Rayquaza VMAX TG29 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 320 HP and a top attack printed at 20 damage.
Dragon · VMAX Rapid Strike · Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Rayquaza VMAX TG29 do in a game?
Rayquaza VMAX TG29 is a Dragon Pokémon card with 320 HP, printed as VMAX Rapid Strike.
Its strongest attack, Max Burst, is printed at 20 damage for 2 Energy — 10 damage per Energy card.
Rayquaza VMAX TG29Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery
Rayquaza VMAX TG29 performance summary
320 HP · Dragon · VMAX Rapid Strike · retreat 2
as of July 28, 2026
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2
Strongest on Hit points — top 2.0% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 3.1%.
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 | 98.0% | 320 HP |
| Top printed damage | 12.8% | 20 damage |
| Energy efficiency | 3.1% | 10 per Energy |
| Retreat lightness | 45.3% | 2 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 43.8% | 2 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 207 at 320 HP.
Rayquaza VMAX TG29320 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 60 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Rayquaza VMAX TG29
- Hit points 320 HP puts it in the 290~330 band, where 2.4% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Energy It returns 10 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
- Legality 1 of the 50 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.
Rayquaza VMAX TG29 at a glance
- What it is. A Dragon Pokémon card with 320 HP printed as VMAX Rapid Strike, printed in Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery.
- What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 20 damage for 2 Energy.
- What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
- Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark E.
- 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 Rayquaza VMAX TG29 cost, and what do they hit for?
The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 20 damage, which is 10 damage for every Energy card attached.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Burst | 1 Fire + 1 Lightning | 2 | 20+ | 10 | You may discard any amount of basic Fire Energy or any amount of basic Lightning Energy from this Pokémon. This attack does 80 more damage for each card you discarded in this way. |
Retreating costs a further 2 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.
Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol
A number on a Pokémon card is not always the number that lands.
- Max Burst is printed as 20+, so the printed number is a floor — the attack deals at least that much, and the sentence beside it says what adds to it.
How does Rayquaza VMAX TG29 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 320 HP, which is 84% of that ceiling.
Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.
17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 320 HP.
Cards in the 290~330 band typically print 165 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 | 33.1% | 5,725 cards |
| 130~180 | 15.5% | 2,679 cards |
| 190~230 | 6.6% | 1,148 cards |
| 240~280 | 3.3% | 567 cards |
| 290~330 — this card | 2.4% | 412 cards |
| 340+ | 0.5% | 90 cards |
16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 20.
Cards in the ~30 band typically have 70 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~30 — this card | 42.7% | 6,938 cards |
| 40~60 | 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 |
17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 2 Energy.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically have 116 HP and print 65 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1.8% | 304 cards |
| 1 | 54.4% | 9,392 cards |
| 2 — this card | 26.4% | 4,565 cards |
| 3 | 14.7% | 2,533 cards |
| 4 | 2.4% | 421 cards |
| 5 | 0.3% | 47 cards |
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.
| 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 |
That is where Rayquaza VMAX TG29 stands highest on HP — number 207 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 320 HP
middle half 60–130 HP - Top printed damage 20 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 Rayquaza VMAX TG29 does without attacking
Rayquaza VMAX TG29 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.
Azure Pulse 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.
Is Rayquaza VMAX TG29 efficient for the Energy it asks for?
Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 20 damage attack that needs 2 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.
Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically return 32.5 damage per Energy card. This card returns 10.
| 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 |
| Rayquaza VMAX TG29 — this card | 10.0 | 20 damage for 2 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 |
| Max Burst | — | 10 | — |
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 20 is read as high or low rather than merely large.
Is Rayquaza VMAX TG29 strong for a VMAX card?
VMAX 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 VMAX card in the archive — 209 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.
What does being a Dragon card do for Rayquaza VMAX TG29?
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 | 5.4% | 925 cards |
| Darkness | 7.2% | 1,249 cards |
| Dragon — this card | 3.1% | 530 cards |
| Fairy | 1.4% | 237 cards |
What being a Dragon card is worth
No group in the archive most often prints a Dragon weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.
What is Rayquaza as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?
Rayquaza VMAX TG29 is one print of Rayquaza. 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 Rayquaza 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 summaryWhat has to be in play before Rayquaza VMAX TG29 can be?
Rayquaza VMAX evolves from Rayquaza V, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.
- This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Rayquaza V.
- The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.
- Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 384.
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.
Is this the strongest Rayquaza print, and can the older ones still be played?
69 prints carry this name in the archive, and 50 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.
