Charizard V 79 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Charizard V 79
Brand: Pokémon
Author: 5ban Graphics

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

Fire · Basic V · Champion's Path · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Charizard V 79 do in a game?

Charizard V 79 is a Fire Pokémon card with 220 HP, printed as Basic V.

Its strongest attack, Fire Spin, is printed at 220 damage for 4 Energy — 55 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 V Rare Secret Regulation D Unlimited and Expanded #006 Charizard

Charizard V 79Champion's Path

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

Top printed damage22055 per Energy Fire Spin220 damage for 4 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

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

Printed damage2203.8% of 16,246 in the 190~250 band

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

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 55 · typical 34.7
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3

Price trackRare SecretChampion's Path151 printsranked among V cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic V

Regulation markD

RarityRare Secret

SetChampion's Path

Card number79

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$271.26Opens 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 setup4 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 name151 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line93 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #006 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Charizard V 79 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Top printed damage — top 2.4% 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 Charizard V 79 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	91.3%	220 HP
Top printed damage	97.6%	220 damage
Energy efficiency	92.4%	55 per Energy
Retreat lightness	16.8%	3 Energy
Attack cost lightness	17.4%	3 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

3EClaw Slash27 damage per Energy card80damage
4EFire Spin55 damage per Energy card · has printed text220damage

2 attacks 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 V cardsNo. 48of 601 by printed HP

This cardCharizard V 79Champion's Path220 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 Charizard V 79

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 55 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 27 of the 102 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Charizard V 79 at a glance

What it is. A Fire Pokémon card with 220 HP printed as Basic V, printed in Champion's Path.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 220 damage for 4 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 Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark D.
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 Charizard V 79 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 4 Energy and returns 220 damage, which is 55 damage for every Energy card attached.

Charizard V 79 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Claw Slash	3 Colorless	3	80	27	No extra effect.
Fire Spin	2 Fire + 2 Colorless	4	220	55	Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon.

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

Claw Slash3 Energy cards

Fire Spin4 Energy cards

What each attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Claw Slash 3 Energy80 damage for 3 Energy — 27 per Energy card80
Fire Spin 4 Energy220 damage for 4 Energy — 55 per Energy card220

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (220).

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How does Charizard V 79 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.

Charizard V 79 — Champion's Path — Charizard VChampion's Path 79

No.1,216by HP in the archive

Charizard V 79 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).

98% 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 V card280 HP
Strongest Charizard V 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

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~250 — this card3.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 220.

Cards in the 190~250 band typically have 238 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	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250 — this card	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 Charizard V 79 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. 301 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 2% on damage
Fire cards — 1,574 cards No. 119 of 1,574 by HP · No. 64 of 1,526 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 4% on damage
V cards — 601 cards No. 48 of 601 by HP · No. 17 of 585 by damage · top by HP: Wailord V, 280

top 3% on damage
Champion's Path — 80 cards No. 8 of 57 by HP · No. 2 of 56 by damage · top by HP: Charizard VMAX, 330

top 2% 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 220 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 220

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 V

601 on record

Cards in the same HP band

1,148 of 17,290 (6.6%)

Cards with this much printed damage

621 of 16,246 (3.8%)

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 Charizard V 79 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 220 damage attack that needs 4 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

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

Charizard V 79 — this card55.0220 damage for 4 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 55.

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
Charizard V 79 — this card	55.0	220 damage for 4 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsClaw Slash 80 / 3Fire Spin 220 / 4

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 Charizard V 79.
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
Claw Slash	—	27	—
Fire Spin	—	55	—

This card, per Energy card

55 damage

Typical for a 3 Energy attack

34.7 damage

Difference

+20.3 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 220 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Charizard V 79 strong for a V card?

V 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 208 HP — this card is 6% above

Top printed damage220 damagetypical for the group is 126 damage — this card is 75% above

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

The group is every V card in the archive — 601 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 Charizard V 79?

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.

Charizard V 79 · Basic V 220 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 220 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 Charizard V 79 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

3,076

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 cardCharizard V 79Champion's Path 79220 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 412 cards in the archive that can remove Charizard V 79 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.

Charizard Vweak to Water ×2

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

Water cards that remove Charizard V 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.

380 HP Mega Venusaur ex [3]

380 HP Mega Venusaur ex [155]

380 HP Mega Venusaur ex [177]

360 HP Mega Meganium ex [10]

360 HP Mega Meganium ex [272]

Steven's Metagross ex 289 — Ascended Heroes

340 HP Steven's Metagross ex [289]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

3,076 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 Charizard as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Charizard V 79 is one print of Charizard. 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.

