Absol ex 214 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Absol ex 214
Brand: Pokémon
Author: PLANETA Mochizuki

This card has 210 HP, a top attack printed at 100 damage and a Grass weakness.

Darkness · Basic ex · Obsidian Flames · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Absol ex 214 do in a game?

Absol ex 214 is a Darkness Pokémon card with 210 HP, printed as Basic ex.

Its strongest attack, Cursed Slug, is printed at 100 damage for 3 Energy — 33 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Grass weakness, any Grass attack printed at 105 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Darkness Basic ex Ultra Rare (UR)Regulation G Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #359 Absol

Absol ex 214Obsidian Flames

210 HP · Darkness · Basic ex · retreat 1 · Grass weakness ×2

Top printed damage10033 per Energy Cursed Slug100 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points210 HP6.6% of 17,290 in the 190~230 band

Printed damage10021.8% of 16,246 in the 70~120 band

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

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 33 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackUltra Rare (UR)Obsidian Flames33 printsranked among ex cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic ex

Regulation markG

RarityUltra Rare (UR)

SetObsidian Flames

Card number214

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$2.63Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by105 damage210 HP against a Grass ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it270 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name33 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line27 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #359 Where it can be playedUnlimited and Standard and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Absol ex 214 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 75.0%.

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 Absol ex 214 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	89.3%	210 HP
Top printed damage	76.6%	100 damage
Energy efficiency	75.0%	33 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EFuture Sighthas printed text—
3ECursed Slug33 damage per Energy card · has printed text100damage

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

Where it stands

No. 1,503of 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 1,503 at 210 HP.

Darkness cardsNo. 158of 1,248 by printed HP ex cardsNo. 659of 942 by printed HP

This cardAbsol ex 214Obsidian Flames210 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 170 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Absol ex 214

Hit points 210 HP puts it in the 190~230 band, where 6.6% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 33 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Weakness A Grass attack printed at 105 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 11 of the 28 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Absol ex 214 at a glance

What it is. A Darkness Pokémon card with 210 HP printed as Basic ex, printed in Obsidian Flames.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 100 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Grass weakness at ×2, which means 105 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 1 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and 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 Absol ex 214 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 100 damage, which is 33 damage for every Energy card attached.

Absol ex 214 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Future Sight	1 Darkness	1	—	—	Look at the top 3 cards of either player's deck and put them back in any order.
Cursed Slug	2 Darkness + 1 Colorless	3	100+	33	If your opponent has 3 or fewer cards in their hand, this attack does 120 more damage.

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

Future Sight1 Energy card

Cursed Slug3 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.

Cursed Slug 3 Energy100 damage for 3 Energy — 33 per Energy card100

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (100).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

A number on a Pokémon card is not always the number that lands.

Cursed Slug is printed as 100+, so the printed number is a floor — the attack deals at least that much, and the sentence beside it says what adds to it.

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How does Absol ex 214 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.

Absol ex 214 — Obsidian Flames — Absol exObsidian Flames 214

No.1,503by HP in the archive

Absol ex 214 prints 210 HP, which puts it at number 1,503 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).

77% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 9%Where it sits on printed HP

This card210 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest ex card380 HP
Strongest Absol ex printed210 HP

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

This card prints 210 HP, which is 55% 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

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~230 — this card6.6%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 210 HP.

Cards in the 190~230 band typically print 132 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	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230 — this card	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

70~120 — this card21.8%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 100.

Cards in the 70~120 band typically have 141 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 — this card	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

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. 1,503of 17,290

That is where Absol ex 214 stands highest on HP — number 1,503 of 17,290 cards in Every card in the archive. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 1,503 of 17,290 by HP · No. 3,129 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 19% on damage
Darkness cards — 1,249 cards No. 158 of 1,248 by HP · No. 281 of 1,170 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gengar ex, 350

top 24% on damage
ex cards — 942 cards No. 659 of 942 by HP · No. 619 of 906 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 68% on damage
Obsidian Flames — 230 cards No. 29 of 210 by HP · No. 57 of 206 by damage · top by HP: Tyranitar ex, 340

top 27% 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 210 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 210
Top printed damage 100 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 100

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

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

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as ex

942 on record

Cards in the same HP band

1,148 of 17,290 (6.6%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,535 of 16,246 (21.8%)

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 Absol ex 214 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 100 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

Absol ex 214 — this card33.0100 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 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 33.

