Garchomp ex 38 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Garchomp ex 38
Brand: Pokémon
Author: 5ban Graphics

This card has 320 HP, a top attack printed at 160 damage and a Lightning weakness.

Water · Stage 2 Tera ex · Paradox Rift · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Garchomp ex 38 do in a game?

Garchomp ex 38 is a Water Pokémon card with 320 HP, printed as Stage 2 Tera ex.

Its strongest attack, Hydro Lander, is printed at 160 damage for 1 Energy — 160 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Lightning weakness, any Lightning attack printed at 160 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Water Stage 2 Tera ex Double Rare (RR)Regulation G Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #445 Garchomp

Garchomp ex 38Paradox Rift

320 HP · Water · Stage 2 Tera ex · retreat 0 · Lightning weakness ×2

Top printed damage160160 per Energy Hydro Lander160 damage for 1 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points320 HP2.4% of 17,290 in the 290~330 band

Printed damage1609.0% of 16,246 in the 130~180 band

Retreat cost0 Energy5.3% of 17,240 in the 0 band

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 160 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackDouble Rare (RR)Paradox Rift41 printsranked among ex cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 2 Tera ex

Regulation markG

RarityDouble Rare (RR)

SetParadox Rift

Card number38

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$1.00Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by160 damage320 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness Turns of setup1 turnEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it164 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name41 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line34 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #445 Where it can be playedUnlimited and Standard and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Garchomp ex 38 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 0.1% of the archive. Weakest on Top printed damage — bottom 91.7%.

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 Garchomp ex 38 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	98.0%	320 HP
Top printed damage	91.7%	160 damage
Energy efficiency	99.9%	160 per Energy
Retreat lightness	100.0%	0 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EHydro Lander160 damage per Energy card · has printed text160damage
2ESonic Divehas printed text—

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

Where it stands

No. 207of 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 207 at 320 HP.

Water cardsNo. 28of 2,435 by printed HP ex cardsNo. 145of 942 by printed HP

This cardGarchomp ex 38Paradox Rift320 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 60 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Garchomp ex 38

Hit points 320 HP puts it in the 290~330 band, where 2.4% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 160 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Weakness A Lightning attack printed at 160 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 13 of the 35 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Garchomp ex 38 at a glance

What it is. A Water Pokémon card with 320 HP printed as Stage 2 Tera ex, printed in Paradox Rift.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 160 damage for 1 Energy.
What it fears. A Lightning weakness at ×2, which means 160 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 0 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 Garchomp ex 38 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 1 Energy and returns 160 damage, which is 160 damage for every Energy card attached.

Garchomp ex 38 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Hydro Lander	1 Fighting	1	160	160	Attach up to 3 Basic Fighting Energy cards from your discard pile to your Benched Pokémon in any way you like.
Sonic Dive	2 Colorless	2	—	—	Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. This attack does 120 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

This card has no retreat cost at all, so it can leave the active spot without discarding any Energy — the only limit is that retreating happens once a turn.

Hydro Lander1 Energy card

Sonic Dive2 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.

Hydro Lander 1 Energy160 damage for 1 Energy — 160 per Energy card160

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (160).

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How does Garchomp ex 38 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.

Garchomp ex 38 — Paradox Rift — Garchomp exParadox Rift 38

No.207by HP in the archive

Garchomp ex 38 prints 320 HP, which puts it at number 207 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).

92% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 1%Where it sits on printed HP

This card320 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest ex card380 HP
Strongest Garchomp ex printed320 HP

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

This card prints 320 HP, which is 84% 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

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~330 — this card2.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 320 HP.

Cards in the 290~330 band typically print 165 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	3.3%	567 cards
290~330 — this card	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 160.

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

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

0 — this card5.3%914 cards

149.3%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 0 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 0 typically have 103 HP and print 61 damage.

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

No. 28of 2,435

That is where Garchomp ex 38 stands highest on HP — number 28 of 2,435 cards in Water cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 207 of 17,290 by HP · No. 1,069 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 7% on damage
Water cards — 2,435 cards No. 28 of 2,435 by HP · No. 105 of 2,316 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 5% on damage
ex cards — 942 cards No. 145 of 942 by HP · No. 328 of 906 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 36% on damage
Paradox Rift — 266 cards No. 4 of 223 by HP · No. 28 of 213 by damage · top by HP: Aegislash ex, 330

top 13% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 320 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 320
Top printed damage 160 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 160

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

412 of 17,290 (2.4%)

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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Is Garchomp ex 38 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 160 damage attack that needs 1 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

Garchomp ex 38 — this card160.0160 damage for 1 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 160.

