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Sandile 216 — what does this card actually do?

This card has 70 HP, a top attack printed at 30 damage and a Grass weakness.

Fighting · Basic · Scarlet & Violet · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Sandile 216 do in a game?

Sandile 216 is a Fighting Pokémon card with 70 HP, printed as Basic.

Its strongest attack, Ram, is printed at 30 damage for 2 Energy — 15 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Grass weakness, any Grass attack printed at 35 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Sandile 216Scarlet & Violet

Sandile 216 performance summary

70 HP · Fighting · Basic · retreat 2 · Grass weakness ×2

Top printed damage3015 per Energy Ram30 damage for 2 Energy
as of July 28, 2026
Hit points70 HP38.6% of 17,290 in the ~70 band
Printed damage3042.7% of 16,246 in the ~30 band
Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band
Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 15 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1
Price trackIllustration Rare (IR)Scarlet & Violet17 printsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it
Card classBasic
Regulation markG
RarityIllustration Rare (IR)
SetScarlet & Violet
Card number216
Card data readJuly 28, 2026
How Sandile 216 is built, on five measures
Hit points70 HPTop printed damage30 damageEnergy efficiency15 per EnergyRetreat lightness2 EnergyAttack cost lightness1 Energy

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Hit points — bottom 25.7%.

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 Sandile 216 is built, on five measures
MeasurePercentilePrinted value
Hit points25.7%70 HP
Top printed damage28.9%30 damage
Energy efficiency32.6%15 per Energy
Retreat lightness45.3%2 Energy
Attack cost lightness98.2%1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record
  • 1EGnaw10 damage per Energy card10damage
  • 2ERam15 damage per Energy card30damage

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

Where it stands

Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 10,622 at 70 HP.

This cardSandile 216 — Scarlet & VioletSandile 216Scarlet & Violet70 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP310 HP above this card.

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

What stands out on Sandile 216

  • Hit points 70 HP puts it in the ~70 band, where 38.6% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
  • Energy It returns 15 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
  • Weakness A Grass attack printed at 35 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
  • Legality 6 of the 17 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Sandile 216 at a glance

  • What it is. A Fighting Pokémon card with 70 HP printed as Basic, printed in Scarlet & Violet.
  • What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 30 damage for 2 Energy.
  • What it fears. A Grass weakness at ×2, which means 35 printed damage is enough to remove it.
  • What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
  • Where it can be played. Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark G.
  • 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 Sandile 216 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 30 damage, which is 15 damage for every Energy card attached.

Sandile 216 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
AttackEnergy costCards of EnergyPrinted damageDamage per EnergyEffect
Gnaw1 Fighting11010No extra effect.
Ram2 Fighting23015No extra effect.

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

Gnaw1 Energy card
Ram2 Energy cards

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.

  • Gnaw 1 Energy10 damage for 1 Energy — 10 per Energy card10
  • Ram 2 Energy30 damage for 2 Energy — 15 per Energy card30

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (30).

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How does Sandile 216 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.

Sandile 216 — Scarlet & Violet
SandileScarlet & Violet 216

Sandile 216 prints 70 HP, which puts it at number 10,622 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).

29% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

  • This card70 HP
  • Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
  • Strongest Sandile printed70 HP
Mega Emboar ex — Ascended Heroes 273 · the highest printed HP in the archive at 380

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

This card prints 70 HP, which is 18% 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
~70 — this card38.6%6,669 cards
80~12033.1%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 70 HP.

Cards in the ~70 band typically print 23 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
GroupShareValue
~70 — this card38.6%6,669 cards
80~12033.1%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
Top printed damage — where this card sits
~30 — this card42.7%6,938 cards
40~6022.0%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 30.

Cards in the ~30 band typically have 70 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
GroupShareValue
~30 — this card42.7%6,938 cards
40~6022.0%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
Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
01.8%304 cards
1 — this card54.4%9,392 cards
226.4%4,565 cards
314.7%2,533 cards
42.4%421 cards
50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 1 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
GroupShareValue
01.8%304 cards
1 — this card54.4%9,392 cards
226.4%4,565 cards
314.7%2,533 cards
42.4%421 cards
50.3%47 cards
Retreat cost — where this card sits
05.3%914 cards
149.3%8,503 cards
2 — this card28.6%4,926 cards
312.6%2,168 cards
44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 2 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
GroupShareValue
05.3%914 cards
149.3%8,503 cards
2 — this card28.6%4,926 cards
312.6%2,168 cards
44.2%729 cards

That is where Sandile 216 stands highest on HP — number 124 of 209 cards in Scarlet & Violet. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

