Simisear VSTAR 23 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Simisear VSTAR 23
Brand: Pokémon
Author: 5ban Graphics

This card has 260 HP, a top attack printed at 40 damage and a Water weakness.

Fire · VSTAR · Crown Zenith · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Simisear VSTAR 23 do in a game?

Simisear VSTAR 23 is a Fire Pokémon card with 260 HP, printed as VSTAR.

Its strongest attack, Fireball Fever, is printed at 40 damage for 3 Energy — 13 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Water weakness, any Water attack printed at 130 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Fire VSTAR Rare Holo VSTAR Regulation F Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #514 Simisear

Simisear VSTAR 23Crown Zenith

260 HP · Fire · VSTAR · retreat 2 · Water weakness ×2

Top printed damage4013 per Energy Fireball Fever40 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

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

Printed damage4022.0% of 16,246 in the 40~60 band

Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 13 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackRare Holo VSTARCrown Zenith18 printsranked among VSTAR cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classVSTAR

Regulation markF

RarityRare Holo VSTAR

SetCrown Zenith

Card number23

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$1.29Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by130 damage260 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 it270 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name18 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line17 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #514 Where it can be playedUnlimited and Standard and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Simisear VSTAR 23 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 28.4%.

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 Simisear VSTAR 23 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	95.0%	260 HP
Top printed damage	42.7%	40 damage
Energy efficiency	28.4%	13 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

3EFireball Fever13 damage per Energy card · has printed text40damage
1EEmber Star30 damage per Energy card · has printed text30damage

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

Where it stands

No. 765of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 765 at 260 HP.

Fire cardsNo. 76of 1,574 by printed HP VSTAR cardsNo. 71of 94 by printed HP

This cardSimisear VSTAR 23Crown Zenith260 HP

Printed HP

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

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Simisear VSTAR 23

Hit points 260 HP puts it in the 240~280 band, where 3.3% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 13 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Weakness A Water attack printed at 130 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 8 of the 18 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Simisear VSTAR 23 at a glance

What it is. A Fire Pokémon card with 260 HP printed as VSTAR, printed in Crown Zenith.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 40 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Water weakness at ×2, which means 130 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark F.
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 Simisear VSTAR 23 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 40 damage, which is 13 damage for every Energy card attached.

Simisear VSTAR 23 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Fireball Fever	1 Fire + 2 Colorless	3	40+	13	You may discard up to 5 cards from the top of your deck. This attack does 40 more damage for each card you discarded in this way.
Ember Star	1 Fire	1	30×	30	This attack does 30 damage for each Energy card in your discard pile. (You can't use more than 1 VSTAR Power in a game.)

Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Fireball Fever3 Energy cards

Ember Star1 Energy card

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.

Fireball Fever 3 Energy40 damage for 3 Energy — 13 per Energy card40
Ember Star 1 Energy30 damage for 1 Energy — 30 per Energy card30

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (40).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

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

Fireball Fever is printed as 40+, so the printed number is a floor — the attack deals at least that much, and the sentence beside it says what adds to it.
Ember Star is printed as 30×, so the printed number is multiplied — the attack deals that much for each thing the sentence beside it counts.

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How does Simisear VSTAR 23 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.

Simisear VSTAR 23 — Crown Zenith — Simisear VSTARCrown Zenith 23

No.765by HP in the archive

Simisear VSTAR 23 prints 260 HP, which puts it at number 765 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

43% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 4%Where it sits on printed HP

This card260 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest VSTAR card300 HP
Strongest Simisear VSTAR printed260 HP

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

This card prints 260 HP, which is 68% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~12033.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~280 — this card3.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 260 HP.

Cards in the 240~280 band typically print 158 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280 — this card	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~60 — this card22.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 40.

Cards in the 40~60 band typically have 101 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60 — this card	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

1 — this card54.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 1 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1 — this card	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

2 — this card28.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 2 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.

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

No. 765of 17,290

That is where Simisear VSTAR 23 stands highest on HP — number 765 of 17,290 cards in Every card in the archive. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 765 of 17,290 by HP · No. 8,196 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 50% on damage
Fire cards — 1,574 cards No. 76 of 1,574 by HP · No. 898 of 1,526 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 59% on damage
VSTAR cards — 94 cards No. 71 of 94 by HP · No. 89 of 92 by damage · top by HP: Regigigas VSTAR, 300

top 96% on damage
Crown Zenith — 160 cards No. 11 of 123 by HP · No. 73 of 120 by damage · top by HP: Duraludon VMAX, 330

top 60% on damage

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

Hit points 260 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 260
Top printed damage 40 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 40

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 VSTAR

94 on record

Cards in the same HP band

567 of 17,290 (3.3%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,566 of 16,246 (22.0%)

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 Simisear VSTAR 23 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 40 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

Simisear VSTAR 23 — this card13.040 damage for 3 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 13.