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
Garchomp ex 38 — this card	160.0	160 damage for 1 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsHydro Lander 160 / 1

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 Garchomp ex 38.
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
Hydro Lander	—	160	—

This card, per Energy card

160 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

+111.0 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 160 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Garchomp ex 38 strong for a Tera card?

Tera 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 points320 HPtypical for the group is 260 HP — this card is 23% above

Top printed damage160 damagetypical for the group is 170 damage — this card is 6% below

Retreat cost0 Energytypical for the group is 1 Energy — this card is 100% below

The group is every Tera card in the archive — 146 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 Water card do for Garchomp ex 38?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,520 Lightning cards carry that type A Lightning attack printed at 160 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Garchomp ex 38 · Stage 2 Tera ex 320 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 160 damage.

Takes double from this card 1,574 cards in groups that print a Water weakness Against Fire, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Water — this cardmost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

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

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

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

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water — this card	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Waterweak to Lightning

Fireweak to Water

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

What being a Water card is worth

Groups that most often print a Water weakness: Fire (1,574 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Water cards are themselves most exposed to Lightning.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Garchomp ex 38 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Lightning attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 160 printed damage rather than 320.

Cards that remove it in one attack

164

Cards it removes in one attack

1,673

Lightning damage needed to knock it out

160

Counted across the whole card archive. 320 HP against a Lightning weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackMagnezoneMega Evolution 47160 damage

×2Lightning weakness · 160 printed damage is enough
160 damage becomes 320 against this card

This cardGarchomp ex 38Paradox Rift 38320 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 164 cards in the archive that can remove Garchomp ex 38 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 160 printed damage against a bar of 160. 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.

Garchomp exweak to Lightning ×2

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

Lightning cards that remove Garchomp ex in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Pikachu ex (57)	Ascended Heroes	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (277)	Ascended Heroes	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (57)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (219)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (238)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (247)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600

320 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness means any Lightning attack printed at 160 damage or more is enough. 164 cards in the archive clear that bar.

320 HP Cinderace ex [38]

320 HP Incineroar ex [34]

320 HP Incineroar ex [187]

320 HP Cinderace ex [28]

320 HP Cinderace ex [157]

320 HP Blaziken ex [24]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

1,673 cards in the archive are weak to Water 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 Garchomp as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Garchomp ex 38 is one print of Garchomp. 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.

Garchomp has been printed 41 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 Garchomp cards ever printedPokédex #445Prints on record 41Toughest print 330 HPThis card 320 HP

41prints

Legal in Standard13Older prints, not in Standard28

Every Garchomp 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 Garchomp printed is 330 HP, and this card is 97% of it

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

Cynthia's Garchomp ex 232/182the toughest Garchomp ever printedSV10: Destined Rivals330 HP
Garchomp ex 38against that record97% of the record320 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Garchomp ex 38 can be?

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

The Garchomp line, oldest stage firstPokédex #445

Gible11 prints on record · Supreme Victors

+30 HP · +40 damage

Gabite11 prints on record · Supreme Victors

+60 HP · +90 damage

Garchomp10 prints on record · POP Series 9

+160 HP

Garchomp ex2 prints on record · XY Promos

Gible → Gabite → Garchomp → Garchomp ex

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Gabite.
The line runs 4 stages, so the first card has to be in play 3 turns before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 445.

1GibleHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage70 HP
2GabiteHardest attack printed at this stage: 70 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it100 HP
3GarchompHardest attack printed at this stage: 160 damage. Evolving here adds 60 HP over the stage before it160 HP
4Garchomp exHardest attack printed at this stage: 160 damage. Evolving here adds 160 HP over the stage before it320 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (320 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 Garchomp print, and can the older ones still be played?

41 prints carry this name in the archive, and 35 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 (330 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

35 rows are shown of the 41 prints counted under this name.

Garchomp prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Cynthia's Garchomp ex 232/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Cynthia's Garchomp ex 241/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Cynthia's Garchomp ex 104/182	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Cynthia's Garchomp ex 215/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Cynthia's Garchomp ex 111/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Garchomp ex 245/182	SV04: Paradox Rift	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Garchomp ex 260/182	SV04: Paradox Rift	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Garchomp ex 219/182	SV04: Paradox Rift	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Garchomp ex 038/182	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Garchomp & Giratina-GX 247/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp & Giratina-GX SM193	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp & Giratina-GX 228/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp & Giratina-GX 146/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp V TG23/TG30	SWSH10: Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Garchomp V 178/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Garchomp V 117/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Garchomp-EX XY167	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp 109/172	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Garchomp 099/156	Deck Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp SV40/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp 62/131	SM - Forbidden Light	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp 114/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp 120/116	Plasma Freeze	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp LV.X 97/100	Majestic Dawn	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp 90/124	Dragons Exalted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp 91/124	Dragons Exalted	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp 96/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp 005/147	League & Championship Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp 001/017	POP Series 9	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp 9/123	Mysterious Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp 70/122	XY - BREAKpoint	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp C LV.X 145	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp C LV.X DP46	Diamond and Pearl Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp C LV.X 145/147	Celebrations: Classic Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Garchomp C 060/147	League & Championship Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

13 of the 35 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 Garchomp ex 38?

