Giratina 97 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Giratina 97
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Hasuno

This card has 130 HP, a top attack printed at 130 damage and a Darkness weakness.

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

What does Giratina 97 do in a game?

Giratina 97 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 130 HP, printed as Basic.

Its strongest attack, Shadow Impact, is printed at 130 damage for 3 Energy — 43 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Darkness weakness, any Darkness attack printed at 65 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Psychic Basic Rare Holo Unlimited and Expanded #487 Giratina

Giratina 97Lost Thunder

130 HP · Psychic · Basic · retreat 3 · Darkness weakness ×2

Top printed damage13043 per Energy Shadow Impact130 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points130 HP15.5% of 17,290 in the 130~180 band

Printed damage1309.0% of 16,246 in the 130~180 band

Retreat cost3 Energy12.6% of 17,240 in the 3 band

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 43 · typical 34.7
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3

Price trackRare HoloLost Thunder32 printsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic

RarityRare Holo

SetLost Thunder

Card number97

AbilityDistortion Door

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$11.44Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by65 damage130 HP against a Darkness ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it511 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name32 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line28 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #487 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Giratina 97 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Top printed damage — top 13.6% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 16.8%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Giratina 97 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	71.7%	130 HP
Top printed damage	86.4%	130 damage
Energy efficiency	85.3%	43 per Energy
Retreat lightness	16.8%	3 Energy
Attack cost lightness	17.4%	3 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

3EShadow Impact43 damage per Energy card · has printed text130damage

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

Where it stands

No. 4,029of 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 4,029 at 130 HP.

Psychic cardsNo. 474of 2,334 by printed HP Lost ThunderNo. 54of 192 by printed HP

This cardGiratina 97Lost Thunder130 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 250 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Giratina 97

Hit points 130 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 43 damage per Energy card against 34.7 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 3.
Weakness A Darkness attack printed at 65 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 8 of the 29 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Giratina 97 at a glance

What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 130 HP printed as Basic, printed in Lost Thunder.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 130 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Darkness weakness at ×2, which means 65 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 3 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded only.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Giratina 97 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 130 damage, which is 43 damage for every Energy card attached.

Giratina 97 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Shadow Impact	2 Psychic + 1 Colorless	3	130	43	Put 4 damage counters on 1 of your Pokémon.

Retreating costs a further 3 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Shadow Impact3 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.

Shadow Impact 3 Energy130 damage for 3 Energy — 43 per Energy card130

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (130).

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

Shadow Impact 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 Giratina 97 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.

Giratina 97 — Lost Thunder — GiratinaLost Thunder 97

No.4,029by HP in the archive

Giratina 97 prints 130 HP, which puts it at number 4,029 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).

86% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 23%Where it sits on printed HP

This card130 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Giratina printed130 HP

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

This card prints 130 HP, which is 34% 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 130 HP.

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

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

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~180 — this card9.0%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 130.

Cards in the 130~180 band typically have 198 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	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180 — this card	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

226.4%4,565 cards

3 — this card14.7%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 3 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically have 153 HP and print 104 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3 — this card	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

3 — this card12.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 3 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 3 typically have 150 HP and print 99 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2	28.6%	4,926 cards
3 — this card	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 474of 2,334

That is where Giratina 97 stands highest on HP — number 474 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. 4,029 of 17,290 by HP · No. 1,796 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 11% on damage
Psychic cards — 2,335 cards No. 474 of 2,334 by HP · No. 131 of 1,992 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gardevoir ex, 360

top 7% on damage
Lost Thunder — 240 cards No. 54 of 192 by HP · No. 23 of 173 by damage · top by HP: Tyranitar-GX, 250

top 13% 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 130 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 130
Top printed damage 130 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 130

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

2,679 of 17,290 (15.5%)

Cards with this much printed damage

1,461 of 16,246 (9.0%)

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 Giratina 97 does without attacking

Giratina 97 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

1 of 1

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

Distortion Door — Ability · once a turn

Once during your turn (before your attack), if this Pokémon is in your discard pile, you may put it onto your Bench. If you do, put 1 damage counter on 2 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon.

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.

Distortion Door can only be used once a turn

The words once during your turn are printed in it, which caps it at one use per turn on that one card. Two copies of the card in play are two separate Pokémon, so each carries its own use.

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

Distortion Door puts damage counters on a Pokémon rather than dealing damage to it. One counter is ten damage on the board, but the rules keep them apart: effects that reduce or prevent damage do not stop counters from being placed, and weakness and resistance are not applied to them.

Every card mechanic in the archive

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Is Giratina 97 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 130 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

Giratina 97 — this card43.0130 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 3 typically return 34.7 damage per Energy card. This card returns 43.

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
Giratina 97 — this card	43.0	130 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsShadow Impact 130 / 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 Giratina 97.
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
Shadow Impact	—	43	—

This card, per Energy card

43 damage

Typical for a 3 Energy attack

34.7 damage

Difference

+8.3 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 130 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Psychic card do for Giratina 97?

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 1,249 Darkness cards carry that type A Darkness attack printed at 65 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Giratina 97 · Basic 130 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 130 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 Darkness

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. Going the other way, Psychic cards are themselves most exposed to Darkness.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Giratina 97 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Darkness attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 65 printed damage rather than 130.

