Volcanion ex 171 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Volcanion ex 171
Brand: Pokémon

This card has 220 HP, a top attack printed at 160 damage and a Water weakness.

Fire · Basic ex · Journey Together · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Volcanion ex 171 do in a game?

Volcanion ex 171 is a Fire Pokémon card with 220 HP, printed as Basic ex.

Its strongest attack, Scorching Cyclone, is printed at 160 damage for 3 Energy — 53 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Water weakness, any Water attack printed at 110 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Fire Basic ex Ultra Rare (UR)Regulation I Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #721 Volcanion

Volcanion ex 171Journey Together

220 HP · Fire · Basic ex · retreat 3 · Water weakness ×2

Top printed damage16053 per Energy Scorching Cyclone160 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points220 HP6.6% of 17,290 in the 190~230 band

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

Retreat cost3 Energy12.6% of 17,240 in the 3 band

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 53 · typical 34.7
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3

Price trackUltra Rare (UR)Journey Together23 printsranked among ex cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic ex

Regulation markI

RarityUltra Rare (UR)

SetJourney Together

Card number171

AbilityScalding Steam

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 by110 damage220 HP against a Water ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it412 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name23 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line21 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #721 Where it can be playedUnlimited and Standard and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Volcanion ex 171 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Top printed damage — top 8.3% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 16.8%.

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 Volcanion ex 171 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	91.3%	220 HP
Top printed damage	91.7%	160 damage
Energy efficiency	91.0%	53 per Energy
Retreat lightness	16.8%	3 Energy
Attack cost lightness	17.4%	3 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

3EScorching Cyclone53 damage per Energy card · has printed text160damage

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

Where it stands

No. 1,216of 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 1,216 at 220 HP.

Fire cardsNo. 119of 1,574 by printed HP ex cardsNo. 587of 942 by printed HP

This cardVolcanion ex 171Journey Together220 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 160 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Volcanion ex 171

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 53 damage per Energy card against 34.7 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 3.
Weakness A Water attack printed at 110 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 6 of the 22 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Volcanion ex 171 at a glance

What it is. A Fire Pokémon card with 220 HP printed as Basic ex, printed in Journey Together.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 160 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Water weakness at ×2, which means 110 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 3 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark I.
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 Volcanion ex 171 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 160 damage, which is 53 damage for every Energy card attached.

Volcanion ex 171 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Scorching Cyclone	2 Fire + 1 Colorless	3	160	53	Move an Energy from this Pokémon to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

Retreating costs a further 3 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Scorching Cyclone3 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.

Scorching Cyclone 3 Energy160 damage for 3 Energy — 53 per Energy card160

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

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How does Volcanion ex 171 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.

Volcanion ex 171 — Journey Together — Volcanion exJourney Together 171

No.1,216by HP in the archive

Volcanion ex 171 prints 220 HP, which puts it at number 1,216 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 7%Where it sits on printed HP

This card220 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest ex card380 HP
Strongest Volcanion ex printed220 HP

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.

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 220 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

70~12021.8%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

154.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

3 — this card14.7%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 3 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically have 153 HP and print 104 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3 — this card	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

149.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

3 — this card12.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 3 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 3 typically have 150 HP and print 99 damage.

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

No. 1,216of 17,290

That is where Volcanion ex 171 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.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 1,216 of 17,290 by HP · No. 1,069 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 7% on damage
Fire cards — 1,574 cards No. 119 of 1,574 by HP · No. 152 of 1,526 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 10% on damage
ex cards — 942 cards No. 587 of 942 by HP · No. 328 of 906 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 36% on damage
Journey Together — 190 cards No. 25 of 168 by HP · No. 18 of 162 by damage · top by HP: Mamoswine ex, 340

top 11% 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 220 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 220
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

1,148 of 17,290 (6.6%)

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 Volcanion ex 171 does without attacking

Volcanion ex 171 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.

Scalding Steam — Ability · once a turn

Once during your turn, if this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, you may make your opponent's Active Pokémon Burned.

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.

Scalding Steam 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 Volcanion ex 171 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 160 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

Volcanion ex 171 — this card53.0160 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 3 typically return 34.7 damage per Energy card. This card returns 53.