50 rows are shown of the 69 prints counted under this name.
| Set | Regulation mark | Standard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rayquaza VMAX 218/203 | SWSH07: Evolving Skies | Mark E | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza VMAX 111/203 | Prize Pack Series Cards | Mark E | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza VMAX TG20/TG30 | SWSH12: Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery | Mark E | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza VMAX 217/203 | SWSH07: Evolving Skies | Mark E | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza VMAX TG29/TG30 | SWSH12: Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery | Mark E | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza VMAX 102/159 | SWSH: Crown Zenith | Mark E | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza VMAX 101/159 | SWSH: Crown Zenith | Mark E | Not legal in Standard |
| M Rayquaza-EX 61/108 | XY - Roaring Skies | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| M Rayquaza-EX 98/98 | XY - Ancient Origins | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| M Rayquaza-EX 105/108 | XY - Roaring Skies | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| M Rayquaza-EX 76/108 | XY - Roaring Skies | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| M Rayquaza-EX 76/108 | Celebrations: Classic Collection | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza V 194/203 | SWSH07: Evolving Skies | Mark E | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza V 193/203 | SWSH07: Evolving Skies | Mark E | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza V 110/203 | Prize Pack Series Cards | Mark E | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza V SWSH147 | SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards | Mark E | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza V 100/159 | Jumbo Cards | Mark E | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza-GX 177/168 | SM - Celestial Storm | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza-GX 160/168 | SM - Celestial Storm | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza-EX XY73 | XY Promos | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza-GX 109/168 | SM - Celestial Storm | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza-EX 60/108 | XY - Roaring Skies | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza-EX 123/124 | Dragons Exalted | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza-EX 104/108 | XY - Roaring Skies | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza-EX BW47 | Black and White Promos | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza-EX 75/108 | XY - Roaring Skies | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza-EX 85/124 | Dragons Exalted | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza & Deoxys LEGEND 89/90 | Undaunted | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza 128/124 | Dragons Exalted | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza C LV.X DP47 | Diamond and Pearl Promos | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza C LV.X 146 | Supreme Victors | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Shining Rayquaza 56/73 | Shining Legends | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza 011/020 | Blister Exclusives | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza 93/113 | Legendary Treasures | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza XY64 | XY Promos | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza XY141 | XY Promos | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza 138/185 | SWSH04: Vivid Voltage | Mark D | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza 106/145 | SM - Guardians Rising | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza 153/217 | ME: Ascended Heroes | Mark I | Legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza ex 102/107 | EX Deoxys | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza SL10 | Call of Legends | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza 20/95 | Call of Legends | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza ex 039 | Nintendo Promos | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza 14/146 | Legends Awakened | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza C 008/147 | Miscellaneous Cards & Products | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza δ 13/113 | EX Delta Species | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza 9/106 | EX Emerald | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza δ 26/110 | EX Holon Phantoms | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza δ 16/110 | EX Holon Phantoms | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Rayquaza 003/017 | POP Series 1 | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
1 of the 50 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 Rayquaza VMAX TG29?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rayquaza VMAX | Evolving Skies | 320 | 20 | 2 |
| Rayquaza VMAX | Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery | 320 | 20 | 2 |
| Rayquaza VMAX | Evolving Skies | 320 | 20 | 2 |
| Rayquaza VMAX | Evolving Skies | 320 | 20 | 2 |
| Duraludon VMAX | Evolving Skies | 330 | 220 | 3 |
| Rayquaza VMAX | Crown Zenith | 320 | 20 | 2 |
This card itself is 320 HP, 20 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Dragon like it.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Rayquaza VMAX TG29?
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.
What was printed next to Rayquaza VMAX TG29 in Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery?
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.
These are the cards numbered either side of #TG29 in Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery. 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 Rayquaza VMAX TG29, 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
“VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.”
Prize cards your opponent takes when it is knocked out
Every knockout carries the opponent 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Not listed | This card is not listed for 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 Expanded play. It carries regulation mark E, printed next to the card number. It was released on November 11, 2022.
Which generation of cards does Rayquaza VMAX TG29 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 — this card | 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 | 14.8% | 1,215 cards |
| Mark J | 5.1% | 419 cards |
Rayquaza VMAX TG29 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, Max Burst, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
- That works out at 10 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 — Rayquaza V has to be on the field first.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
Rayquaza VMAX TG29 card record
| Hit points | 320 HP | Type | Dragon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retreat cost | 2 Energy | Evolves from | Rayquaza V |
| Card type | VMAX Rapid Strike | Regulation mark | Mark E |
| Pokédex number | #384 | Set | Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery |
| Card number | TG29 of 30 | Series | Sword & Shield |
| Released | November 11, 2022 | Rarity | Rare Secret |
| Illustrator | PLANETA Mochizuki | ||
| Tournament legality | Unlimited and Expanded only | ||
| Printed rule | VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards. | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Rayquaza VMAX TG29 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Rayquaza VMAX TG29 — frequently asked questions
What is the strongest attack on Rayquaza VMAX TG29?
What is the retreat cost of Rayquaza VMAX TG29?
What does the + after the damage on Max Burst mean?
How often can you use Azure Pulse?
Can an older Rayquaza print be played in a tournament?
What does Rayquaza VMAX evolve from?
Can Rayquaza VMAX TG29 be played in a tournament?
What does the rule on Rayquaza VMAX TG29 mean?
Does this page say how good Rayquaza VMAX TG29 is in a deck?
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.
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Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.