Cards that remove it in one attack

511

Cards it removes in one attack

1,780

Darkness damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 130 HP against a Darkness weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackMarnie's LiepardDestined Rivals 13170 damage

×2Darkness weakness · 65 printed damage is enough
70 damage becomes 140 against this card

This cardGiratina 97Lost Thunder 97130 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 509 cards in the archive that can remove Giratina 97 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 70 printed damage against a bar of 65. 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.

Giratinaweak to Darkness ×2

Giratinaresists 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.

Darkness cards that remove Giratina in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (126)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (225)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (226)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (245)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Drapion VSTAR (119)	Lost Origin	270	250	500
Drapion VSTAR (200)	Lost Origin	270	250	500

130 HP against a Darkness ×2 weakness means any Darkness attack printed at 65 damage or more is enough. 511 cards in the archive clear that bar.

260 HP Espeon & Deoxys-GX [72]

260 HP Medicham ex [80]

260 HP Medicham ex [161]

260 HP Lucario ex [51]

250 HP Mega Hawlucha ex [116]

250 HP Mega Hawlucha ex [268]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

1,780 cards in the archive are weak to Psychic 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 Giratina as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Giratina 97 is one print of Giratina. 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.

Giratina has been printed 32 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 Giratina cards ever printedPokédex #487Prints on record 32Toughest print 280 HPThis card 130 HP

32prints

Legal in Standard8Older prints, not in Standard24

Every Giratina 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 Giratina printed is 280 HP, and this card is 46.4% of it

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

Giratina VSTAR GG69/GG70the toughest Giratina ever printedSWSH: Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery280 HP
Giratina 97against that record46.4% of the record130 HP

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

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

32 prints carry this name in the archive, and 29 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.

29 rows are shown of the 32 prints counted under this name.

Giratina prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Giratina VSTAR GG69/GG70	SWSH: Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Giratina VSTAR 201/196	SWSH11: Lost Origin	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Giratina VSTAR 212/196	SWSH11: Lost Origin	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Giratina VSTAR 131/196	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Garchomp & Giratina-GX 247/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp & Giratina-GX SM193	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp & Giratina-GX 228/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp & Giratina-GX 146/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Giratina V 186/196	SWSH11: Lost Origin	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Giratina V 185/196	SWSH11: Lost Origin	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Giratina V 130/196	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Giratina V SWSH259	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Giratina-EX 124/124	Dragons Exalted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Giratina-EX 92/124	Dragons Exalted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Giratina-EX 93/98	XY - Ancient Origins	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Giratina-EX 57/98	XY - Ancient Origins	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Giratina ◇ 58/156	SM - Ultra Prism	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Giratina SM151	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Giratina BW74	Black and White Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Giratina LV.X DP38	Diamond and Pearl Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Giratina LV.X 124/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Giratina 62/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Giratina 097/214	Blister Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Giratina 86/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Giratina 28/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Giratina 10/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Giratina 4/146	Legends Awakened	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Giratina 9/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Giratina 27/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

8 of the 29 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 Giratina 97 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 #97 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 Giratina 97, 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 Giratina 97
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.

Giratina 97 — 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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Giratina 97 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, Shadow Impact, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 43 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 3 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 4,029 of 17,290

Psychic cardsNo. 474 of 2,334

Lost ThunderNo. 54 of 192

What actually removes it

A Darkness attack printed at 65 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 130 HP.
511 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 1,780 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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Giratina 97 card record

Giratina 97 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	130 HP	Type	Psychic
Weakness	Darkness ×2	Retreat cost	3 Energy
Card type	Basic	Pokédex number	#487
Set	Lost Thunder	Card number	97 of 214
Series	Sun & Moon	Released	November 2, 2018
Rarity	Rare Holo	Illustrator	Hasuno
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 Giratina 97 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

$11.44

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Giratina 97 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Giratina 97?

Giratina 97 has 130 HP and a Darkness weakness at ×2, so a Darkness attack printed at 65 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 130.

What is the strongest attack on Giratina 97?

Shadow Impact, printed at 130 damage for 3 Energy — 43 damage per Energy card. Put 4 damage counters on 1 of your Pokémon.

What is the retreat cost of Giratina 97?

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

How often can you use Distortion Door?

Once during your turn. The limit is printed in the ability itself, and it is counted per Pokémon — a second copy of Giratina in play carries its own use.

Does Giratina 97 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 Giratina print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 29 prints listed on this page, 8 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 Giratina 97 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 Giratina 97 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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Giratina 97 — what does this card actually do?

What does Giratina 97 do in a game?

Giratina 97 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Giratina 97 at a glance

What do the attacks on Giratina 97 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Giratina 97 compare with every other card?

What Giratina 97 does without attacking

Is Giratina 97 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Psychic card do for Giratina 97?

What knocks out Giratina 97 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

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

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Giratina 97?

What was printed next to Giratina 97 in Lost Thunder?

Which rules apply to Giratina 97, and where can it be played?

Giratina 97 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

Giratina 97 card record

What does Giratina 97 cost?

Giratina 97 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Giratina 97?

What is the strongest attack on Giratina 97?

What is the retreat cost of Giratina 97?

How often can you use Distortion Door?

Does Giratina 97 deal damage or place damage counters?

Can an older Giratina print be played in a tournament?

Can Giratina 97 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Giratina 97 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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