Alolan Dugtrio 79 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 60 HP, a top attack printed at 30 damage and a Fire weakness.
Metal · Stage 1 · Ultra Prism · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Alolan Dugtrio 79 do in a game?
Alolan Dugtrio 79 is a Metal Pokémon card with 60 HP, printed as Stage 1.
Its strongest attack, Gold Rush, is printed at 30 damage for 0 Energy.
Because of the Fire weakness, any Fire attack printed at 30 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Alolan Dugtrio 79Ultra Prism
Alolan Dugtrio 79 performance summary
60 HP · Metal · Stage 1 · retreat 1 · Fire weakness ×2
as of July 28, 2026
Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 0.1% of the archive. Weakest on Hit points — bottom 13.1%.
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 | 13.1% | 60 HP |
| Top printed damage | 28.9% | 30 damage |
| Retreat lightness | 94.4% | 1 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 100.0% | 0 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 12,840 at 60 HP.
Alolan Dugtrio 7960 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 320 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Alolan Dugtrio 79
- Hit points 60 HP puts it in the ~70 band, where 38.6% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Weakness A Fire attack printed at 30 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
- Legality 2 of the 6 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.
Alolan Dugtrio 79 at a glance
- What it is. A Metal Pokémon card with 60 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Ultra Prism.
- What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 30 damage for 0 Energy.
- What it fears. A Fire weakness at ×2, which means 30 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.
What do the attacks on Alolan Dugtrio 79 cost, and what do they hit for?
The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 0 Energy and returns 30 damage, which is 0 damage for every Energy card attached.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Rush | No Energy | 0 | 30× | — | Discard any number of Metal Energy cards from your hand. This attack does 30 damage for each card you discarded in this way. |
Retreating costs a further 1 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.
Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol
A number on a Pokémon card is not always the number that lands.
- Gold Rush is printed as 30×, so the printed number is multiplied — the attack deals that much for each thing the sentence beside it counts.
How does Alolan Dugtrio 79 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 60 HP, which is 16% 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 60 HP.
Cards in the ~70 band typically print 23 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.
| 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 |
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.
| 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 |
17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 0 Energy.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 0 typically have 84 HP and print 45 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 — this card | 1.8% | 304 cards |
| 1 | 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 Alolan Dugtrio 79 stands highest on HP — number 12,840 of 17,290 cards in Every card in the archive. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 60 HP
middle half 60–130 HP - Top printed damage 30 damage
middle half 20–90 damage
- 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 Metal card do for Alolan Dugtrio 79?
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 | 13.8% | 2,387 cards |
| Metal — this card | 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 Metal weakness.
What being a Metal card is worth
Groups that most often print a Metal weakness: Fairy (237 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Metal cards are themselves most exposed to Fire.
What knocks out Alolan Dugtrio 79 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 30 printed damage rather than 60.
Litleo30 damage30 damage becomes 60 against this card
Alolan Dugtrio 7960 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 1,191 cards in the archive that can remove Alolan Dugtrio 79 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 30 printed damage against a bar of 30. 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 Psychic resistance changes
Damage from Psychic 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 |
60 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness means any Fire attack printed at 30 damage or more is enough. 1,208 cards in the archive clear that bar.
60 HP
Snorunt [21]
60 HP
Vanillite [31]
60 HP
Spheal [29]
60 HP
Swinub [26]
60 HP
Vanillite [35]
60 HP
Vanillite [27]
185 cards in the archive are weak to Metal 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.
What is Alolan Dugtrio as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?
Alolan Dugtrio 79 is one print of Alolan Dugtrio. 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 Alolan Dugtrio 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 summaryWhat has to be in play before Alolan Dugtrio 79 can be?
Alolan Dugtrio evolves from Alolan Diglett, 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 Alolan Diglett.
- The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.
- Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 051.
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.
Is this the strongest Alolan Dugtrio print, and can the older ones still be played?
