Volcanion ◇ 31 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 160 HP, a top attack printed at 100 damage and a Lightning weakness.
Water · Basic Prism Star · Forbidden Light · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Volcanion ◇ 31 do in a game?
Volcanion ◇ 31 is a Water Pokémon card with 160 HP, printed as Basic Prism Star.
Its strongest attack, Sauna Blast, is printed at 100 damage for 3 Energy — 33 damage per Energy card.
Because of the Lightning weakness, any Lightning attack printed at 80 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Volcanion ◇ 31Forbidden Light
Volcanion ◇ 31 performance summary
160 HP · Water · Basic Prism Star · retreat 3 · Lightning weakness ×2
as of July 28, 2026
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3
Strongest on Hit points — top 18.3% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 16.8%.
Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.
| Measure | Percentile | Printed value |
|---|---|---|
| Hit points | 81.7% | 160 HP |
| Top printed damage | 76.6% | 100 damage |
| Energy efficiency | 75.0% | 33 per Energy |
| Retreat lightness | 16.8% | 3 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 17.4% | 3 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 2,895 at 160 HP.
Volcanion ◇ 31160 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 220 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Volcanion ◇ 31
- 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 33 damage per Energy card against 34.7 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 3.
- Weakness A Lightning attack printed at 80 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Volcanion ◇ 31 at a glance
- What it is. A Water Pokémon card with 160 HP printed as Basic Prism Star, printed in Forbidden Light.
- What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 100 damage for 3 Energy.
- What it fears. A Lightning weakness at ×2, which means 80 printed damage is enough to remove it.
- What it costs to move. 3 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
- Where it can be played. Unlimited 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 Volcanion ◇ 31 cost, and what do they hit for?
The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 100 damage, which is 33 damage for every Energy card attached.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sauna Blast | 3 Water | 3 | 100 | 33 | This attack does 20 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) |
Retreating costs a further 3 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.
The Energy this attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.
One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.
How does Volcanion ◇ 31 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 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.
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.
| 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 |
16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 100.
Cards in the 70~120 band typically have 141 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~30 | 42.7% | 6,938 cards |
| 40~60 | 22.0% | 3,566 cards |
| 70~120 — this card | 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 3 Energy.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically have 153 HP and print 104 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1.8% | 304 cards |
| 1 | 54.4% | 9,392 cards |
| 2 | 26.4% | 4,565 cards |
| 3 — this card | 14.7% | 2,533 cards |
| 4 | 2.4% | 421 cards |
| 5 | 0.3% | 47 cards |
17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 3 Energy to retreat.
Cards with a retreat cost of 3 typically have 150 HP and print 99 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 — this card | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Volcanion ◇ 31 stands highest on HP — number 369 of 2,435 cards in Water cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 160 HP
middle half 60–130 HP - Top printed damage 100 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 Volcanion ◇ 31 does without attacking
Volcanion ◇ 31 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.
Why this sits apart from the attacks
An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.
Jet Geyser 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.
Is Volcanion ◇ 31 efficient for the Energy it asks for?
Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 100 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.
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 3 typically return 34.7 damage per Energy card. This card returns 33.
| 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 |
| Volcanion ◇ 31 — this card | 33.0 | 100 damage for 3 Energy |
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.
| 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 |
| Sauna Blast | — | 33 | — |
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 100 is read as high or low rather than merely large.
Is Volcanion ◇ 31 strong for a Prism Star card?
Prism Star cards are built large to begin with, so measuring this one against the whole archive mixes up what the mechanic gives it with what the card itself gives it. Measured inside its own group, the two come apart.
The group is every Prism Star card in the archive — 27 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.
What does being a Water card do for Volcanion ◇ 31?
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 — 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 |
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.
What knocks out Volcanion ◇ 31 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.
Lanturn80 damage80 damage becomes 160 against this card
Volcanion ◇ 31160 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 489 cards in the archive that can remove Volcanion ◇ 31 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.
Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.
| 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.
200 HP
Salazzle-GX [25]
200 HP
Salazzle-GX [132]
200 HP
Salazzle-GX [151]
200 HP
Salazzle-GX [SM63]
200 HP
Ninetales V [26]
200 HP
Ninetales V [177]
1,511 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.
Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Volcanion ◇ 31?
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.
130
Volcanion [XY145]
120
Volcanion [SM179]
180
Volcanion-EX [115]
220
Volcanion ex [182]
130
Volcanion [XY185]
180
Volcanion-EX [107]
130
Shining Volcanion [27]
180
Volcanion-EX [XY173]
180
Volcanion-EX [26]
220
Volcanion V [162]
130
Volcanion [XY164]
220
Volcanion ex [171]
120
Volcanion [25]
220
Volcanion V [25]
220
Volcanion ex [31]
130
Volcanion [25]
130
Volcanion [26]
130
Volcanion [25]
130
Volcanion [25]
130
Volcanion [22]
130
Volcanion [25]
21 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 Volcanion ◇ 31 in Forbidden Light?
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.
60
Clauncher [25]
100
Clawitzer [26]
90
Amaura [27]
160
Aurorus [28]
60
Bergmite [29]
140
Avalugg [30]
60
Dewpider [32]
100
Araquanid [33]
60
Magnemite [34]
90
Magneton [35]
150
Magnezone [36]
60
Helioptile [37]
These are the cards numbered either side of #31 in Forbidden Light. 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 Volcanion ◇ 31, and where can it be played?
Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.
The rule printed on this card
“◇ (Prism Star) Rule: You can't have more than 1 ◇ card with the same name in your deck. If a ◇ card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead.”
| Clause | What the rulebook says | Cards it applies to | Share of the archive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card. | 16,744 cards | 81.9% |
| Retreat | Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn). | 17,244 cards | 84.3% |
| Energy per turn | You can attach Energy just once each turn! | 17,180 cards | 84.0% |
Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.
| Format | Status | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Not listed | This card is not listed for this format |
| Expanded | 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 May 4, 2018.
Volcanion ◇ 31 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, Sauna Blast, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
- That works out at 33 damage for every Energy card attached.
- Moving it out of the active spot costs 3 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
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 1,511 cards in one attack.
Volcanion ◇ 31 card record
| Hit points | 160 HP | Type | Water |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Lightning ×2 | Retreat cost | 3 Energy |
| Card type | Basic Prism Star | Pokédex number | #721 |
| Set | Forbidden Light | Card number | 31 of 131 |
| Series | Sun & Moon | Released | May 4, 2018 |
| Rarity | Rare Prism Star | Illustrator | Naoki Saito |
| Tournament legality | Unlimited and Expanded only | ||
| Printed rule | ◇ (Prism Star) Rule: You can't have more than 1 ◇ card with the same name in your deck. If a ◇ card would go to the discard pile, put it in the Lost Zone instead. | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Volcanion ◇ 31 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Volcanion ◇ 31 — frequently asked questions
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Does this page say how good Volcanion ◇ 31 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.
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