Altaria ex 253 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Altaria ex 253
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Jiro Sasumo

This card has 260 HP and a top attack printed at 140 damage.

Dragon · Stage 1 ex · Paradox Rift · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Altaria ex 253 do in a game?

Altaria ex 253 is a Dragon Pokémon card with 260 HP, printed as Stage 1 ex.

Its strongest attack, Light Pulse, is printed at 140 damage for 2 Energy — 70 damage per Energy card.

Dragon Stage 1 ex Special Illustration Rare (SIR)Regulation G Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #334 Altaria

Altaria ex 253Paradox Rift

260 HP · Dragon · Stage 1 ex · retreat 1

Top printed damage14070 per Energy Light Pulse140 damage for 2 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points260 HP3.3% of 17,290 in the 240~280 band

Printed damage1409.0% of 16,246 in the 130~180 band

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

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 70 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackSpecial Illustration Rare (SIR)Paradox Rift40 printsranked among ex cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 1 ex

Regulation markG

RaritySpecial Illustration Rare (SIR)

SetParadox Rift

Card number253

AbilityHumming Heal

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$60.67Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Turns of setup2 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Other prints of this name40 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line38 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #334 Where it can be playedUnlimited and Standard and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Altaria ex 253 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Energy efficiency — top 3.0% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 43.8%.

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 Altaria ex 253 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	95.0%	260 HP
Top printed damage	89.0%	140 damage
Energy efficiency	97.0%	70 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2ELight Pulse70 damage per Energy card · has printed text140damage

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

Where it stands

No. 765of 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 765 at 260 HP.

Dragon cardsNo. 63of 530 by printed HP ex cardsNo. 387of 942 by printed HP

This cardAltaria ex 253Paradox Rift260 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 120 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Altaria ex 253

Hit points 260 HP puts it in the 240~280 band, where 3.3% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 70 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Legality 7 of the 39 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Altaria ex 253 at a glance

What it is. A Dragon Pokémon card with 260 HP printed as Stage 1 ex, printed in Paradox Rift.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 140 damage for 2 Energy.
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 Altaria ex 253 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 140 damage, which is 70 damage for every Energy card attached.

Altaria ex 253 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Light Pulse	1 Water + 1 Metal	2	140	70	During your opponent's next turn, prevent all effects of attacks used by your opponent's Pokémon done to this Pokémon. (Damage is not an effect.)

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

Light Pulse2 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.

Light Pulse 2 Energy140 damage for 2 Energy — 70 per Energy card140

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (140).

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How does Altaria ex 253 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.

Altaria ex 253 — Paradox Rift — Altaria exParadox Rift 253

No.765by HP in the archive

Altaria ex 253 prints 260 HP, which puts it at number 765 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).

89% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 4%Where it sits on printed HP

This card260 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest ex card380 HP
Strongest Altaria ex printed260 HP

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

This card prints 260 HP, which is 68% 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

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~280 — this card3.3%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 260 HP.

Cards in the 240~280 band typically print 158 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	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280 — this card	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 140.

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

2 — this card26.4%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 2 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically have 116 HP and print 65 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2 — this card	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. 765of 17,290

That is where Altaria ex 253 stands highest on HP — number 765 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. 765 of 17,290 by HP · No. 1,631 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 10% on damage
Dragon cards — 530 cards No. 63 of 530 by HP · No. 139 of 512 by damage · top by HP: Mega Dragonite ex, 370

top 27% on damage
ex cards — 942 cards No. 387 of 942 by HP · No. 436 of 906 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 48% on damage
Paradox Rift — 266 cards No. 13 of 223 by HP · No. 39 of 213 by damage · top by HP: Aegislash ex, 330

top 18% 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 260 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 260
Top printed damage 140 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 140

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

567 of 17,290 (3.3%)

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 Altaria ex 253 does without attacking

Altaria ex 253 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.

Humming Heal — Ability · once a turn

Once during your turn, you may heal 20 damage from each of your 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.

Humming Heal 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.

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Is Altaria ex 253 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 140 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

Altaria ex 253 — this card70.0140 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 2 typically return 32.5 damage per Energy card. This card returns 70.

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
Altaria ex 253 — this card	70.0	140 damage for 2 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsLight Pulse 140 / 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 Altaria ex 253.
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
Light Pulse	—	70	—

This card, per Energy card

70 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

+37.5 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 140 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Altaria ex 253 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 points260 HPtypical for the group is 243 HP — this card is 7% above

Top printed damage140 damagetypical for the group is 144 damage — this card is 3% 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 Dragon card do for Altaria ex 253?

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.

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

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragon — this cardmost 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	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon — this card	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

What being a Dragon card is worth

No group in the archive most often prints a Dragon weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.

Every energy type in the archive

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

Altaria ex 253 is one print of Altaria. 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.

Altaria has been printed 40 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 Altaria cards ever printedPokédex #334Prints on record 40Toughest print 260 HPThis card 260 HP

40prints

Legal in Standard7Older prints, not in Standard33

Every Altaria 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.

Altaria ex 253 is the toughest Altaria ever printed

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

Altaria ex 253/182the toughest Altaria ever printedSV04: Paradox Rift260 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Altaria ex 253 can be?

Altaria ex evolves from Swablu, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Altaria line, oldest stage firstPokédex #334

Swablu19 prints on record · EX Deoxys

+70 HP · +80 damage

Altaria20 prints on record · Boundaries Crossed

+140 HP · +30 damage

Altaria ex3 prints on record · EX Emerald

Swablu → Altaria → Altaria ex

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Swablu.
The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 334.

1SwabluHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage50 HP
2AltariaHardest attack printed at this stage: 110 damage. Evolving here adds 70 HP over the stage before it120 HP
3Altaria exHardest attack printed at this stage: 140 damage. Evolving here adds 140 HP over the stage before it260 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (260 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 Altaria print, and can the older ones still be played?

40 prints carry this name in the archive, and 39 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 (260 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

39 rows are shown of the 40 prints counted under this name.

Altaria prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Altaria ex 253/182	SV04: Paradox Rift	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Altaria ex 232/182	SV04: Paradox Rift	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Altaria ex 140/182	SV04: Paradox Rift	Mark G	Legal in Standard
M Altaria-EX 121/124	XY - Fates Collide	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Altaria-EX 69/124	XY - Fates Collide	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria-GX 72/70	Dragon Majesty	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria-GX SV77/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria-GX 68/70	Dragon Majesty	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria-GX 41/70	Dragon Majesty	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria-EX 123/124	XY - Fates Collide	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria-EX 83/124	XY - Fates Collide	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria 134/191	SV08: Surging Sparks	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Altaria 160/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Altaria TG11/TG30	SWSH12: Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Altaria 049/073	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Altaria 143/195	SWSH12: Silver Tempest	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Altaria ex 90/106	EX Emerald	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria ex δ 90/101	EX Dragon Frontiers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria XY46	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria RC24/RC32	Generations: Radiant Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria GG19/GG70	SWSH: Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Altaria 2/102	Triumphant	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria 74/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria 18/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria 80/111	SM - Crimson Invasion	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria 106/203	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Altaria 2/97	EX Dragon	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria 2/108	EX Power Keepers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria C 49	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria 12/106	Great Encounters	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria 92/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria SV37/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria 040a/070	Alternate Art Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria 40/70	Dragon Majesty	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria 53/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria 152/149	Boundaries Crossed	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria 1/107	EX Deoxys	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria BW48	Black and White Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Altaria 84/124	Dragons Exalted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

7 of the 39 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 Altaria ex 253?

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 Altaria ex 253
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Mega Latias ex	Mega Evolution	280	300	1
Raging Bolt ex	Prismatic Evolutions	240	70	3
Raging Bolt ex	Temporal Forces	240	70	3
Alolan Exeggutor ex	Surging Sparks	300	150	3
Raging Bolt ex	Temporal Forces	240	70	3
Alolan Exeggutor ex	Surging Sparks	300	150	3

This card itself is 260 HP, 140 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Dragon 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 Altaria ex 253 in Paradox Rift?

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.

210 Tapu Koko ex [247]

230 Iron Hands ex [248]

220 Iron Valiant ex [249]

220 Sandy Shocks ex [250]

230 Roaring Moon ex [251]

260 Gholdengo ex [252]

Mela [254]

Parasol Lady [255]

Professor Sada's Vitality [256]

Professor Turo's Scenario [257]

Rika [258]

Tulip [259]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #253 in Paradox Rift. 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 Altaria ex 253, 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 Altaria ex 253
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

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

Altaria ex 253 — 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 November 3, 2023.

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Which generation of cards does Altaria ex 253 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 260)

Typical damage for the mark

80 (this card 140)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Altaria ex 253 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, Light Pulse, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 70 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Swablu has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 765 of 17,290

Dragon cardsNo. 63 of 530

ex cardsNo. 387 of 942

Paradox RiftNo. 13 of 223

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Altaria ex 253 card record

Altaria ex 253 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	260 HP	Type	Dragon
Retreat cost	1 Energy	Evolves from	Swablu
Card type	Stage 1 ex	Regulation mark	Mark G
Pokédex number	#334	Set	Paradox Rift
Card number	253 of 182	Series	Scarlet & Violet
Released	November 3, 2023	Rarity	Special Illustration Rare (SIR)
Illustrator	Jiro Sasumo
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 Altaria ex 253 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

$60.67

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Altaria ex 253 — frequently asked questions

What is the strongest attack on Altaria ex 253?

Light Pulse, printed at 140 damage for 2 Energy — 70 damage per Energy card. During your opponent's next turn, prevent all effects of attacks used by your opponent's Pokémon done to this Pokémon. (Damage is not an effect.)

What is the retreat cost of Altaria ex 253?

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

How often can you use Humming Heal?

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

Can an older Altaria print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 39 prints listed on this page, 7 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.

What does Altaria ex evolve from?

Swablu. It cannot be played straight from your hand onto an empty spot — the earlier stage has to be in play first.

Can Altaria ex 253 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 Altaria ex 253 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 Altaria ex 253 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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Altaria ex 253 — what does this card actually do?

What does Altaria ex 253 do in a game?

Altaria ex 253 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Altaria ex 253 at a glance

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What Altaria ex 253 does without attacking

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Altaria ex 253 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Altaria ex 253 card record

What does Altaria ex 253 cost?

Altaria ex 253 — frequently asked questions

What is the strongest attack on Altaria ex 253?

What is the retreat cost of Altaria ex 253?

How often can you use Humming Heal?

Can an older Altaria print be played in a tournament?

What does Altaria ex evolve from?

Can Altaria ex 253 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Altaria ex 253 mean?

Does this page say how good Altaria ex 253 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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