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
Absol ex 214 — this card	33.0	100 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsCursed Slug 100 / 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 Absol ex 214.
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
Cursed Slug	—	33	—

This card, per Energy card

33 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

-16.0 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 100 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Absol ex 214 strong for a ex card?

ex 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.

Hit points210 HPtypical for the group is 243 HP — this card is 14% below

Top printed damage100 damagetypical for the group is 144 damage — this card is 31% below

Retreat cost1 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 50% below

The group is every ex card in the archive — 942 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.

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What does being a Darkness card do for Absol ex 214?

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 105 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Absol ex 214 · Basic ex 210 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 100 damage.

Takes double from this card — no group most often prints a Darkness weakness This type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.

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

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

Darkness — this cardmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	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 — this card	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Darknessweak to Grass

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

What being a Darkness card is worth

No group in the archive most often prints a Darkness weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule. Going the other way, Darkness cards are themselves most exposed to Grass.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Absol ex 214 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 105 printed damage rather than 210.

Cards that remove it in one attack

270

Cards it removes in one attack

809

Grass damage needed to knock it out

105

Counted across the whole card archive. 210 HP against a Grass weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackGenesectPhantasmal Flames 8110 damage

×2Grass weakness · 105 printed damage is enough
110 damage becomes 220 against this card

This cardAbsol ex 214Obsidian Flames 214210 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 270 cards in the archive that can remove Absol ex 214 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 110 printed damage against a bar of 105. 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.

Absol exweak to Grass ×2

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

Grass cards that remove Absol ex in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Flapple VMAX (19)	Battle Styles	320	250	500
Flapple VMAX (164)	Battle Styles	320	250	500
Mega Venusaur ex (3)	Mega Evolution	380	240	480
Mega Venusaur ex (155)	Mega Evolution	380	240	480
Mega Venusaur ex (177)	Mega Evolution	380	240	480
Decidueye ex (12)	Perfect Order	320	240	480

210 HP against a Grass ×2 weakness means any Grass attack printed at 105 damage or more is enough. 270 cards in the archive clear that bar.

200 HP Hatterene V [65]

200 HP Espeon V [64]

200 HP Espeon V [179]

200 HP Espeon V [180]

Espeon V SWSH201 — SWSH Black Star Promos

200 HP Espeon V [SWSH201]

200 HP Meloetta ex [44]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

809 cards in the archive are weak to Darkness 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 Absol as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Absol ex 214 is one print of Absol. 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.

Absol 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 Absol cards ever printedPokédex #359Prints on record 33Toughest print 280 HPThis card 210 HP

33prints

Legal in Standard11Older prints, not in Standard22

Every Absol 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 Absol printed is 280 HP, and this card is 75% of it

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

Mega Absol ex 180/132the toughest Absol ever printedME01: Mega Evolution280 HP
Absol ex 214against that record75% of the record210 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Absol ex 214 can be?

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

The Absol line, oldest stage firstPokédex #359

Absol18 prints on record · EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua

+100 HP · +20 damage

No imageAbsol ex2 prints on record · EX Power Keepers

Absol → Absol ex

The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 359.

1AbsolHardest attack printed at this stage: 80 damage110 HP
2Absol exNo imageAbsol exHardest attack printed at this stage: 100 damage. Evolving here adds 100 HP over the stage before it210 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (210 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 Absol print, and can the older ones still be played?

33 prints carry this name in the archive, and 28 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.

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

Absol prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Mega Absol ex 180/132	ME01: Mega Evolution	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Absol ex 086/132	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Absol ex 161/132	ME01: Mega Evolution	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Absol ex 214/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Absol ex 135/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Absol-EX XY62	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 030/064	SV: Shrouded Fable	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Absol 063/094	ME02: Phantasmal Flames	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Absol G LV.X 141	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol XY178	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 67/116	Plasma Freeze	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol GG16/GG70	SWSH: Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Absol 88/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 133/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 097/189	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Absol 81/145	SM - Guardians Rising	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 40/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 076/159	SWSH: Crown Zenith	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Absol 164/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Absol 113/182	SV04: Paradox Rift	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Absol 38/73	Champion's Path	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Absol 91/102	Triumphant	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 96/95	EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 1/97	EX Dragon	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 18/110	EX Holon Phantoms	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 15/92	EX Legend Maker	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol G 1	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 21/132	Secret Wonders	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

11 of the 28 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Absol ex 214?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Absol ex 214
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Roaring Moon ex	Prismatic Evolutions	230	100	2
Morpeko ex	Pitch Black	180	40	1
Fezandipiti ex	Ascended Heroes	210	0	1
Fezandipiti ex	Shrouded Fable	210	0	1
Roaring Moon ex	Paradox Rift	230	100	2
Pecharunt ex	Prismatic Evolutions	190	60	1

This card itself is 210 HP, 100 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Darkness like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Absol ex 214 in Obsidian Flames?