  • Mega Emboar ex — 380 HP, the highest in this group
    Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 10,622 of 17,290 by HP · No. 9,309 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380
    top 57% on damage
  • Mega Gallade ex — 350 HP, the highest in this group
    Fighting cards — 1,884 cards No. 1,282 of 1,884 by HP · No. 1,218 of 1,848 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gallade ex, 350
    top 66% on damage
  • Magnezone ex — 330 HP, the highest in this group
    Scarlet & Violet — 258 cards No. 124 of 209 by HP · No. 125 of 204 by damage · top by HP: Magnezone ex, 330
    top 61% 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 70 HPmiddle half 60–130 HP
  • Top printed damage 30 damagemiddle half 20–90 damage
  • Lowest to highest printed in the archive
  • Middle half of the archive
  • This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.
Cards in the same HP band
6,669 of 17,290 (38.6%)
Cards with this much printed damage
6,938 of 16,246 (42.7%)
Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Sandile 216 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 30 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
Sandile 216 — this card15.030 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 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 15.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
GroupShareValue
1 Energy49.049 damage typical
2 Energy32.565 damage typical
3 Energy34.7104 damage typical
4 Energy27.8111 damage typical
5 Energy41.8209 damage typical
Sandile 216 — this card15.030 damage for 2 Energy
2501250 damage
012345 Energy
Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsGnaw 10 / 1Ram 30 / 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 Sandile 216.
GroupTypical printed damageDamage per Energy cardCards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy45304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy49499,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy65334,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy104352,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy11128421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy2094247
Gnaw10
Ram15
This card, per Energy card
15 damage
Typical for a 1 Energy attack
49.0 damage
Difference
-34.0 damage
Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 30 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Fighting card do for Sandile 216?

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 2,387 Grass cards carry that type A Grass attack printed at 35 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.
Sandile 216 · Basic 70 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 30 damage.
Takes double from this card 4,942 cards in groups that print a Fighting weakness Against Colorless, Lightning and Darkness, 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
Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards
Fighting — this cardmost 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
GroupShareValue
Psychic13.5%2,335 cards
Water14.1%2,435 cards
Colorless12.6%2,173 cards
Fire9.1%1,574 cards
Fighting — this card10.9%1,884 cards
Lightning8.8%1,520 cards
Grass13.8%2,387 cards
Metal5.4%925 cards
Darkness7.2%1,249 cards
Dragon3.1%530 cards
Fairy1.4%237 cards
Fightingweak to Grass
Colorlessweak to Fighting
Lightningweak to Fighting
Darknessweak to Fighting

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

What being a Fighting card is worth

Groups that most often print a Fighting weakness: Colorless (2,173 cards), Lightning (1,520 cards) and Darkness (1,249 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Fighting cards are themselves most exposed to Grass.

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What knocks out Sandile 216 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Grass attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 35 printed damage rather than 70.

Cards that remove it in one attack
1,052
Cards it removes in one attack
912
Grass damage needed to knock it out
35
Counted across the whole card archive. 70 HP against a Grass weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.
Removes it in one attackSwadloonSwadloonWhite Flare 240 damage
×2Grass weakness · 35 printed damage is enough
40 damage becomes 80 against this card
This cardSandile 216Sandile 216Scarlet & Violet 21670 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 1,044 cards in the archive that can remove Sandile 216 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 40 printed damage against a bar of 35. 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.

Sandileweak to Grass ×2

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

Grass cards that remove Sandile in one attack
CardSetHPPrinted damageAfter weakness
Flapple VMAX (19)Battle Styles320250500
Flapple VMAX (164)Battle Styles320250500
Mega Venusaur ex (3)Mega Evolution380240480
Mega Venusaur ex (155)Mega Evolution380240480
Mega Venusaur ex (177)Mega Evolution380240480
Decidueye ex (12)Perfect Order320240480

70 HP against a Grass ×2 weakness means any Grass attack printed at 35 damage or more is enough. 1,052 cards in the archive clear that bar.

Cards this one removes in a single attack

912 cards in the archive are weak to Fighting 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 Sandile as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Sandile 216 is one print of Sandile. 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.

Sandile has been printed 17 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 Sandile cards ever printedPokédex #551Prints on record 17Toughest print 70 HPThis card 70 HP
17prints
Legal in Standard6Older prints, not in Standard11

Every Sandile 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.

Sandile 216 is the toughest Sandile ever printed

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon
  • Sandile 135/086the toughest Sandile ever printedSV: Black Bolt70 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Sandile 216 can be?

Sandile evolves from an earlier stage, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Sandile line, oldest stage first
  • 1SandileSandileHardest attack printed at this stage: 50 damage70 HP
  • 2KrokorokKrokorokHardest attack printed at this stage: 70 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it100 HP
  • 3KrookodileKrookodileHardest attack printed at this stage: 180 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 Sandile print, and can the older ones still be played?

