Rotom 86 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Rotom 86
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Mina Nakai

This card has 70 HP and a Darkness weakness.

Psychic · Basic · Cosmic Eclipse · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Rotom 86 do in a game?

Rotom 86 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 70 HP, printed as Basic.

Because of the Darkness weakness, any Darkness attack printed at 35 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Psychic Basic Uncommon Unlimited and Expanded #479 Rotom

Rotom 86Cosmic Eclipse

70 HP · Psychic · Basic · retreat 1 · Darkness weakness ×2

Hit points70 HP38.6% of 17,290 in the ~70 band

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

Price trackUncommonCosmic Eclipse57 printsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic

RarityUncommon

SetCosmic Eclipse

Card number86

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$0.61Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by35 damage70 HP against a Darkness ×2 weakness Cards that can do it743 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name57 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line49 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #479 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Rotom 86 is built, on three measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Hit points — bottom 25.7%.

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 Rotom 86 is built, on three measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	25.7%	70 HP
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1ECycle Drawhas printed text—
1EEnergy Assisthas printed text—

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

Where it stands

No. 10,622of 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 10,622 at 70 HP.

Psychic cardsNo. 1,349of 2,334 by printed HP Cosmic EclipseNo. 159of 232 by printed HP

This cardRotom 86Cosmic Eclipse70 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 310 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Rotom 86

Hit points 70 HP puts it in the ~70 band, where 38.6% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Weakness A Darkness attack printed at 35 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 25 of the 50 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Rotom 86 at a glance

What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 70 HP printed as Basic, printed in Cosmic Eclipse.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 0 damage for 0 Energy.
What it fears. A Darkness weakness at ×2, which means 35 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 Expanded 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 Rotom 86 cost, and what do they hit for?

Every attack printed on the card, with the Energy it asks for.

Rotom 86 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Cycle Draw	1 Colorless	1	—	—	Discard a card from your hand. If you do, draw 2 cards.
Energy Assist	1 Psychic	1	—	—	Attach 2 basic Energy cards from your discard pile to your Benched Pokémon in any way you like.

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

Cycle Draw1 Energy card

Energy Assist1 Energy card

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.

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How does Rotom 86 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.

Rotom 86 — Cosmic Eclipse — RotomCosmic Eclipse 86

No.10,622by HP in the archive

Rotom 86 prints 70 HP, which puts it at number 10,622 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).

Bottom 39%Where it sits on printed HP

This card70 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Rotom printed80 HP

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

This card prints 70 HP, which is 18% 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

~70 — this card38.6%6,669 cards

80~12033.1%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 70 HP.

Cards in the ~70 band typically print 23 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70 — this card	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

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. 1,349of 2,334

That is where Rotom 86 stands highest on HP — number 1,349 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.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 10,622 of 17,290 by HP · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380
Psychic cards — 2,335 cards No. 1,349 of 2,334 by HP · top by HP: Mega Gardevoir ex, 360
Cosmic Eclipse — 272 cards No. 159 of 232 by HP · top by HP: Naganadel & Guzzlord-GX, 280

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 70 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 70

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 in the same HP band

6,669 of 17,290 (38.6%)

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 does being a Psychic card do for Rotom 86?

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 1,249 Darkness cards carry that type A Darkness attack printed at 35 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Rotom 86 · Basic 70 HP It prints no attack damage.

Takes double from this card 2,335 cards in groups that print a Psychic weakness Against Psychic, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychic — this cardmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost 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 — 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

Psychicweak to Darkness

Psychicweak to Psychic

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 Darkness.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Rotom 86 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Darkness attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 35 printed damage rather than 70.

Cards that remove it in one attack

743

Darkness damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 70 HP against a Darkness weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackHaunterPhantasmal Flames 5540 damage

×2Darkness weakness · 35 printed damage is enough
40 damage becomes 80 against this card

This cardRotom 86Cosmic Eclipse 8670 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 739 cards in the archive that can remove Rotom 86 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 40 printed damage against a bar of 35. 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.

Rotomweak to Darkness ×2

Rotomresists Fighting -20

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.

Darkness cards that remove Rotom in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (126)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (225)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (226)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (245)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Drapion VSTAR (119)	Lost Origin	270	250	500
Drapion VSTAR (200)	Lost Origin	270	250	500

70 HP against a Darkness ×2 weakness means any Darkness attack printed at 35 damage or more is enough. 743 cards in the archive clear that bar.

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

Rotom 86 is one print of Rotom. 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.

