Combusken 5 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Combusken 5
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Ken Sugimori

This card has 80 HP, a top attack printed at 60 damage and a Water weakness.

Fire · Stage 1 · Dragon Majesty · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Combusken 5 do in a game?

Combusken 5 is a Fire Pokémon card with 80 HP, printed as Stage 1.

Its strongest attack, Lunge, is printed at 60 damage for 2 Energy — 30 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Water weakness, any Water attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Fire Stage 1 Uncommon Unlimited and Expanded #256 Combusken

Combusken 5Dragon Majesty

80 HP · Fire · Stage 1 · retreat 1 · Water weakness ×2

Top printed damage6030 per Energy Lunge60 damage for 2 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points80 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage6022.0% of 16,246 in the 40~60 band

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

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 30 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackUncommonDragon Majesty24 printsranked among Stage 1 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1

RarityUncommon

SetDragon Majesty

Card number5

AbilityNatural Cure

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$0.88Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by40 damage80 HP against a Water ×2 weakness Turns of setup2 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it1,277 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name24 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line20 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #256 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Combusken 5 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 5.6% of the archive. Weakest on Hit points — bottom 38.6%.

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 Combusken 5 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	38.6%	80 HP
Top printed damage	57.4%	60 damage
Energy efficiency	67.1%	30 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2ELunge30 damage per Energy card · has printed text60damage

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 9,046of 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 9,046 at 80 HP.

Fire cardsNo. 862of 1,574 by printed HP Stage 1 cardsNo. 3,399of 5,102 by printed HP

This cardCombusken 5Dragon Majesty80 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 300 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Combusken 5

Hit points 80 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 30 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Weakness A Water attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 2 of the 21 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Combusken 5 at a glance

What it is. A Fire Pokémon card with 80 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in Dragon Majesty.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 60 damage for 2 Energy.
What it fears. A Water weakness at ×2, which means 40 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 Combusken 5 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 60 damage, which is 30 damage for every Energy card attached.

Combusken 5 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Lunge	2 Colorless	2	60	30	Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.

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

Lunge2 Energy cards

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.

Lunge 2 Energy60 damage for 2 Energy — 30 per Energy card60

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (60).

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How does Combusken 5 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.

Combusken 5 — Dragon Majesty — CombuskenDragon Majesty 5

No.9,046by HP in the archive

Combusken 5 prints 80 HP, which puts it at number 9,046 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).

57% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Bottom 48%Where it sits on printed HP

This card80 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 1 card380 HP
Strongest Combusken printed100 HP

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

This card prints 80 HP, which is 21% 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 80 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

40~60 — this card22.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%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 60.

Cards in the 40~60 band typically have 101 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60 — this card	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

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

2 — this card26.4%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 2 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically have 116 HP and print 65 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2 — this card	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. 9,046of 17,290

That is where Combusken 5 stands highest on HP — number 9,046 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.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 9,046 of 17,290 by HP · No. 5,743 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 35% on damage
Fire cards — 1,574 cards No. 862 of 1,574 by HP · No. 664 of 1,526 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 43% on damage
Stage 1 cards — 5,102 cards No. 3,399 of 5,102 by HP · No. 1,904 of 4,958 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 38% on damage
Dragon Majesty — 80 cards No. 42 of 67 by HP · No. 30 of 63 by damage · top by HP: Dragonite-GX, 250

top 46% 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 80 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 80
Top printed damage 60 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 60

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

3,566 of 16,246 (22.0%)

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 Combusken 5 does without attacking

Combusken 5 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.

Printed effects

Capped at once a turn

None

Read from the printed text quoted below, not counted anywhere else.

Natural Cure — Ability

Whenever you attach an Energy card from your hand to this Pokémon, remove all Special Conditions from it.

Quoted from the card face. The label after the dash is how the card itself names the effect.

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.

Every card mechanic in the archive

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Is Combusken 5 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 60 damage attack that needs 2 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

Combusken 5 — this card30.060 damage for 2 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 2 typically return 32.5 damage per Energy card. This card returns 30.

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
Combusken 5 — this card	30.0	60 damage for 2 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsLunge 60 / 2

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 Combusken 5.
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
Lunge	—	30	—

This card, per Energy card

30 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

-2.5 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 60 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Fire card do for Combusken 5?

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 2,435 Water cards carry that type A Water attack printed at 40 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Combusken 5 · Stage 1 80 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 60 damage.

Takes double from this card 3,312 cards in groups that print a Fire weakness Against Grass and Metal, 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

Fire — this cardmost 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	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire — this card	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

Fireweak to Water

Grassweak to Fire

Metalweak to Fire

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

What being a Fire card is worth

Groups that most often print a Fire weakness: Grass (2,387 cards) and Metal (925 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Fire cards are themselves most exposed to Water.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Combusken 5 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Water attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 40 printed damage rather than 80.

Cards that remove it in one attack

1,277

Cards it removes in one attack

2,155

Water damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 80 HP against a Water weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackDelibirdChaos Rising 1840 damage

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

This cardCombusken 5Dragon Majesty 580 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 1,263 cards in the archive that can remove Combusken 5 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 40 printed damage against a bar of 40. 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.