8 prints carry this name in the archive, and 6 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.
| Set | Regulation mark | Standard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alolan Dugtrio 208/191 | SV08: Surging Sparks | Mark H | Legal in Standard |
| Alolan Dugtrio 123/191 | SV08: Surging Sparks | Mark H | Legal in Standard |
| Alolan Dugtrio 123/214 | SM - Lost Thunder | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Alolan Dugtrio 122/214 | SM - Unbroken Bonds | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Alolan Dugtrio 011/012 | McDonald's Promos 2019 | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Alolan Dugtrio 79/156 | SM - Ultra Prism | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
2 of the 6 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 summaryWhat can you use instead of Alolan Dugtrio 79?
Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.
| Card | Set | HP | Top damage | Retreat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Scizor | Neo Destiny | 70 | 30 | 2 |
| Steelix | Aquapolis | 100 | 50 | 4 |
| Raichu δ | Holon Phantoms | 70 | 50 | 0 |
| Magneton | Skyridge | 70 | 30 | 2 |
| Scizor | Aquapolis | 80 | 30 | 2 |
| Magneton | Aquapolis | 70 | 30 | 2 |
This card itself is 60 HP, 30 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Metal like it.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Alolan Dugtrio 79?
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.
50
Dark Dugtrio [6]
70
Dugtrio [10]
70
Dugtrio [44]
70
Dugtrio [52]
80
Dugtrio [22]
60
Brock's Dugtrio [22]
50
Dark Dugtrio [23]
110
Alolan Dugtrio [208]
100
Team Rocket's Dugtrio [239]
90
Alolan Dugtrio [123]
70
Dugtrio [23]
90
Dugtrio [24]
90
Dugtrio [24]
90
Dugtrio [56]
90
Dugtrio [39]
80
Alolan Dugtrio [122]
90
Dugtrio [59]
90
Dugtrio [93]
90
Dugtrio [86]
100
Team Rocket's Dugtrio [101]
110
Alolan Dugtrio [123]
90
Dugtrio [51]
90
Dugtrio [85]
90
Dugtrio [104]
90
Dugtrio [77]
26 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number (#051). 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 Alolan Dugtrio 79 in Ultra Prism?
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.
70
Sneasel [73]
90
Weavile [74]
70
Stunky [75]
120
Skuntank [76]
160
Darkrai ◇ [77]
50
Alolan Diglett [78]
60
Magnemite [80]
60
Magnemite [81]
90
Magneton [82]
150
Magnezone [83]
100
Shieldon [84]
160
Bastiodon [85]
These are the cards numbered either side of #79 in Ultra Prism. 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 Alolan Dugtrio 79, 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% |
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 | 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 February 2, 2018.
Alolan Dugtrio 79 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 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
- It cannot start the game in play — Alolan Diglett has to be on the field first.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- A Fire attack printed at 30 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 60 HP.
- 1,208 cards in the archive clear that bar.
- Going the other way, it removes 185 cards in one attack.
- Damage from Psychic attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.
Alolan Dugtrio 79 card record
| Hit points | 60 HP | Type | Metal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Fire ×2 | Retreat cost | 1 Energy |
| Evolves from | Alolan Diglett | Card type | Stage 1 |
| Pokédex number | #051 | Set | Ultra Prism |
| Card number | 79 of 156 | Series | Sun & Moon |
| Released | February 2, 2018 | Rarity | Uncommon |
| Illustrator | Megumi Mizutani | ||
| Tournament legality | Unlimited and Expanded only | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Alolan Dugtrio 79 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Alolan Dugtrio 79 — frequently asked questions
How much damage does it take to knock out Alolan Dugtrio 79?
What is the strongest attack on Alolan Dugtrio 79?
What is the retreat cost of Alolan Dugtrio 79?
What does the × after the damage on Gold Rush mean?
Can an older Alolan Dugtrio print be played in a tournament?
What does Alolan Dugtrio evolve from?
Can Alolan Dugtrio 79 be played in a tournament?
Does this page say how good Alolan Dugtrio 79 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.