Rotom has been printed 57 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 Rotom cards ever printedPokédex #479Prints on record 57Toughest print 250 HPThis card 70 HP

57prints

Legal in Standard25Older prints, not in Standard32

Every Rotom 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 Rotom printed is 250 HP, and this card is 28% of it

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

Rotom VSTAR 046/159the toughest Rotom ever printedSWSH: Crown Zenith250 HP
Rotom 86against that record28% of the record70 HP

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

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

57 prints carry this name in the archive, and 50 of them are laid out below. 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 (250 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

50 rows are shown of the 57 prints counted under this name.

Rotom prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Rotom VSTAR 046/159	SWSH: Crown Zenith	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Rotom V 177/196	SWSH11: Lost Origin	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Rotom ex 126/094	ME02: Phantasmal Flames	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Rotom V 176/196	SWSH11: Lost Origin	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Rotom ex 111/094	ME02: Phantasmal Flames	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Rotom V SWSH257	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Rotom V 058/196	SWSH11: Lost Origin	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Rotom V 045/159	SWSH: Crown Zenith	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Rotom ex 029/094	ME02: Phantasmal Flames	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Wash Rotom SM94	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Mow Rotom RT4	Rising Rivals	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Wash Rotom RT5	Rising Rivals	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Frost Rotom RT2	Rising Rivals	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Frost Rotom 41/156	SM - Ultra Prism	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Wash Rotom 40/156	SM - Ultra Prism	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Heat Rotom 24/156	SM - Ultra Prism	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Mow Rotom 14/156	SM - Ultra Prism	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Mow Rotom 008/142	SV07: Stellar Crown	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Heat Rotom 013/091	SV: Paldean Fates	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Heat Rotom RT3	Rising Rivals	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rotom SV038/SV122	Shining Fates: Shiny Vault	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Rotom 070/198	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Rotom 034/072	Shining Fates	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Rotom 094/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Wash Rotom 061/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Rotom 061/191	SV08: Surging Sparks	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Heat Rotom 043/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Rotom 053/195	SWSH12: Silver Tempest	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Rotom 7/106	Great Encounters	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Fan Rotom RT1	Rising Rivals	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rotom 82	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rotom 005/017	POP Series 9	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Fan Rotom 250/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Fan Rotom 085/131	SV: Prismatic Evolutions	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Rotom 24/124	XY - Fates Collide	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Fan Rotom 110/156	SM - Ultra Prism	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rotom 40/131	SM - Forbidden Light	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rotom 86/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rotom 50/156	SM - Ultra Prism	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Fan Rotom 118/142	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Fan Rotom 171/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Mow Rotom 009/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Rotom 29/98	XY - Ancient Origins	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rotom 20/90	Undaunted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rotom 13/100	Majestic Dawn	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rotom 49/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rotom 197/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Rotom 092/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Rotom 069/198	SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base Set	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Rotom 077/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard

25 of the 50 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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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 Rotom 86 in Cosmic Eclipse?

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 #86 in Cosmic Eclipse. 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 Rotom 86, 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 Rotom 86
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.

Rotom 86 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for 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 Expanded play. It was released on November 1, 2019.

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Rotom 86 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

Every card in the archiveNo. 10,622 of 17,290

Psychic cardsNo. 1,349 of 2,334

Cosmic EclipseNo. 159 of 232

What actually removes it

A Darkness attack printed at 35 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 70 HP.
743 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.

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Rotom 86 card record

Rotom 86 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	70 HP	Type	Psychic
Weakness	Darkness ×2	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Card type	Basic	Pokédex number	#479
Set	Cosmic Eclipse	Card number	86 of 236
Series	Sun & Moon	Released	November 1, 2019
Rarity	Uncommon	Illustrator	Mina Nakai
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Expanded only

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

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What does Rotom 86 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

$0.61

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August 14, 2026

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

Rotom 86 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Rotom 86 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Rotom 86?

Rotom 86 has 70 HP and a Darkness weakness at ×2, so a Darkness attack printed at 35 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 70.

What is the retreat cost of Rotom 86?

1 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

Can an older Rotom print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 50 prints listed on this page, 25 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.

Can Rotom 86 be played in a tournament?

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

Does this page say how good Rotom 86 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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Rotom 86 — what does this card actually do?

What does Rotom 86 do in a game?

Rotom 86 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Rotom 86 at a glance

What do the attacks on Rotom 86 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Rotom 86 compare with every other card?

What does being a Psychic card do for Rotom 86?

What knocks out Rotom 86 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

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

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Rotom 86?

What was printed next to Rotom 86 in Cosmic Eclipse?

Which rules apply to Rotom 86, and where can it be played?

Rotom 86 in depth — what these figures add up to

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Rotom 86 card record

What does Rotom 86 cost?

Rotom 86 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Rotom 86?

What is the retreat cost of Rotom 86?

Can an older Rotom print be played in a tournament?

Can Rotom 86 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Rotom 86 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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