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Yveltal-GX 79 — what does this card actually do?

This card has 180 HP, a top attack printed at 100 damage and a Lightning weakness.

Darkness · Basic GX · Forbidden Light · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Yveltal-GX 79 do in a game?

Yveltal-GX 79 is a Darkness Pokémon card with 180 HP, printed as Basic GX.

Its strongest attack, Sonic Evil, is printed at 100 damage for 3 Energy — 33 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Lightning weakness, any Lightning attack printed at 90 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Yveltal-GX 79Forbidden Light

Yveltal-GX 79 performance summary

180 HP · Darkness · Basic GX · retreat 2 · Lightning weakness ×2

Top printed damage10033 per Energy Sonic Evil100 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026
Hit points180 HP15.5% of 17,290 in the 130~180 band
Printed damage10021.8% of 16,246 in the 70~120 band
Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band
Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 33 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1
Price trackRare Holo GXForbidden Lightranked among GX cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it
Card classBasic GX
RarityRare Holo GX
SetForbidden Light
Card number79
Card data readJuly 28, 2026
How Yveltal-GX 79 is built, on five measures
Hit points180 HPTop printed damage100 damageEnergy efficiency33 per EnergyRetreat lightness2 EnergyAttack cost lightness1 Energy

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 45.3%.

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 Yveltal-GX 79 is built, on five measures
MeasurePercentilePrinted value
Hit points85.2%180 HP
Top printed damage76.6%100 damage
Energy efficiency75.0%33 per Energy
Retreat lightness45.3%2 Energy
Attack cost lightness98.2%1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record
  • 1EAbsorb Vitality20 damage per Energy card · has printed text20damage
  • 3ESonic Evil33 damage per Energy card · has printed text100damage
  • 1EDoom Count-GXhas printed text

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

Where it stands

Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 2,218 at 180 HP.

This cardYveltal-GX 79 — Forbidden LightYveltal-GX 79Forbidden Light180 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP200 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex — Ascended HeroesMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Yveltal-GX 79

  • Hit points 180 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 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
  • Weakness A Lightning attack printed at 90 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Yveltal-GX 79 at a glance

  • What it is. A Darkness Pokémon card with 180 HP printed as Basic GX, printed in Forbidden Light.
  • What it can do. 3 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 100 damage for 3 Energy.
  • What it fears. A Lightning weakness at ×2, which means 90 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 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 Yveltal-GX 79 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 3 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 100 damage, which is 33 damage for every Energy card attached.

Yveltal-GX 79 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
AttackEnergy costCards of EnergyPrinted damageDamage per EnergyEffect
Absorb Vitality1 Darkness12020Heal from this Pokémon the same amount of damage you did to your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Sonic Evil3 Colorless310033This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness or Resistance.
Doom Count-GX1 Darkness1If your opponent's Active Pokémon has exactly 4 damage counters on it, that Pokémon is Knocked Out. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)

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

Absorb Vitality1 Energy card
Sonic Evil3 Energy cards
Doom Count-GX1 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.

  • Absorb Vitality 1 Energy20 damage for 1 Energy — 20 per Energy card20
  • Sonic Evil 3 Energy100 damage for 3 Energy — 33 per Energy card100

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (100).

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How does Yveltal-GX 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.

Yveltal-GX 79 — Forbidden Light
Yveltal-GXForbidden Light 79

Yveltal-GX 79 prints 180 HP, which puts it at number 2,218 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).

77% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

  • This card180 HP
  • Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
  • Strongest GX card300 HP
Mega Emboar ex — Ascended Heroes 273 · the highest printed HP in the archive at 380

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

This card prints 180 HP, which is 47% 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 180 HP.

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

Hit points — where this card sits
GroupShareValue
~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
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 100.

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

Top printed damage — where this card sits
GroupShareValue
~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
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
GroupShareValue
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
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
GroupShareValue
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

That is where Yveltal-GX 79 stands highest on HP — number 15 of 121 cards in Forbidden Light. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

  • Mega Emboar ex — 380 HP, the highest in this group
    Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 2,218 of 17,290 by HP · No. 3,129 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380
    top 19% on damage
  • Mega Gengar ex — 350 HP, the highest in this group
    Darkness cards — 1,249 cards No. 234 of 1,248 by HP · No. 281 of 1,170 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gengar ex, 350
    top 24% on damage
  • Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX — 300 HP, the highest in this group
    GX cards — 601 cards No. 442 of 601 by HP · No. 414 of 594 by damage · top by HP: Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX, 300
    top 70% on damage
  • Greninja-GX — 230 HP, the highest in this group
    Forbidden Light — 150 cards No. 15 of 121 by HP · No. 29 of 109 by damage · top by HP: Greninja-GX, 230
    top 26% 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 180 HPmiddle half 60–130 HP
  • Top printed damage 100 damagemiddle 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.

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 GX
601 on record
Cards in the same HP band
2,679 of 17,290 (15.5%)
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 Yveltal-GX 79 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.

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
Yveltal-GX 79 — this card33.0100 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 33.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
GroupShareValue
1 Energy49.049 damage typical
2 Energy32.565 damage typical
3 Energy34.7104 damage typical
4 Energy27.8111 damage typical
5 Energy41.8209 damage typical
Yveltal-GX 79 — this card33.0100 damage for 3 Energy
2501250 damage
012345 Energy
Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsAbsorb Vitality 20 / 1Sonic Evil 100 / 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 Yveltal-GX 79.
GroupTypical printed damageDamage per Energy cardCards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy45304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy49499,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy65334,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy104352,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy11128421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy2094247
Absorb Vitality20
Sonic Evil33
This card, per Energy card
33 damage
Typical for a 1 Energy attack
49.0 damage
Difference
-16.0 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 100 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Yveltal-GX 79 strong for a GX card?