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.

90 Pidgeotto [208]

60 Lechonk [209]

210 Eiscue ex [210]

340 Tyranitar ex [211]

270 Vespiquen ex [212]

270 Glimmora ex [213]

330 Charizard ex [215]

280 Revavroom ex [216]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #214 in Obsidian Flames. 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 Absol ex 214, 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 ex rule: When your Pokémon ex 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.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Absol ex 214
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.

Absol ex 214 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Legal	Can be played in 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 Standard and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark G, printed next to the card number. It was released on August 11, 2023.

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Which generation of cards does Absol ex 214 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
Group	Share	Value
Mark D	15.4%	1,261 cards
Mark E	14.7%	1,202 cards
Mark F	14.4%	1,180 cards
Mark G — this card	19.9%	1,634 cards
Mark H	15.7%	1,283 cards
Mark I	14.8%	1,215 cards
Mark J	5.1%	419 cards

This card

Mark G

Cards sharing that mark

1,634

Typical HP for the mark

124 (this card 210)

Typical damage for the mark

80 (this card 100)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Absol ex 214 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, Cursed Slug, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 33 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 1,503 of 17,290

Darkness cardsNo. 158 of 1,248

ex cardsNo. 659 of 942

Obsidian FlamesNo. 29 of 210

What actually removes it

A Grass attack printed at 105 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 210 HP.
270 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 809 cards in one attack.

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Absol ex 214 card record

Absol ex 214 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	210 HP	Type	Darkness
Weakness	Grass ×2	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Card type	Basic ex	Regulation mark	Mark G
Pokédex number	#359	Set	Obsidian Flames
Card number	214 of 197	Series	Scarlet & Violet
Released	August 11, 2023	Rarity	Ultra Rare (UR)
Illustrator	PLANETA Mochizuki
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only
Printed rule	Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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

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What does Absol ex 214 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

$2.63

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

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Absol ex 214 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Absol ex 214?

Absol ex 214 has 210 HP and a Grass weakness at ×2, so a Grass attack printed at 105 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 210.

What is the strongest attack on Absol ex 214?

Cursed Slug, printed at 100 damage for 3 Energy — 33 damage per Energy card. If your opponent has 3 or fewer cards in their hand, this attack does 120 more damage.

What is the retreat cost of Absol ex 214?

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

What does the + after the damage on Cursed Slug mean?

It marks the damage as conditional: the printed figure is the least it can deal, and the sentence on the card says what is added to it. The full sentence is printed on the card and quoted in the attack table on this page — "If your opponent has 3 or fewer cards in their hand, this attack does 120 more damage."

Can an older Absol print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 28 prints listed on this page, 11 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 Absol ex 214 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.

What does the rule on Absol ex 214 mean?

The card reads “Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.” That sentence is printed on the card itself, so it applies wherever the card is played.

Does this page say how good Absol ex 214 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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Absol ex 214 — what does this card actually do?

What does Absol ex 214 do in a game?

Absol ex 214 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Absol ex 214 at a glance

What do the attacks on Absol ex 214 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Absol ex 214 compare with every other card?

Is Absol ex 214 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Absol ex 214 strong for a ex card?

What does being a Darkness card do for Absol ex 214?

What knocks out Absol ex 214 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Absol ex 214 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Absol ex 214?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Absol ex 214?

What was printed next to Absol ex 214 in Obsidian Flames?

Which rules apply to Absol ex 214, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Absol ex 214 belong to?

Absol ex 214 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

Absol ex 214 card record

What does Absol ex 214 cost?

Absol ex 214 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Absol ex 214?

What is the strongest attack on Absol ex 214?

What is the retreat cost of Absol ex 214?

What does the + after the damage on Cursed Slug mean?

Can an older Absol print be played in a tournament?

Can Absol ex 214 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Absol ex 214 mean?

Does this page say how good Absol ex 214 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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