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
Simisear VSTAR 23 — this card	13.0	40 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsFireball Fever 40 / 3Ember Star 30 / 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 Simisear VSTAR 23.
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
Fireball Fever	—	13	—
Ember Star	—	30	—

This card, per Energy card

13 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

-36.0 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 40 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Simisear VSTAR 23 strong for a VSTAR card?

VSTAR cards are built large to begin with, so measuring this one against the whole archive mixes up what the mechanic gives it with what the card itself gives it. Measured inside its own group, the two come apart.

Hit points260 HPtypical for the group is 271 HP — this card is 4% below

Top printed damage40 damagetypical for the group is 167 damage — this card is 76% below

Retreat cost2 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 0% above

The group is every VSTAR card in the archive — 94 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 Simisear VSTAR 23?

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

Simisear VSTAR 23 · VSTAR 260 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 40 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 Simisear VSTAR 23 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 130 printed damage rather than 260.

Cards that remove it in one attack

270

Cards it removes in one attack

1,415

Water damage needed to knock it out

130

Counted across the whole card archive. 260 HP against a Water weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackKyogreMega Evolution 34130 damage

×2Water weakness · 130 printed damage is enough
130 damage becomes 260 against this card

This cardSimisear VSTAR 23Crown Zenith 23260 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 270 cards in the archive that can remove Simisear VSTAR 23 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 130 printed damage against a bar of 130. 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.

Simisear VSTARweak to Water ×2

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

Water cards that remove Simisear VSTAR 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

260 HP against a Water ×2 weakness means any Water attack printed at 130 damage or more is enough. 270 cards in the archive clear that bar.

80 HP Beedrill [17]

80 HP Kakuna [33]

80 HP Victreebel [14]

80 HP Vileplume [15]

80 HP Victreebel [30]

80 HP Vileplume [31]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

1,415 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 Simisear as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Simisear VSTAR 23 is one print of Simisear. 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.

Simisear has been printed 18 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 Simisear cards ever printedPokédex #514Prints on record 18Toughest print 260 HPThis card 260 HP

18prints

Legal in Standard8Older prints, not in Standard10

Every Simisear 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.

Simisear VSTAR 23 is the toughest Simisear ever printed

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

Simisear VSTAR GG37/GG70the toughest Simisear ever printedSWSH: Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery260 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Simisear VSTAR 23 can be?

Simisear VSTAR evolves from Simisear V, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Simisear line, oldest stage first

Pansear16 prints on record · Emerging Powers

+30 HP · +130 damage

Simisear13 prints on record · Emerging Powers

+110 HP

Simisear V2 prints on record · SWSH: Crown Zenith

+50 HP

Simisear VSTAR2 prints on record · SWSH: Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery

Pansear → Simisear → Simisear V → Simisear VSTAR

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

1PansearHardest attack printed at this stage: 60 damage70 HP
2SimisearHardest attack printed at this stage: 190 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it100 HP
3Simisear VHardest attack printed at this stage: 90 damage. Evolving here adds 110 HP over the stage before it210 HP
4Simisear VSTARHardest attack printed at this stage: 40 damage. Evolving here adds 50 HP over the stage before it260 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (260 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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

18 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.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (260 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

Simisear prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Simisear VSTAR GG37/GG70	SWSH: Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Simisear VSTAR 023/159	SWSH: Crown Zenith	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Simisear V 022/159	SWSH: Crown Zenith	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Simisear V 027/172	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Simisear 100/086	SV: White Flare	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Simisear 015/086	SV: White Flare	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Simisear 038/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Simisear 027/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Simisear 021/182	SV04: Paradox Rift	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Simisear 19/98	Emerging Powers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Simisear 20/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Simisear 16/99	Next Destinies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Simisear 24/162	XY - BREAKthrough	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Simisear 17/101	Noble Victories	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Simisear 23/146	XY Base Set	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Simisear 22/114	Black and White	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Simisear 23/147	SM - Burning Shadows	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Simisear 023/191	SV08: Surging Sparks	Mark H	Legal in Standard

8 of the 18 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 Simisear VSTAR 23?

