Sableye 96 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Sableye 96
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Miki Tanaka

This card has 80 HP.

Psychic · Basic · Lost Thunder · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Sableye 96 do in a game?

Sableye 96 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 80 HP, printed as Basic.

Psychic Basic Uncommon Unlimited and Expanded #302 Sableye

Sableye 96Lost Thunder

80 HP · Psychic · Basic · retreat 1

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

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

Price trackUncommonLost Thunder33 printsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic

RarityUncommon

SetLost Thunder

Card number96

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$0.65Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Other prints of this name33 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line29 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #302 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Sableye 96 is built, on three measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% 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 Sableye 96 is built, on three measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	38.6%	80 HP
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EQuick Hunthas printed text—
1ECursed Drophas printed text—

2 attacks 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.

Psychic cardsNo. 1,148of 2,334 by printed HP Lost ThunderNo. 114of 192 by printed HP

This cardSableye 96Lost Thunder80 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 Sableye 96

Hit points 80 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Legality 5 of the 30 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Sableye 96 at a glance

What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 80 HP printed as Basic, printed in Lost Thunder.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 0 damage for 0 Energy.
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 Sableye 96 cost, and what do they hit for?

Every attack printed on the card, with the Energy it asks for.

Sableye 96 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Quick Hunt	1 Colorless	1	—	—	If you go first, you can use this attack on your first turn. Search your deck for a card and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
Cursed Drop	1 Psychic	1	—	—	Put 3 damage counters on your opponent's Pokémon in any way you like.

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

Quick Hunt1 Energy card

Cursed Drop1 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.

This card places damage counters, which is not the same as dealing damage

Cursed Drop puts damage counters on a Pokémon instead of dealing damage to it. The two look alike on the board — one counter is ten damage — but the rules treat them apart: anything that reduces or prevents damage does not stop counters from being placed, and weakness and resistance are not applied to them either.

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How does Sableye 96 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.

Sableye 96 — Lost Thunder — SableyeLost Thunder 96

No.9,046by HP in the archive

Sableye 96 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).

Bottom 48%Where it sits on printed HP

This card80 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Sableye printed80 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

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. 1,148of 2,334

That is where Sableye 96 stands highest on HP — number 1,148 of 2,334 cards in Psychic 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. 9,046 of 17,290 by HP · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380
Psychic cards — 2,335 cards No. 1,148 of 2,334 by HP · top by HP: Mega Gardevoir ex, 360
Lost Thunder — 240 cards No. 114 of 192 by HP · top by HP: Tyranitar-GX, 250

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

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 in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

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

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What does being a Psychic card do for Sableye 96?

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 — no weakness printed Damage from the printed weakness attacks is increased before it is applied.

Sableye 96 · Basic 80 HP It prints no attack damage.

Takes double from this card 2,335 cards in groups that print a Psychic weakness Against Psychic, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychic — this cardmost 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

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 — this card	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Psychicweak to Psychic

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

What being a Psychic card is worth

Groups that most often print a Psychic weakness: Psychic (2,335 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double.

Every energy type in the archive

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

Sableye 96 is one print of Sableye. 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.

Sableye has been printed 33 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 Sableye cards ever printedPokédex #302Prints on record 33Toughest print 280 HPThis card 80 HP

33prints

Legal in Standard5Older prints, not in Standard28

Every Sableye 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 Sableye printed is 280 HP, and this card is 28.6% of it

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

Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX 226/236the toughest Sableye ever printedSM - Unified Minds280 HP
Sableye 96against that record28.6% of the record80 HP

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

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

33 prints carry this name in the archive, and 30 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 (280 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

30 rows are shown of the 33 prints counted under this name.

Sableye prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX 226/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX 245/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX 225/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX 126/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sableye V 194/202	SWSH01: Sword & Shield Base Set	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Sableye V 120/202	SWSH01: Sword & Shield Base Set	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 68/146	XY Base Set	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 070/196	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Sableye 133/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 96/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 059/094	ME02: Phantasmal Flames	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Sableye XY92	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sableye G 41	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 62/108	Dark Explorers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 61/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 49/116	Plasma Freeze	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 184/091	SV: Paldean Fates	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Sableye 88/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 44/98	XY - Ancient Origins	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 105/185	SWSH04: Vivid Voltage	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 136/193	SV02: Paldea Evolved	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Sableye 067/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 107/162	SV05: Temporal Forces	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Sableye 31/110	EX Holon Phantoms	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 23/107	EX Deoxys	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 22/108	EX Power Keepers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 63/132	Secret Wonders	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 35/90	Undaunted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 48/100	Stormfront	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Sableye 80/145	SM - Guardians Rising	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

5 of the 30 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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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 Sableye 96 in Lost Thunder?

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 #96 in Lost Thunder. 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 Sableye 96, 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 Sableye 96
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
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.

Sableye 96 — 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 November 2, 2018.

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Sableye 96 card record

Sableye 96 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	80 HP	Type	Psychic
Retreat cost	1 Energy	Card type	Basic
Pokédex number	#302	Set	Lost Thunder
Card number	96 of 214	Series	Sun & Moon
Released	November 2, 2018	Rarity	Uncommon
Illustrator	Miki Tanaka
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 Sableye 96 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

$0.65

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August 14, 2026

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

Sableye 96 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Sableye 96 — frequently asked questions

What is the retreat cost of Sableye 96?

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

Does Sableye 96 deal damage or place damage counters?

It places damage counters. One counter is ten damage on the board, but the two are different things in the rules: weakness and resistance are not applied to counters, and effects that reduce or prevent damage do not stop counters from being placed.

Can an older Sableye print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 30 prints listed on this page, 5 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.

Can Sableye 96 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 Sableye 96 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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Sableye 96 — what does this card actually do?

What does Sableye 96 do in a game?

Sableye 96 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Sableye 96 at a glance

What do the attacks on Sableye 96 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Sableye 96 compare with every other card?

What does being a Psychic card do for Sableye 96?

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

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

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Sableye 96?

What was printed next to Sableye 96 in Lost Thunder?

Which rules apply to Sableye 96, and where can it be played?

Sableye 96 card record

What does Sableye 96 cost?

Sableye 96 — frequently asked questions

What is the retreat cost of Sableye 96?

Does Sableye 96 deal damage or place damage counters?

Can an older Sableye print be played in a tournament?

Can Sableye 96 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Sableye 96 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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