

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Which rules apply to Samurott 23, 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 Samurott 23
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.

Samurott 23 — tournament formats
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.

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Which generation of cards does Samurott 23 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.

Cards carrying each regulation mark

Mark Dtypically 133 HP · 84 damage15.4%1,261 cards

Mark Etypically 150 HP · 87 damage14.7%1,202 cards

Mark Ftypically 142 HP · 88 damage14.4%1,180 cards

Mark Gtypically 124 HP · 80 damage19.9%1,634 cards

Mark Htypically 132 HP · 88 damage15.7%1,283 cards

Mark I — this cardtypically 134 HP · 80 damage14.8%1,215 cards

Mark Jtypically 148 HP · 86 damage5.1%419 cards

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.

Cards carrying each regulation mark
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

This card

Mark I

Cards sharing that mark

1,215

Typical HP for the mark

134 (this card 160)

Typical damage for the mark

80 (this card 30)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Samurott 23 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, Energized Slash, needs 1 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 1 turn from an empty card.
That works out at 30 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Dewott has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 2,895 of 17,290

Water cardsNo. 369 of 2,435

Stage 2 cardsNo. 455 of 1,749

White FlareNo. 24 of 162

What actually removes it

A Lightning attack printed at 80 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 160 HP.
491 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 288 cards in one attack.

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Samurott 23 card record

Samurott 23 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	160 HP	Type	Water
Weakness	Lightning ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Evolves from	Dewott	Card type	Stage 2
Regulation mark	Mark I	Pokédex number	#503
Set	White Flare	Card number	23 of 86
Series	Scarlet & Violet	Released	July 18, 2025
Rarity	Rare	Illustrator	rika
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only

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

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What does Samurott 23 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

$0.56

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

Samurott 23 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Samurott 23 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Samurott 23?

Samurott 23 has 160 HP and a Lightning weakness at ×2, so a Lightning attack printed at 80 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 160.

What is the strongest attack on Samurott 23?

Energized Slash, printed at 30 damage for 1 Energy — 30 damage per Energy card. This attack does 50 more damage for each Energy attached to this Pokémon.

What is the retreat cost of Samurott 23?

2 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 Energized Slash 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 — "This attack does 50 more damage for each Energy attached to this Pokémon."

How often can you use Torrential Whirlpool?

Once during your turn. The limit is printed in the ability itself, and it is counted per Pokémon — a second copy of Samurott in play carries its own use.

Can an older Samurott print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 19 prints listed on this page, 12 are 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 Samurott evolve from?

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

Can Samurott 23 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Standard and Expanded play, and it carries regulation mark I. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Samurott 23 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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Samurott 23 — what does this card actually do?

What does Samurott 23 do in a game?

Samurott 23 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Samurott 23 at a glance

What do the attacks on Samurott 23 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Samurott 23 compare with every other card?

What Samurott 23 does without attacking

Is Samurott 23 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Water card do for Samurott 23?

What knocks out Samurott 23 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Samurott 23 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Samurott 23?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Samurott 23?

What was printed next to Samurott 23 in White Flare?

Which rules apply to Samurott 23, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Samurott 23 belong to?

Samurott 23 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

Samurott 23 card record

What does Samurott 23 cost?

Samurott 23 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Samurott 23?

What is the strongest attack on Samurott 23?

What is the retreat cost of Samurott 23?

What does the + after the damage on Energized Slash mean?

How often can you use Torrential Whirlpool?

Can an older Samurott print be played in a tournament?

What does Samurott evolve from?

Can Samurott 23 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Samurott 23 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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