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
Volcanion ex 171 — this card	53.0	160 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsScorching Cyclone 160 / 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 Volcanion ex 171.
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
Scorching Cyclone	—	53	—

This card, per Energy card

53 damage

Typical for a 3 Energy attack

34.7 damage

Difference

+18.3 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 Volcanion ex 171 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 points220 HPtypical for the group is 243 HP — this card is 9% below

Top printed damage160 damagetypical for the group is 144 damage — this card is 11% above

Retreat cost3 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 50% above

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 Fire card do for Volcanion ex 171?

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 2,435 Water cards carry that type A Water attack printed at 110 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Volcanion ex 171 · Basic ex 220 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 160 damage.

Takes double from this card 3,312 cards in groups that print a Fire weakness Against Grass and Metal, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

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

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

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

Fire — this cardmost 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	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire — this card	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

Fireweak to Water

Grassweak to Fire

Metalweak to Fire

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

What being a Fire card is worth

Groups that most often print a Fire weakness: Grass (2,387 cards) and Metal (925 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Fire cards are themselves most exposed to Water.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Volcanion ex 171 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Water attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 110 printed damage rather than 220.

Cards that remove it in one attack

412

Cards it removes in one attack

3,041

Water damage needed to knock it out

110

Counted across the whole card archive. 220 HP against a Water weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackInteleonMega Evolution 142110 damage

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

This cardVolcanion ex 171Journey Together 171220 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 412 cards in the archive that can remove Volcanion ex 171 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.

Volcanion exweak to Water ×2

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

Water cards that remove Volcanion ex in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Vaporeon ex (23)	Prismatic Evolutions	280	280	560
Vaporeon ex (149)	Prismatic Evolutions	280	280	560
Wailord ex (16)	Pitch Black	380	270	540
Wailord ex (97)	Pitch Black	380	270	540
Palafin ex (61)	Twilight Masquerade	340	250	500
Palafin ex (193)	Twilight Masquerade	340	250	500

220 HP against a Water ×2 weakness means any Water attack printed at 110 damage or more is enough. 412 cards in the archive clear that bar.

320 HP Empoleon ex [70]

320 HP Empoleon ex [114]

320 HP Decidueye ex [12]

320 HP Decidueye ex [100]

320 HP Decidueye ex [15]

Corviknight VMAX TG19 — Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery

320 HP Corviknight VMAX [TG19]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

3,041 cards in the archive are weak to Fire 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 Volcanion as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Volcanion ex 171 is one print of Volcanion. 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.

Volcanion has been printed 23 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 Volcanion cards ever printedPokédex #721Prints on record 23Toughest print 220 HPThis card 220 HP

23prints

Legal in Standard6Older prints, not in Standard17

Every Volcanion 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.

Volcanion ex 171 is the toughest Volcanion ever printed

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

Volcanion ex 182/159the toughest Volcanion ever printedSV09: Journey Together220 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Volcanion ex 171 can be?

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

The Volcanion line, oldest stage first

Volcanion9 prints on record · XY Promos

+90 HP · +30 damage

Volcanion ex2 prints on record · XY Promos

Volcanion → Volcanion ex

The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.

1VolcanionHardest attack printed at this stage: 130 damage130 HP
2Volcanion exHardest attack printed at this stage: 160 damage. Evolving here adds 90 HP over the stage before it220 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (220 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 Volcanion print, and can the older ones still be played?

23 prints carry this name in the archive, and 22 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 (220 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

22 rows are shown of the 23 prints counted under this name.

Volcanion prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Volcanion ex 182/159	SV09: Journey Together	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Volcanion V 162/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Volcanion ex 171/159	SV09: Journey Together	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Volcanion V 025/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Volcanion ex 031/159	SV09: Journey Together	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Volcanion-EX 115/114	XY - Steam Siege	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Volcanion-EX 107/114	XY - Steam Siege	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Volcanion-EX XY173	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Volcanion-EX 26/114	XY - Steam Siege	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Volcanion ◇ 31/131	SM - Forbidden Light	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Volcanion XY145	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Volcanion XY185	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shining Volcanion 27/73	Shining Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Volcanion XY164	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Volcanion 025/114	Deck Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Volcanion 026/159	SWSH: Crown Zenith	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Volcanion 025/072	Shining Fates	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Volcanion 025/132	ME01: Mega Evolution	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Volcanion 022/182	SV04: Paradox Rift	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Volcanion 025/088	ME03: Perfect Order	Mark J	Not legal in Standard
Volcanion SM179	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Volcanion 25/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

6 of the 22 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 Volcanion ex 171?

