Heliolisk 38 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Heliolisk 38
Brand: Pokémon
Author: otumami

This card has 100 HP, a top attack printed at 80 damage and a Fighting weakness.

Lightning · Stage 1 · Forbidden Light · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Heliolisk 38 do in a game?

Heliolisk 38 is a Lightning Pokémon card with 100 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Volt Wave, is printed at 80 damage for 3 Energy — 27 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Fighting weakness, any Fighting attack printed at 50 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Lightning Stage 1 Uncommon Unlimited and Expanded #695 Heliolisk

Heliolisk 38Forbidden Light

100 HP · Lightning · Stage 1 · retreat 1 · Fighting weakness ×2

Top printed damage8027 per Energy Volt Wave80 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points100 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage8021.8% of 16,246 in the 70~120 band

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

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 27 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackUncommonForbidden Light16 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

RarityUncommon

SetForbidden Light

Card number38

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$0.40Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by50 damage100 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it1,071 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name16 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line15 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #695 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Heliolisk 38 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Hit points — bottom 56.1%.

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.

How Heliolisk 38 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	56.1%	100 HP
Top printed damage	68.9%	80 damage
Energy efficiency	64.0%	27 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EGnaw20 damage per Energy card20damage
3EVolt Wave27 damage per Energy card · has printed text80damage

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

Where it stands

No. 6,636of 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 6,636 at 100 HP.

Lightning cardsNo. 551of 1,520 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 1,866of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardHeliolisk 38Forbidden Light100 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 280 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Heliolisk 38

Hit points 100 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 27 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Weakness A Fighting attack printed at 50 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 7 of the 16 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Heliolisk 38 at a glance

What it is. A Lightning Pokémon card with 100 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Forbidden Light.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 80 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Fighting weakness at ×2, which means 50 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 Heliolisk 38 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 80 damage, which is 27 damage for every Energy card attached.

Heliolisk 38 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Gnaw	1 Colorless	1	20	20	No extra effect.
Volt Wave	3 Colorless	3	80	27	Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

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

Gnaw1 Energy card

Volt Wave3 Energy cards

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.

Gnaw 1 Energy20 damage for 1 Energy — 20 per Energy card20
Volt Wave 3 Energy80 damage for 3 Energy — 27 per Energy card80

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (80).

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How does Heliolisk 38 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.

Heliolisk 38 — Forbidden Light — HelioliskForbidden Light 38

No.6,636by HP in the archive

Heliolisk 38 prints 100 HP, which puts it at number 6,636 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).

69% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 38%Where it sits on printed HP

This card100 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Heliolisk printed120 HP

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

This card prints 100 HP, which is 26% 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

80~120 — this card33.1%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 100 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

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

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~120 — this card21.8%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 80.

Cards in the 70~120 band typically have 141 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
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

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. 551of 1,520

That is where Heliolisk 38 stands highest on HP — number 551 of 1,520 cards in Lightning 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. 6,636 of 17,290 by HP · No. 4,308 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 27% on damage
Lightning cards — 1,520 cards No. 551 of 1,520 by HP · No. 442 of 1,461 by damage · top by HP: Mega Eelektross ex, 350

top 30% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 1,866 of 5,102 by HP · No. 1,215 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 25% on damage
Forbidden Light — 150 cards No. 61 of 121 by HP · No. 43 of 109 by damage · top by HP: Greninja-GX, 230

top 39% 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 100 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 100
Top printed damage 80 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 80

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 1

5,102 on record

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,535 of 16,246 (21.8%)

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

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Heliolisk 38 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 80 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.

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

Heliolisk 38 — this card27.080 damage for 3 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 27.

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
Heliolisk 38 — this card	27.0	80 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsGnaw 20 / 1Volt Wave 80 / 3

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 Heliolisk 38.
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
Gnaw	—	20	—
Volt Wave	—	27	—

This card, per Energy card

27 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

-22.0 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 80 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Lightning card do for Heliolisk 38?

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 1,884 Fighting cards carry that type A Fighting attack printed at 50 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Heliolisk 38 · Stage 1 100 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 80 damage.

Takes double from this card 2,435 cards in groups that print a Lightning weakness Against Water, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost 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

Lightning — this cardmost 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	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning — this card	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

Lightningweak to Fighting

Waterweak to Lightning

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Lightning weakness.

What being a Lightning card is worth

Groups that most often print a Lightning weakness: Water (2,435 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Lightning cards are themselves most exposed to Fighting.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Heliolisk 38 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Fighting attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 50 printed damage rather than 100.

Cards that remove it in one attack

1,071

Cards it removes in one attack

2,061

Fighting damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 100 HP against a Fighting weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackLunatoneMega Evolution 7450 damage

×2Fighting weakness · 50 printed damage is enough
50 damage becomes 100 against this card

This cardHeliolisk 38Forbidden Light 38100 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 1,061 cards in the archive that can remove Heliolisk 38 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 50 printed damage against a bar of 50. 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.

Helioliskweak to Fighting ×2

Helioliskresists Metal -20

Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.

What the Metal resistance changes

Damage from Metal 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.

Fighting cards that remove Heliolisk in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mega Lucario ex (77)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (160)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (179)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (188)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (113)	Ascended Heroes	340	270	540
Toxtricity ex (100)	Paradox Rift	260	270	540

100 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness means any Fighting attack printed at 50 damage or more is enough. 1,071 cards in the archive clear that bar.

