Ampharos-GX 43 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 240 HP, a top attack printed at 150 damage and a Fighting weakness.
Lightning · Stage 2 GX · Team Up · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Ampharos-GX 43 do in a game?
Ampharos-GX 43 is a Lightning Pokémon card with 240 HP, printed as Stage 2 GX.
Its strongest attack, Impact Bolt, is printed at 150 damage for 2 Energy — 75 damage per Energy card.
Because of the Fighting weakness, any Fighting attack printed at 120 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Ampharos-GX 43Team Up
Ampharos-GX 43 performance summary
240 HP · Lightning · Stage 2 GX · retreat 3 · Fighting weakness ×2
as of July 28, 2026
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1
Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% 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.
| Measure | Percentile | Printed value |
|---|---|---|
| Hit points | 93.8% | 240 HP |
| Top printed damage | 90.0% | 150 damage |
| Energy efficiency | 97.8% | 75 per Energy |
| Retreat lightness | 16.8% | 3 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 98.2% | 1 Energy |
3 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.
Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 978 at 240 HP.
Ampharos-GX 43240 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 140 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Ampharos-GX 43
- Hit points 240 HP puts it in the 240~280 band, where 3.3% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Energy It returns 75 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
- Weakness A Fighting attack printed at 120 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Ampharos-GX 43 at a glance
- What it is. A Lightning Pokémon card with 240 HP printed as Stage 2 GX, printed in Team Up.
- What it can do. 3 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 150 damage for 2 Energy.
- What it fears. A Fighting weakness at ×2, which means 120 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.
What do the attacks on Ampharos-GX 43 cost, and what do they hit for?
The card prints 3 attacks. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 150 damage, which is 75 damage for every Energy card attached.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Recharge | 1 Lightning | 1 | 30 | 30 | Put all Electropower cards from your discard pile into your hand. |
| Impact Bolt | 2 Lightning | 2 | 150 | 75 | Discard all Lightning Energy from this Pokémon. |
| Electrical-GX | 1 Lightning | 1 | — | — | Search your deck for up to 7 Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.) |
Retreating costs a further 3 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.
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.
How does Ampharos-GX 43 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.
The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.
This card prints 240 HP, which is 63% 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.
17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 240 HP.
Cards in the 240~280 band typically print 158 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 | 33.1% | 5,725 cards |
| 130~180 | 15.5% | 2,679 cards |
| 190~230 | 6.6% | 1,148 cards |
| 240~280 — this card | 3.3% | 567 cards |
| 290~330 | 2.4% | 412 cards |
| 340+ | 0.5% | 90 cards |
16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 150.
Cards in the 130~180 band typically have 198 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| 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 |
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.
| 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 |
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.
| 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 |
That is where Ampharos-GX 43 stands highest on HP — number 978 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.
- Hit points 240 HP
middle half 60–130 HP - Top printed damage 150 damage
middle 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.
Open the group this card falls into
Back to summaryIs Ampharos-GX 43 efficient for the Energy it asks for?
Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 150 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.
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 75.
| 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 |
| Ampharos-GX 43 — this card | 75.0 | 150 damage for 2 Energy |
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.
| 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 |
| Power Recharge | — | 30 | — |
| Impact Bolt | — | 75 | — |
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 150 is read as high or low rather than merely large.
Is Ampharos-GX 43 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.
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.
What does being a Lightning card do for Ampharos-GX 43?
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.
17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Psychic | 13.5% | 2,335 cards |
| Water | 14.1% | 2,435 cards |
| Colorless | 12.6% | 2,173 cards |
| Fire | 9.1% | 1,574 cards |
| Fighting | 10.9% | 1,884 cards |
| Lightning — this card | 8.8% | 1,520 cards |
| Grass | 13.8% | 2,387 cards |
| Metal | 5.4% | 925 cards |
| Darkness | 7.2% | 1,249 cards |
| Dragon | 3.1% | 530 cards |
| Fairy | 1.4% | 237 cards |
Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Lightning weakness.
What being a Lightning card is worth
Groups that most often print a Lightning weakness: Water (2,435 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Lightning cards are themselves most exposed to Fighting.
What knocks out Ampharos-GX 43 in one hit, and what does it knock out?
Weakness doubles the damage a Fighting attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 120 printed damage rather than 240.
Mega Hawlucha ex120 damage120 damage becomes 240 against this card
Ampharos-GX 43240 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 386 cards in the archive that can remove Ampharos-GX 43 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 120 printed damage against a bar of 120. 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.
Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.