17 prints carry this name in the archive. 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.

Sandile prints — can each one still be played?
PrintSetRegulation markStandard
Sandile 135/086SV: Black BoltMark ILegal in Standard
Sandile 008/012McDonald's Promos 2011No mark printedNot legal in Standard
Sandile 216/198SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base SetMark GLegal in Standard
Sandile 063/114Miscellaneous Cards & ProductsNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Sandile 64/108Dark ExplorersNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Sandile 057/086SV: Black BoltMark ILegal in Standard
Sandile 60/98Emerging PowersNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Sandile 69/146XY Base SetNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Sandile 56/106XY - FlashfireNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Sandile 68/116Plasma FreezeNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Sandile 114/214SM - Unbroken BondsNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Sandile 107/185SWSH04: Vivid VoltageMark DNot legal in Standard
Sandile 83/149SM Base SetNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Sandile 115/198SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base SetMark GLegal in Standard
Sandile 111/195SWSH12: Silver TempestMark FLegal in Standard
Sandile 064/094ME02: Phantasmal FlamesMark ILegal in Standard
Sandile 113/214SM - Unbroken BondsNo mark printedNot legal in Standard

6 of the 17 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 Sandile 216 in Scarlet & Violet?

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 #216 in Scarlet & Violet. 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 Sandile 216, 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 Sandile 216
ClauseWhat the rulebook saysCards it applies toShare of the archive
WeaknessSome Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.16,744 cards81.9%
RetreatRetreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).17,244 cards84.3%
Energy per turnYou can attach Energy just once each turn!17,180 cards84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Sandile 216 — tournament formats
FormatStatusWhat that means
StandardLegalCan be played in this format
ExpandedLegalCan be played in this format
UnlimitedLegalCan be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited and Standard and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark G, printed next to the card number. It was released on March 31, 2023.

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Which generation of cards does Sandile 216 belong to?

The single letter printed beside the card number groups a card with everything issued under the same rules. Tournament formats are cut along those letters, so the size of a letter is the size of the pool a card sits in.

Cards carrying each regulation mark
Mark Dtypically 133 HP · 84 damage15.4%1,261 cards
Mark Etypically 150 HP · 87 damage14.7%1,202 cards
Mark Ftypically 142 HP · 88 damage14.4%1,180 cards
Mark G — this cardtypically 124 HP · 80 damage19.9%1,634 cards
Mark Htypically 132 HP · 88 damage15.7%1,283 cards
Mark Itypically 134 HP · 80 damage14.8%1,215 cards
Mark Jtypically 148 HP · 86 damage5.1%419 cards

8,194 cards in the archive carry a regulation mark. Older prints carry none at all, so this is not the whole archive.

The regulation mark is the single letter recorded with each modern card. Older prints carry no mark at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.

Cards carrying each regulation mark
GroupShareValue
Mark D15.4%1,261 cards
Mark E14.7%1,202 cards
Mark F14.4%1,180 cards
Mark G — this card19.9%1,634 cards
Mark H15.7%1,283 cards
Mark I14.8%1,215 cards
Mark J5.1%419 cards
This card
Mark G
Cards sharing that mark
1,634
Typical HP for the mark
124 (this card 70)
Typical damage for the mark
80 (this card 30)
Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.
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Sandile 216 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, Ram, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
  • That works out at 15 damage for every Energy card attached.
  • Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 10,622 of 17,290
Fighting cardsNo. 1,282 of 1,884
Scarlet & VioletNo. 124 of 209

What actually removes it

  • A Grass attack printed at 35 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 70 HP.
  • 1,052 cards in the archive clear that bar.
  • Going the other way, it removes 912 cards in one attack.
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Sandile 216 card record

Sandile 216 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points70 HPTypeFighting
WeaknessGrass ×2Retreat cost2 Energy
Card typeBasicRegulation markMark G
Pokédex number#551SetScarlet & Violet
Card number216 of 198SeriesScarlet & Violet
ReleasedMarch 31, 2023RarityIllustration Rare (IR)
IllustratorNurikabe
Tournament legalityUnlimited and Standard and Expanded only

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

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What does Sandile 216 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
$6.17
Read on
August 14, 2026
One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.
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Sandile 216 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Sandile 216?

Sandile 216 has 70 HP and a Grass weakness at ×2, so a Grass attack printed at 35 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 70.

What is the strongest attack on Sandile 216?

Ram, printed at 30 damage for 2 Energy — 15 damage per Energy card.

What is the retreat cost of Sandile 216?

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

Can an older Sandile print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 17 prints listed on this page, 6 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 Sandile 216 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Standard and Expanded play, and it carries regulation mark G. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Sandile 216 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.
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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

1
The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

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