Orthworm ex 162 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 220 HP, a top attack printed at 150 damage and a Fire weakness.
Metal · Basic ex · Stellar Crown · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Orthworm ex 162 do in a game?
Orthworm ex 162 is a Metal Pokémon card with 220 HP, printed as Basic ex.
Its strongest attack, Rock Tomb, is printed at 150 damage for 4 Energy — 38 damage per Energy card.
Because of the Fire weakness, any Fire attack printed at 110 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Orthworm ex 162Stellar Crown
Orthworm ex 162 performance summary
220 HP · Metal · Basic ex · retreat 4 · Fire weakness ×2
as of July 28, 2026
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 4
Strongest on Hit points — top 8.7% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 2.7%.
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.
| Measure | Percentile | Printed value |
|---|---|---|
| Hit points | 91.3% | 220 HP |
| Top printed damage | 90.0% | 150 damage |
| Energy efficiency | 80.8% | 38 per Energy |
| Retreat lightness | 4.2% | 4 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 2.7% | 4 Energy |
1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.
Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 1,216 at 220 HP.
Orthworm ex 162220 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 160 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Orthworm ex 162
- Hit points 220 HP puts it in the 190~230 band, where 6.6% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Energy It returns 38 damage per Energy card against 27.8 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 4.
- Weakness A Fire attack printed at 110 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
- Legality 5 of the 5 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.
Orthworm ex 162 at a glance
- What it is. A Metal Pokémon card with 220 HP printed as Basic ex, printed in Stellar Crown.
- What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 150 damage for 4 Energy.
- What it fears. A Fire weakness at ×2, which means 110 printed damage is enough to remove it.
- What it costs to move. 4 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
- Where it can be played. Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark H.
- What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.
What do the attacks on Orthworm ex 162 cost, and what do they hit for?
The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 4 Energy and returns 150 damage, which is 38 damage for every Energy card attached.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Tomb | 4 Colorless | 4 | 150 | 38 | During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat. |
Retreating costs a further 4 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.
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.
How does Orthworm ex 162 compare with every other card?
Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.
The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.
This card prints 220 HP, which is 58% of that ceiling.
Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.
17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 220 HP.
Cards in the 190~230 band typically print 132 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 | 33.1% | 5,725 cards |
| 130~180 | 15.5% | 2,679 cards |
| 190~230 — this card | 6.6% | 1,148 cards |
| 240~280 | 3.3% | 567 cards |
| 290~330 | 2.4% | 412 cards |
| 340+ | 0.5% | 90 cards |
16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 150.
Cards in the 130~180 band typically have 198 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~30 | 42.7% | 6,938 cards |
| 40~60 | 22.0% | 3,566 cards |
| 70~120 | 21.8% | 3,535 cards |
| 130~180 — this card | 9.0% | 1,461 cards |
| 190~250 | 3.8% | 621 cards |
| 260+ | 0.8% | 125 cards |
17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 4 Energy.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 4 typically have 157 HP and print 111 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1.8% | 304 cards |
| 1 | 54.4% | 9,392 cards |
| 2 | 26.4% | 4,565 cards |
| 3 | 14.7% | 2,533 cards |
| 4 — this card | 2.4% | 421 cards |
| 5 | 0.3% | 47 cards |
17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 4 Energy to retreat.
Cards with a retreat cost of 4 typically have 175 HP and print 121 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 — this card | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Orthworm ex 162 stands highest on HP — number 1,216 of 17,290 cards in Every card in the archive. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 220 HP
middle half 60–130 HP - Top printed damage 150 damage
middle half 20–90 damage
- Lowest to highest printed in the archive
- Middle half of the archive
- This card
Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.
Open the group this card falls into
Back to summaryWhat Orthworm ex 162 does without attacking
Orthworm ex 162 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.
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.
This effect places damage counters, which is not the same as dealing damage
Pummeling Payback puts damage counters on a Pokémon rather than dealing damage to it. One counter is ten damage on the board, but the rules keep them apart: effects that reduce or prevent damage do not stop counters from being placed, and weakness and resistance are not applied to them.
Is Orthworm ex 162 efficient for the Energy it asks for?
Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 150 damage attack that needs 4 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.
Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 4 typically return 27.8 damage per Energy card. This card returns 38.
| 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 |
| Orthworm ex 162 — this card | 38.0 | 150 damage for 4 Energy |
Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.
| Group | Typical printed damage | Damage per Energy card | Cards in this group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy | 45 | — | 304 |
| Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy | 49 | 49 | 9,392 |
| Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy | 65 | 33 | 4,565 |
| Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy | 104 | 35 | 2,533 |
| Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy | 111 | 28 | 421 |
| Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy | 209 | 42 | 47 |
| Rock Tomb | — | 38 | — |
Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead
The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 150 is read as high or low rather than merely large.
Is Orthworm ex 162 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.
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.
What does being a Metal card do for Orthworm ex 162?
Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.
17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Psychic | 13.5% | 2,335 cards |
| Water | 14.1% | 2,435 cards |
| Colorless | 12.6% | 2,173 cards |
| Fire | 9.1% | 1,574 cards |
| Fighting | 10.9% | 1,884 cards |
| Lightning | 8.8% | 1,520 cards |
| Grass | 13.8% | 2,387 cards |
| Metal — this card | 5.4% | 925 cards |
| Darkness | 7.2% | 1,249 cards |
| Dragon | 3.1% | 530 cards |
| Fairy | 1.4% | 237 cards |
Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Metal weakness.
What being a Metal card is worth
Groups that most often print a Metal weakness: Fairy (237 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Metal cards are themselves most exposed to Fire.