What the Metal resistance changes
Damage from Metal attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack printed high enough to knock this card out on paper may not do it. Resistance is a flat subtraction, not a multiplier — it does not scale with the attack.
| Card | Set | HP | Printed damage | After weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Lucario ex (77) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (160) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (179) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (188) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (113) | Ascended Heroes | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Toxtricity ex (100) | Paradox Rift | 260 | 270 | 540 |
240 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness means any Fighting attack printed at 120 damage or more is enough. 387 cards in the archive clear that bar.
300 HP
Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX [44]
300 HP
Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX [66]
300 HP
Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX [69]
300 HP
Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX [SM210]
300 HP
Gyarados ex [45]
300 HP
Gyarados ex [225]
2,336 cards in the archive are weak to Lightning and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
What has to be in play before Ampharos-GX 43 can be?
Ampharos-GX evolves from Flaaffy, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.
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.
What can you use instead of Ampharos-GX 43?
Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.
| Card | Set | HP | Top damage | Retreat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raichu & Alolan Raichu-GX | Unified Minds | 260 | 150 | 2 |
| Pikachu & Zekrom-GX | Team Up | 240 | 200 | 3 |
| Pikachu & Zekrom-GX | SM Black Star Promos | 240 | 200 | 3 |
| Pikachu & Zekrom-GX | Team Up | 240 | 200 | 3 |
| Raichu & Alolan Raichu-GX | Unified Minds | 260 | 150 | 2 |
| Pikachu & Zekrom-GX | Team Up | 240 | 200 | 3 |
This card itself is 240 HP, 150 top damage and 3 retreat, and every card here is Lightning like it.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Ampharos-GX 43?
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.
90
Ampharos [1]
150
Ampharos ex [89]
100
Ampharos [2]
120
Ampharos δ [1]
70
Dark Ampharos [1]
120
Ampharos [1]
120
Dark Ampharos [2]
100
Ampharos [1]
80
Ampharos [1]
220
M Ampharos-EX [88]
140
Ampharos [105]
240
Ampharos-GX [185]
170
Ampharos-EX [87]
140
Ampharos [BW67]
130
Ampharos [1]
130
Ampharos [1]
240
Ampharos-GX [163]
130
Ampharos [1]
100
Ampharos [34]
120
Ampharos [14]
120
Ampharos [23]
220
M Ampharos-EX [28]
160
Ampharos [90]
210
Ampharos V [171]
140
Ampharos [40]
170
Ampharos-EX [27]
150
Ampharos [78]
160
Ampharos [109]
140
Ampharos [40]
210
Ampharos V [49]
150
Ampharos [57]
150
Ampharos [56]
160
Ampharos [49]
140
Team Rocket's Ampharos [74]
160
Ampharos [29]
35 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number (#181). The badge on each card is its printed HP, the figure under the name is its hardest printed attack, and the name sits under the picture. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
What was printed next to Ampharos-GX 43 in Team Up?
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.
180
Alolan Golem [37]
50
Voltorb [38]
90
Electrode [39]
110
Zapdos [40]
60
Mareep [41]
90
Flaaffy [42]
60
Blitzle [44]
120
Zebstrika [45]
60
Emolga [46]
40
Joltik [47]
90
Galvantula [48]
60
Helioptile [49]
These are the cards numbered either side of #43 in Team Up. 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.
Which rules apply to Ampharos-GX 43, 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.”
Prize cards your opponent takes when it is knocked out
Every knockout carries the opponent 2 steps closer to winning, and that is the cost of putting this card on the field whatever it cost to buy.
| 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.
| 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 February 1, 2019.
Ampharos-GX 43 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, Impact Bolt, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
- That works out at 75 damage for every Energy card attached.
- Moving it out of the active spot costs 3 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
- It cannot start the game in play — Flaaffy has to be on the field first.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- A Fighting attack printed at 120 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 240 HP.
- 387 cards in the archive clear that bar.
- Going the other way, it removes 2,336 cards in one attack.
- Damage from Metal attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.
Ampharos-GX 43 card record
| Hit points | 240 HP | Type | Lightning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Fighting ×2 | Retreat cost | 3 Energy |
| Evolves from | Flaaffy | Card type | Stage 2 GX |
| Pokédex number | #181 | Set | Team Up |
| Card number | 43 of 181 | Series | Sun & Moon |
| Released | February 1, 2019 | Rarity | Rare Holo GX |
| Illustrator | 5ban Graphics | ||
| Tournament legality | Unlimited and Expanded only | ||
| Printed rule | Pokémon-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.
What does Ampharos-GX 43 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Ampharos-GX 43 — frequently asked questions
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What does Ampharos-GX evolve from?
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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.
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