GX 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.

Hit points180 HPtypical for the group is 214 HP — this card is 16% below
Top printed damage100 damagetypical for the group is 133 damage — this card is 25% below
Retreat cost2 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 0% above

The group is every GX card in the archive — 601 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.

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What does being a Darkness card do for Yveltal-GX 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.

Deals double to this card 1,520 Lightning cards carry that type A Lightning attack printed at 90 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.
Yveltal-GX 79 · Basic GX 180 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 100 damage.
Takes double from this card no group most often prints a Darkness weakness This type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.
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
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
Darkness — this cardmost 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
GroupShareValue
Psychic13.5%2,335 cards
Water14.1%2,435 cards
Colorless12.6%2,173 cards
Fire9.1%1,574 cards
Fighting10.9%1,884 cards
Lightning8.8%1,520 cards
Grass13.8%2,387 cards
Metal5.4%925 cards
Darkness — this card7.2%1,249 cards
Dragon3.1%530 cards
Fairy1.4%237 cards
Darknessweak 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 Darkness weakness.

What being a Darkness card is worth

No group in the archive most often prints a Darkness weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule. Going the other way, Darkness cards are themselves most exposed to Lightning.

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What knocks out Yveltal-GX 79 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 90 printed damage rather than 180.

Cards that remove it in one attack
443
Cards it removes in one attack
809
Lightning damage needed to knock it out
90
Counted across the whole card archive. 180 HP against a Lightning weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.
Removes it in one attackMiraidonMiraidonPitch Black 2890 damage
×2Lightning weakness · 90 printed damage is enough
90 damage becomes 180 against this card
This cardYveltal-GX 79Yveltal-GX 79Forbidden Light 79180 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 441 cards in the archive that can remove Yveltal-GX 79 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 90 printed damage against a bar of 90. 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.

Yveltal-GXweak to Lightning ×2
Yveltal-GXresists 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.

Lightning cards that remove Yveltal-GX in one attack
CardSetHPPrinted damageAfter weakness
Pikachu ex (57)Ascended Heroes200300600
Pikachu ex (277)Ascended Heroes200300600
Pikachu ex (57)Surging Sparks200300600
Pikachu ex (219)Surging Sparks200300600
Pikachu ex (238)Surging Sparks200300600
Pikachu ex (247)Surging Sparks200300600

180 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness means any Lightning attack printed at 90 damage or more is enough. 443 cards in the archive clear that bar.

Cards this one removes in a single attack

809 cards in the archive are weak to Darkness 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 can you use instead of Yveltal-GX 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.

Cards that fill the same slot as Yveltal-GX 79
CardSetHPTop damageRetreat
Umbreon-GXHidden Fates Shiny Vault200902
Umbreon-GXSun & Moon200902
Darkrai-GXHidden Fates Shiny Vault1801302
Yveltal-GXForbidden Light1801002
Umbreon-GXSun & Moon200902
Darkrai-GXBurning Shadows1801302

This card itself is 180 HP, 100 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Darkness 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 Yveltal-GX 79 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 #79 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 Yveltal-GX 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.

The rule printed on this card

“Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.”

Rulebook clauses that apply to Yveltal-GX 79
ClauseWhat the rulebook saysCards it applies toShare of the archive
WeaknessSome Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.16,744 cards81.9%
RetreatRetreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).17,244 cards84.3%
Energy per turnYou can attach Energy just once each turn!17,180 cards84.0%

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.

Yveltal-GX 79 — tournament formats
FormatStatusWhat that means
StandardNot listedThis card is not listed for this format
ExpandedLegalCan be played in this format
UnlimitedLegalCan 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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Yveltal-GX 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

  • Its hardest attack, Sonic Evil, 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 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 2,218 of 17,290
Darkness cardsNo. 234 of 1,248
GX cardsNo. 442 of 601
Forbidden LightNo. 15 of 121

What actually removes it

  • A Lightning attack printed at 90 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 180 HP.
  • 443 cards in the archive clear that bar.
  • Going the other way, it removes 809 cards in one attack.
  • 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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Yveltal-GX 79 card record

Yveltal-GX 79 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points180 HPTypeDarkness
WeaknessLightning ×2Retreat cost2 Energy
Card typeBasic GXPokédex number#717
SetForbidden LightCard number79 of 131
SeriesSun & MoonReleasedMay 4, 2018
RarityRare Holo GXIllustrator5ban Graphics
Tournament legalityUnlimited and Expanded only
Printed rulePokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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

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What does Yveltal-GX 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.

Market price today
$10.38
Read on
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One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.
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Yveltal-GX 79 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Yveltal-GX 79?

Yveltal-GX 79 has 180 HP and a Lightning weakness at ×2, so a Lightning attack printed at 90 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 180.

What is the strongest attack on Yveltal-GX 79?

Sonic Evil, printed at 100 damage for 3 Energy — 33 damage per Energy card. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness or Resistance.

What is the retreat cost of Yveltal-GX 79?

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

Can Yveltal-GX 79 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.

What does the rule on Yveltal-GX 79 mean?

The card reads “Pokémon-GX rule: When your Pokémon-GX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.” That sentence is printed on the card itself, so it applies wherever the card is played.

Does this page say how good Yveltal-GX 79 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.

1
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.

1
Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com
2
TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com
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