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 Garchomp ex 38
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Vaporeon ex	Prismatic Evolutions	280	280	2
Mega Greninja ex	Chaos Rising	350	120	1
Mega Greninja ex	Chaos Rising	350	120	1
Blastoise ex	151	330	140	3
Greninja ex	Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos	300	120	1
Kingdra ex	Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos	310	50	1

This card itself is 320 HP, 160 top damage and 0 retreat, and every card here is Water 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 Garchomp ex 38 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.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #38 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 Garchomp ex 38, 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

“Tera: As long as this Pokémon is on your Bench, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks (both yours and your opponent's). 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 Garchomp ex 38
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.

Garchomp ex 38 — 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 Garchomp ex 38 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 320)

Typical damage for the mark

80 (this card 160)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Garchomp ex 38 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, Hydro Lander, needs 1 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 1 turn from an empty card.
That works out at 160 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs no Energy at all.
It cannot start the game in play — Gabite has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 207 of 17,290

Water cardsNo. 28 of 2,435

ex cardsNo. 145 of 942

Paradox RiftNo. 4 of 223

What actually removes it

A Lightning attack printed at 160 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 320 HP.
164 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 1,673 cards in one attack.

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Garchomp ex 38 card record

Garchomp ex 38 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	320 HP	Type	Water
Weakness	Lightning ×2	Retreat cost	0 Energy
Evolves from	Gabite	Card type	Stage 2 Tera ex
Regulation mark	Mark G	Pokédex number	#445
Set	Paradox Rift	Card number	38 of 182
Series	Scarlet & Violet	Released	November 3, 2023
Rarity	Double Rare (RR)	Illustrator	5ban Graphics
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only
Printed rule	Tera: As long as this Pokémon is on your Bench, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks (both yours and your opponent's). 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 Garchomp ex 38 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

$1.00

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

Garchomp ex 38 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Garchomp ex 38 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Garchomp ex 38?

Garchomp ex 38 has 320 HP and a Lightning weakness at ×2, so a Lightning attack printed at 160 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 320.

What is the strongest attack on Garchomp ex 38?

Hydro Lander, printed at 160 damage for 1 Energy — 160 damage per Energy card. Attach up to 3 Basic Fighting Energy cards from your discard pile to your Benched Pokémon in any way you like.

What is the retreat cost of Garchomp ex 38?

None. Garchomp ex 38 carries a printed retreat cost of zero, so it can move out of the active spot without discarding any Energy. The once-a-turn limit on retreating still applies.

Can an older Garchomp print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 35 prints listed on this page, 13 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 Garchomp ex evolve from?

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

Can Garchomp ex 38 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 Garchomp ex 38 mean?

The card reads “Tera: As long as this Pokémon is on your Bench, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks (both yours and your opponent's). 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 Garchomp ex 38 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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Garchomp ex 38 — what does this card actually do?

What does Garchomp ex 38 do in a game?

Garchomp ex 38 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Garchomp ex 38 at a glance

What do the attacks on Garchomp ex 38 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Garchomp ex 38 compare with every other card?

Is Garchomp ex 38 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Garchomp ex 38 strong for a Tera card?

What does being a Water card do for Garchomp ex 38?

What knocks out Garchomp ex 38 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Garchomp ex 38 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Garchomp ex 38?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Garchomp ex 38?

What was printed next to Garchomp ex 38 in Paradox Rift?

Which rules apply to Garchomp ex 38, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Garchomp ex 38 belong to?

Garchomp ex 38 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

Garchomp ex 38 card record

What does Garchomp ex 38 cost?

Garchomp ex 38 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Garchomp ex 38?

What is the strongest attack on Garchomp ex 38?

What is the retreat cost of Garchomp ex 38?

Can an older Garchomp print be played in a tournament?

What does Garchomp ex evolve from?

Can Garchomp ex 38 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Garchomp ex 38 mean?

Does this page say how good Garchomp ex 38 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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