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 Volcanion ex 171
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Reshiram ex	White Flare	230	130	2
Reshiram ex	White Flare	230	130	2
Ethan's Ho-Oh ex	Destined Rivals	230	160	2
Team Rocket's Moltres ex	Destined Rivals	220	110	2
Gouging Fire ex	Temporal Forces	230	260	2
Chi-Yu ex	Paldea Evolved	190	100	1

This card itself is 220 HP, 160 top damage and 3 retreat, and every card here is Fire 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 Volcanion ex 171 in Journey Together?

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.

70 Swinub [165]

120 Lycanroc [166]

130 N's Reshiram [167]

120 Furret [168]

60 Noibat [169]

70 Hop's Wooloo [170]

Iono's Bellibolt ex 172 — Journey Together

280 Iono's Bellibolt ex [172]

Lillie's Clefairy ex 173 — Journey Together

190 Lillie's Clefairy ex [173]

340 Mamoswine ex [174]

280 N's Zoroark ex [175]

230 Hop's Zacian ex [176]

320 Salamence ex [177]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #171 in Journey Together. 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 Volcanion ex 171, 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 Volcanion ex 171
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.

Volcanion ex 171 — 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 I, printed next to the card number. It was released on March 28, 2025.

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Which generation of cards does Volcanion ex 171 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 Gtypically 124 HP · 80 damage19.9%1,634 cards

Mark Htypically 132 HP · 88 damage15.7%1,283 cards

Mark I — this cardtypically 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	19.9%	1,634 cards
Mark H	15.7%	1,283 cards
Mark I — this card	14.8%	1,215 cards
Mark J	5.1%	419 cards

This card

Mark I

Cards sharing that mark

1,215

Typical HP for the mark

134 (this card 220)

Typical damage for the mark

80 (this card 160)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Volcanion ex 171 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, Scorching Cyclone, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 53 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 3 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 1,216 of 17,290

Fire cardsNo. 119 of 1,574

ex cardsNo. 587 of 942

Journey TogetherNo. 25 of 168

What actually removes it

A Water attack printed at 110 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 220 HP.
412 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 3,041 cards in one attack.

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Volcanion ex 171 card record

Volcanion ex 171 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	220 HP	Type	Fire
Weakness	Water ×2	Retreat cost	3 Energy
Card type	Basic ex	Regulation mark	Mark I
Pokédex number	#721	Set	Journey Together
Card number	171 of 159	Series	Scarlet & Violet
Released	March 28, 2025	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.

Every set in the archive

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What does Volcanion ex 171 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.

Volcanion ex 171 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Volcanion ex 171 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Volcanion ex 171?

Volcanion ex 171 has 220 HP and a Water weakness at ×2, so a Water attack printed at 110 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 220.

What is the strongest attack on Volcanion ex 171?

Scorching Cyclone, printed at 160 damage for 3 Energy — 53 damage per Energy card. Move an Energy from this Pokémon to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

What is the retreat cost of Volcanion ex 171?

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

How often can you use Scalding Steam?

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

Can an older Volcanion print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 22 prints listed on this page, 6 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

Can Volcanion ex 171 be played in a tournament?

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

What does the rule on Volcanion ex 171 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 Volcanion ex 171 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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Volcanion ex 171 — what does this card actually do?

What does Volcanion ex 171 do in a game?

Volcanion ex 171 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Volcanion ex 171 at a glance

What do the attacks on Volcanion ex 171 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Volcanion ex 171 compare with every other card?

What Volcanion ex 171 does without attacking

Is Volcanion ex 171 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Volcanion ex 171 strong for a ex card?

What does being a Fire card do for Volcanion ex 171?

What knocks out Volcanion ex 171 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Volcanion ex 171 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Volcanion ex 171?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Volcanion ex 171?

What was printed next to Volcanion ex 171 in Journey Together?

Which rules apply to Volcanion ex 171, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Volcanion ex 171 belong to?

Volcanion ex 171 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

Volcanion ex 171 card record

What does Volcanion ex 171 cost?

Volcanion ex 171 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Volcanion ex 171?

What is the strongest attack on Volcanion ex 171?

What is the retreat cost of Volcanion ex 171?

How often can you use Scalding Steam?

Can an older Volcanion print be played in a tournament?

Can Volcanion ex 171 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Volcanion ex 171 mean?

Does this page say how good Volcanion ex 171 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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