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 Simisear VSTAR 23
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Charizard VSTAR	Brilliant Stars	280	320	2
Charizard VSTAR	SWSH Black Star Promos	280	320	2
Simisear VSTAR	Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery	260	40	2
Charizard VSTAR	Brilliant Stars	280	320	2
Charizard VSTAR	Crown Zenith	280	320	2

This card itself is 260 HP, 40 top damage and 2 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 Simisear VSTAR 23 in Crown Zenith?

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.

110 Calyrex [17]

220 Charizard V [18]

280 Charizard VSTAR [19]

160 Radiant Charizard [20]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #23 in Crown Zenith. 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 Simisear VSTAR 23, 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

“VSTAR rule: When your Pokémon VSTAR 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 Simisear VSTAR 23
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.

Simisear VSTAR 23 — 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 F, printed next to the card number. It was released on January 20, 2023.

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Which generation of cards does Simisear VSTAR 23 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 F — this cardtypically 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 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 — this card	14.4%	1,180 cards
Mark G	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 F

Cards sharing that mark

1,180

Typical HP for the mark

142 (this card 260)

Typical damage for the mark

88 (this card 40)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Simisear VSTAR 23 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, Fireball Fever, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 13 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Simisear V has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 765 of 17,290

Fire cardsNo. 76 of 1,574

VSTAR cardsNo. 71 of 94

Crown ZenithNo. 11 of 123

What actually removes it

A Water attack printed at 130 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 260 HP.
270 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 1,415 cards in one attack.

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Simisear VSTAR 23 card record

Simisear VSTAR 23 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	260 HP	Type	Fire
Weakness	Water ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Evolves from	Simisear V	Card type	VSTAR
Regulation mark	Mark F	Pokédex number	#514
Set	Crown Zenith	Card number	23 of 159
Series	Sword & Shield	Released	January 20, 2023
Rarity	Rare Holo VSTAR	Illustrator	5ban Graphics
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only
Printed rule	VSTAR rule: When your Pokémon VSTAR 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 Simisear VSTAR 23 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

$1.29

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

Simisear VSTAR 23 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Simisear VSTAR 23 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Simisear VSTAR 23?

Simisear VSTAR 23 has 260 HP and a Water weakness at ×2, so a Water attack printed at 130 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 260.

What is the strongest attack on Simisear VSTAR 23?

Fireball Fever, printed at 40 damage for 3 Energy — 13 damage per Energy card. You may discard up to 5 cards from the top of your deck. This attack does 40 more damage for each card you discarded in this way.

What is the retreat cost of Simisear VSTAR 23?

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

What does the + after the damage on Fireball Fever mean?

It marks the damage as conditional: the printed figure is the least it can deal, and the sentence on the card says what is added to it. The full sentence is printed on the card and quoted in the attack table on this page — "You may discard up to 5 cards from the top of your deck. This attack does 40 more damage for each card you discarded in this way."

Can an older Simisear print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 18 prints listed on this page, 8 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 Simisear VSTAR evolve from?

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

Can Simisear VSTAR 23 be played in a tournament?

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

What does the rule on Simisear VSTAR 23 mean?

The card reads “VSTAR rule: When your Pokémon VSTAR 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 Simisear VSTAR 23 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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Simisear VSTAR 23 — what does this card actually do?

What does Simisear VSTAR 23 do in a game?

Simisear VSTAR 23 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Simisear VSTAR 23 at a glance

What do the attacks on Simisear VSTAR 23 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Simisear VSTAR 23 compare with every other card?

Is Simisear VSTAR 23 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Simisear VSTAR 23 strong for a VSTAR card?

What does being a Fire card do for Simisear VSTAR 23?

What knocks out Simisear VSTAR 23 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Simisear VSTAR 23 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Simisear VSTAR 23?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Simisear VSTAR 23?

What was printed next to Simisear VSTAR 23 in Crown Zenith?

Which rules apply to Simisear VSTAR 23, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Simisear VSTAR 23 belong to?

Simisear VSTAR 23 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

Simisear VSTAR 23 card record

What does Simisear VSTAR 23 cost?

Simisear VSTAR 23 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Simisear VSTAR 23?

What is the strongest attack on Simisear VSTAR 23?

What is the retreat cost of Simisear VSTAR 23?

What does the + after the damage on Fireball Fever mean?

Can an older Simisear print be played in a tournament?

What does Simisear VSTAR evolve from?

Can Simisear VSTAR 23 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Simisear VSTAR 23 mean?

Does this page say how good Simisear VSTAR 23 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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