Combuskenweak to Water ×2

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

Water cards that remove Combusken in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Vaporeon ex (23)	Prismatic Evolutions	280	280	560
Vaporeon ex (149)	Prismatic Evolutions	280	280	560
Wailord ex (16)	Pitch Black	380	270	540
Wailord ex (97)	Pitch Black	380	270	540
Palafin ex (61)	Twilight Masquerade	340	250	500
Palafin ex (193)	Twilight Masquerade	340	250	500

80 HP against a Water ×2 weakness means any Water attack printed at 40 damage or more is enough. 1,277 cards in the archive clear that bar.

120 HP Cobalion [100]

120 HP Beautifly [8]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

2,155 cards in the archive are weak to Fire 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 Combusken as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Combusken 5 is one print of Combusken. 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.

Combusken has been printed 24 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 Combusken cards ever printedPokédex #256Prints on record 24Toughest print 100 HPThis card 80 HP

24prints

Legal in Standard2Older prints, not in Standard22

Every Combusken 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 Combusken printed is 100 HP, and this card is 80% of it

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

Combusken 041/182the toughest Combusken ever printedSV10: Destined Rivals100 HP
Combusken 5against that record80% of the record80 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Combusken 5 can be?

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

The Combusken line, oldest stage first

No imageTorchic18 prints on record · EX Emerald

+30 HP · +50 damage

Combusken18 prints on record · EX Holon Phantoms

+70 HP · +50 damage

No imageBlaziken12 prints on record · EX Emerald

Torchic → Combusken → Blaziken

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Torchic.
It is not the end of the line either — Blaziken evolves from this card, so a deck can keep going past it.
The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.

1TorchicNo imageTorchicHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage70 HP
2CombuskenHardest attack printed at this stage: 80 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it100 HP
3BlazikenNo imageBlazikenHardest attack printed at this stage: 130 damage. Evolving here adds 70 HP over the stage before it170 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (170 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 Combusken print, and can the older ones still be played?

24 prints carry this name in the archive, and 21 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 (100 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

21 rows are shown of the 24 prints counted under this name.

Combusken prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Combusken 041/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Combusken 023/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 023/159	SV09: Journey Together	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Combusken 013/111	League & Championship Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 31/100	EX Crystal Guardians	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 29/108	EX Power Keepers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 16/100	EX Crystal Guardians	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 45/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 35/106	Great Encounters	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 16/108	Dark Explorers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 5/70	Dragon Majesty	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 27/160	XY - Primal Clash	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 27/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 009	Nintendo Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 39/110	EX Holon Phantoms	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 007/017	POP Series 3	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 006/017	POP Series 4	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 27/109	EX Ruby and Sapphire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 25/97	EX Dragon	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 25/106	EX Emerald	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Combusken 2/10	EX Trainer Kit 1: Latias & Latios	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

2 of the 21 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 Combusken 5?

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 Combusken 5
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Arcanine ex	Legend Maker	120	100	2
Ninetales	Aquapolis	80	40	1
Light Arcanine	Neo Destiny	100	50	2
Ninetales	Legendary Collection	80	80	1
Charmeleon	Legendary Collection	80	50	1
Ninetales	Pokémon Rumble	90	60	1

This card itself is 80 HP, 60 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Fire 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 Combusken 5 in Dragon Majesty?

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 #5 in Dragon Majesty. 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 Combusken 5, 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 Combusken 5
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.

Combusken 5 — 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 September 7, 2018.

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Combusken 5 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, Lunge, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 30 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 — Torchic has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 9,046 of 17,290

Fire cardsNo. 862 of 1,574

Stage 1 cardsNo. 3,399 of 5,102

Dragon MajestyNo. 42 of 67

What actually removes it

A Water attack printed at 40 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 80 HP.
1,277 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 2,155 cards in one attack.

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Combusken 5 card record

Combusken 5 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	80 HP	Type	Fire
Weakness	Water ×2	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Evolves from	Torchic	Card type	Stage 1
Pokédex number	#256	Set	Dragon Majesty
Card number	5 of 70	Series	Sun & Moon
Released	September 7, 2018	Rarity	Uncommon
Illustrator	Ken Sugimori
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 Combusken 5 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

$0.88

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

Combusken 5 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Combusken 5 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Combusken 5?

Combusken 5 has 80 HP and a Water weakness at ×2, so a Water attack printed at 40 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 80.

What is the strongest attack on Combusken 5?

Lunge, printed at 60 damage for 2 Energy — 30 damage per Energy card. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.

What is the retreat cost of Combusken 5?

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

Can an older Combusken print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 21 prints listed on this page, 2 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 Combusken evolve from?

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

Can Combusken 5 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 Combusken 5 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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Combusken 5 — what does this card actually do?

What does Combusken 5 do in a game?

Combusken 5 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Combusken 5 at a glance

What do the attacks on Combusken 5 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Combusken 5 compare with every other card?

What Combusken 5 does without attacking

Is Combusken 5 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Fire card do for Combusken 5?

What knocks out Combusken 5 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Combusken 5 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Combusken 5?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Combusken 5?

What was printed next to Combusken 5 in Dragon Majesty?

Which rules apply to Combusken 5, and where can it be played?

Combusken 5 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

Combusken 5 card record

What does Combusken 5 cost?

Combusken 5 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Combusken 5?

What is the strongest attack on Combusken 5?

What is the retreat cost of Combusken 5?

Can an older Combusken print be played in a tournament?

What does Combusken evolve from?

Can Combusken 5 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Combusken 5 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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