What knocks out Orthworm ex 162 in one hit, and what does it knock out?
Weakness doubles the damage a Fire attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 110 printed damage rather than 220.
Oricorio ex110 damage110 damage becomes 220 against this card
Orthworm ex 162220 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 368 cards in the archive that can remove Orthworm ex 162 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 110 printed damage against a bar of 110. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.
Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.
What the Grass resistance changes
Damage from Grass attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack printed high enough to knock this card out on paper may not do it. Resistance is a flat subtraction, not a multiplier — it does not scale with the attack.
| Card | Set | HP | Printed damage | After weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charizard ex (183) | 151 | 330 | 330 | 660 |
| Charizard ex (199) | 151 | 330 | 330 | 660 |
| Charizard ex (161) | Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos | 330 | 330 | 660 |
| Mega Emboar ex (31) | Ascended Heroes | 380 | 320 | 640 |
| Mega Emboar ex (273) | Ascended Heroes | 380 | 320 | 640 |
| Charizard VSTAR (19) | Crown Zenith | 280 | 320 | 640 |
220 HP against a Fire ×2 weakness means any Fire attack printed at 110 damage or more is enough. 369 cards in the archive clear that bar.
300 HP
Cetitan ex [65]
300 HP
Cetitan ex [210]
300 HP
Tinkaton ex [240]
300 HP
Tinkaton ex [262]
300 HP
Tinkaton ex [31]
270 HP
Mega Diancie ex [41]
972 cards in the archive are weak to Metal and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
What is Orthworm as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?
Orthworm ex 162 is one print of Orthworm. 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.
Every Orthworm 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.
Back to summaryIs this the strongest Orthworm print, and can the older ones still be played?
5 prints carry this name in the archive. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.
Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.
| Set | Regulation mark | Standard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthworm ex 162/142 | SV07: Stellar Crown | Mark H | Legal in Standard |
| Orthworm ex 110/142 | SV07: Stellar Crown | Mark H | Legal in Standard |
| Orthworm 138/182 | SV04: Paradox Rift | Mark G | Legal in Standard |
| Orthworm 224/193 | SV02: Paldea Evolved | Mark G | Legal in Standard |
| Orthworm 151/193 | Miscellaneous Cards & Products | Mark G | Legal in Standard |
5 of the 5 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.
Back to summaryWhat can you use instead of Orthworm ex 162?
Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.
| Card | Set | HP | Top damage | Retreat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gholdengo ex | Prismatic Evolutions | 260 | 50 | 2 |
| Genesect ex | Black Bolt | 220 | 150 | 2 |
| Hop's Zacian ex | Journey Together | 230 | 240 | 2 |
| Gholdengo ex | Paradox Rift | 260 | 50 | 2 |
| Iron Treads ex | Scarlet & Violet | 220 | 160 | 3 |
| Mega Skarmory ex | Perfect Order | 260 | 0 | 0 |
This card itself is 220 HP, 150 top damage and 4 retreat, and every card here is Metal like it.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Orthworm ex 162?
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.
4 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number. The badge on each card is its printed HP, the figure under the name is its hardest printed attack, and the name sits under the picture. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
What was printed next to Orthworm ex 162 in Stellar Crown?
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.
330
Hydrapple ex [156]
320
Cinderace ex [157]
220
Lapras ex [158]
260
Galvantula ex [159]
250
Dachsbun ex [160]
260
Medicham ex [161]
Briar [163]
Crispin [164]
Kofu [165]
Lacey [166]
330
Hydrapple ex [167]
260
Galvantula ex [168]
These are the cards numbered either side of #162 in Stellar Crown. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
Which rules apply to Orthworm ex 162, 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.
| Clause | What the rulebook says | Cards it applies to | Share of the archive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card. | 16,744 cards | 81.9% |
| Retreat | Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn). | 17,244 cards | 84.3% |
| Energy per turn | You can attach Energy just once each turn! | 17,180 cards | 84.0% |
Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.
| Format | Status | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 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 H, printed next to the card number. It was released on September 13, 2024.
Which generation of cards does Orthworm ex 162 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.
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.
| 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 | 19.9% | 1,634 cards |
| Mark H — this card | 15.7% | 1,283 cards |
| Mark I | 14.8% | 1,215 cards |
| Mark J | 5.1% | 419 cards |
Orthworm ex 162 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, Rock Tomb, needs 4 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 4 turns from an empty card.
- That works out at 38 damage for every Energy card attached.
- Moving it out of the active spot costs 4 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- A Fire attack printed at 110 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 220 HP.
- 369 cards in the archive clear that bar.
- Going the other way, it removes 972 cards in one attack.
- Damage from Grass attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.
Orthworm ex 162 card record
| Hit points | 220 HP | Type | Metal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Fire ×2 | Retreat cost | 4 Energy |
| Card type | Basic ex | Regulation mark | Mark H |
| Pokédex number | #968 | Set | Stellar Crown |
| Card number | 162 of 142 | Series | Scarlet & Violet |
| Released | September 13, 2024 | Rarity | Ultra Rare (UR) |
| 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.
What does Orthworm ex 162 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Orthworm ex 162 — frequently asked questions
How much damage does it take to knock out Orthworm ex 162?
What is the strongest attack on Orthworm ex 162?
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Does Orthworm ex 162 deal damage or place damage counters?
Can an older Orthworm print be played in a tournament?
Can Orthworm ex 162 be played in a tournament?
What does the rule on Orthworm ex 162 mean?
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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.
Industry source
Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.