160 HP Charizard ex [105]

Raikou & Suicune LEGEND 92 — HS—Unleashed

160 HP Raikou & Suicune LEGEND [92]

Raikou & Suicune LEGEND 93 — HS—Unleashed

160 HP Raikou & Suicune LEGEND [93]

Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 101 — HS—Triumphant

160 HP Palkia & Dialga LEGEND [101]

Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 — HS—Triumphant

160 HP Palkia & Dialga LEGEND [102]

160 HP Samurott [23]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

2,061 cards in the archive are weak to Lightning 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 Heliolisk as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Heliolisk 38 is one print of Heliolisk. 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.

Heliolisk has been printed 16 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 Heliolisk cards ever printedPokédex #695Prints on record 16Toughest print 120 HPThis card 100 HP

16prints

Legal in Standard7Older prints, not in Standard9

Every Heliolisk 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 Heliolisk printed is 120 HP, and this card is 83.3% of it

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

Heliolisk 229/217the toughest Heliolisk ever printedME: Ascended Heroes120 HP
Heliolisk 38against that record83.3% of the record100 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Heliolisk 38 can be?

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

The Heliolisk line, oldest stage first

Helioptile11 prints on record · XY - Flashfire

+50 HP · +110 damage

Heliolisk12 prints on record · XY Promos

Helioptile → Heliolisk

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Helioptile.
The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.

1HelioptileHardest attack printed at this stage: 40 damage70 HP
2HelioliskHardest attack printed at this stage: 150 damage. Evolving here adds 50 HP over the stage before it120 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (120 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 Heliolisk print, and can the older ones still be played?

16 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 (120 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

Heliolisk prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Heliolisk 229/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Heliolisk 064/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Heliolisk 050/159	SWSH: Crown Zenith	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Heliolisk 053/132	ME01: Mega Evolution	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Heliolisk 155/191	SV08: Surging Sparks	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Heliolisk 064/192	SWSH02: Rebel Clash	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Heliolisk 099/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Heliolisk 177/167	SV06: Twilight Masquerade	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Heliolisk 180/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Heliolisk 38/131	SM - Forbidden Light	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Heliolisk 50/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Heliolisk 44/145	SM - Guardians Rising	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Heliolisk 071/167	SV06: Twilight Masquerade	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Heliolisk XY47	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Heliolisk 037/106	Deck Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Heliolisk 30/119	XY - Phantom Forces	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

7 of the 16 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 Heliolisk 38?

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 Heliolisk 38
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Dark Raichu	Team Rocket	70	30	1
Raichu ex	Sandstorm	100	120	1
Raichu	Skyridge	80	50	1
Jolteon	Jungle	70	20	1
Magneton	Legendary Collection	80	100	2
Jolteon	Legendary Collection	70	20	1

This card itself is 100 HP, 80 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Lightning 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 Heliolisk 38 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.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #38 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.

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Which rules apply to Heliolisk 38, 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 Heliolisk 38
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.

Heliolisk 38 — 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 May 4, 2018.

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Heliolisk 38 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, Volt Wave, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 27 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Helioptile has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 6,636 of 17,290

Lightning cardsNo. 551 of 1,520

Stage 1 cardsNo. 1,866 of 5,102

Forbidden LightNo. 61 of 121

What actually removes it

A Fighting attack printed at 50 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 100 HP.
1,071 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 2,061 cards in one attack.
Damage from Metal attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.

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Heliolisk 38 card record

Heliolisk 38 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	100 HP	Type	Lightning
Weakness	Fighting ×2	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Evolves from	Helioptile	Card type	Stage 1
Pokédex number	#695	Set	Forbidden Light
Card number	38 of 131	Series	Sun & Moon
Released	May 4, 2018	Rarity	Uncommon
Illustrator	otumami
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 Heliolisk 38 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

$0.40

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

Heliolisk 38 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Heliolisk 38 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Heliolisk 38?

Heliolisk 38 has 100 HP and a Fighting weakness at ×2, so a Fighting attack printed at 50 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 100.

What is the strongest attack on Heliolisk 38?

Volt Wave, printed at 80 damage for 3 Energy — 27 damage per Energy card. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

What is the retreat cost of Heliolisk 38?

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

Can an older Heliolisk print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 16 prints listed on this page, 7 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 Heliolisk evolve from?

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

Can Heliolisk 38 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 Heliolisk 38 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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Heliolisk 38 — what does this card actually do?

What does Heliolisk 38 do in a game?

Heliolisk 38 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Heliolisk 38 at a glance

What do the attacks on Heliolisk 38 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Heliolisk 38 compare with every other card?

Is Heliolisk 38 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Lightning card do for Heliolisk 38?

What knocks out Heliolisk 38 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Heliolisk 38 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Heliolisk 38?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Heliolisk 38?

What was printed next to Heliolisk 38 in Forbidden Light?

Which rules apply to Heliolisk 38, and where can it be played?

Heliolisk 38 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

Heliolisk 38 card record

What does Heliolisk 38 cost?

Heliolisk 38 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Heliolisk 38?

What is the strongest attack on Heliolisk 38?

What is the retreat cost of Heliolisk 38?

Can an older Heliolisk print be played in a tournament?

What does Heliolisk evolve from?

Can Heliolisk 38 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Heliolisk 38 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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