Charizard has been printed 151 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 Charizard cards ever printedPokédex #006Prints on record 151Toughest print 360 HPThis card 220 HP

151prints

Legal in Standard27Older prints, not in Standard124

Every Charizard print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Charizard printed is 360 HP, and this card is 61.1% of it

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

Mega Charizard X ex 125/094the toughest Charizard ever printedME02: Phantasmal Flames360 HP
Charizard V 79against that record61.1% of the record220 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Charizard V 79 can be?

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

The Charizard line, oldest stage firstPokédex #006

Charmander31 prints on record · Legendary Collection

+30 HP · +60 damage

Charmeleon29 prints on record · Legendary Collection

+70 HP · +100 damage

No imageCharizard25 prints on record · Base Set (Shadowless)

+40 HP · +20 damage

Charizard V5 prints on record · SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards

Charmander → Charmeleon → Charizard → Charizard V

The line runs 4 stages, so the first card has to be in play 3 turns before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 006.

1CharmanderHardest attack printed at this stage: 40 damage80 HP
2CharmeleonHardest attack printed at this stage: 100 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it110 HP
3CharizardNo imageCharizardHardest attack printed at this stage: 200 damage. Evolving here adds 70 HP over the stage before it180 HP
4Charizard VHardest attack printed at this stage: 220 damage. Evolving here adds 40 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 Charizard print, and can the older ones still be played?

151 prints carry this name in the archive, and 102 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 (360 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

102 rows are shown of the 151 prints counted under this name.

Charizard prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Mega Charizard X ex 125/094	ME02: Phantasmal Flames	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Charizard Y ex 294/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark J	Not legal in Standard
Mega Charizard X ex 130/094	ME02: Phantasmal Flames	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Charizard X ex 013/094	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Charizard Y ex 022/217	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark J	Not legal in Standard
Mega Charizard X ex 109/094	ME02: Phantasmal Flames	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Charizard VMAX 020/189	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard ex 199/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard ex 234/091	SV: Paldean Fates	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard VMAX 74/73	Champion's Path	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard VMAX SV107/SV122	Shining Fates: Shiny Vault	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard ex 223/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard VMAX SWSH261	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard ex 183/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard ex 228/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard ex 125/197	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard ex 074	SV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard ex 215/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard ex 056	SV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard ex 054/091	Jumbo Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard ex 161	SV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard VSTAR 174/172	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Charizard VSTAR SWSH262	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Charizard VSTAR 018/172	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Charizard VSTAR 019/159	SWSH: Crown Zenith	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Reshiram & Charizard-GX 217/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard & Braixen-GX 251/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram & Charizard-GX 194/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard & Braixen-GX 212/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram & Charizard-GX 20/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard & Braixen-GX 22/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-GX SV49/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-GX 150/147	SM - Burning Shadows	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-GX 20/147	SM - Burning Shadows	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-GX 009/068	Battle Academy	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Charizard-EX 108/106	XY - Flashfire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Charizard-EX 69/106	XY - Flashfire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard V 154/172	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars	Mark F	Legal in Standard
M Charizard-EX 107/106	XY - Flashfire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard V 79/73	Champion's Path	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
M Charizard-EX 12/83	Generations	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Charizard-EX 101/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard V 017/172	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
M Charizard-EX 13/106	XY - Flashfire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard V SWSH260	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
M Charizard-EX 13/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard V 153/172	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Charizard V SWSH050	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard V 019/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard V 018/159	SWSH: Crown Zenith	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Charizard-EX 100/106	XY - Flashfire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-EX 11/83	Generations	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-EX XY29	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-EX 12/106	XY - Flashfire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-EX 12/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-EX 11/106	XY - Flashfire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 5/18	Detective Pikachu	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard SWSH066	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 025/185	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard TG03/TG30	SWSH11: Lost Origin Trainer Gallery	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 010/078	Pokemon GO	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Charizard 136/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard ex 105/112	EX FireRed & LeafGreen	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Radiant Charizard 020/159	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Special Delivery Charizard SWSH075	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 019/113	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard RC5/RC32	Generations: Radiant Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 20/149	Boundaries Crossed	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 3/70	Dragon Majesty	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Radiant Charizard 011/078	Pokemon GO	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Charizard SM158	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 11/108	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard SM226	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 014/181	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 001/099	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 3/132	Secret Wonders	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard δ 4/100	EX Crystal Guardians	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 100/97	EX Dragon	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 103/100	Stormfront	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 006/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 004/130	Base Set 2	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard G LV.X 143	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 003/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 6/108	EX Power Keepers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard G LV.X DP45	Diamond and Pearl Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 4/102	Celebrations: Classic Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 040/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres 038/214	Battle Academy	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kangaskhan 055/070	Battle Academy	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shining Charizard 107/105	Neo Destiny	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaine's Charizard 002/132	Gym Challenge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 039/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard G 20	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charmeleon 008/068	Battle Academy	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salazzle 034/236	Battle Academy	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard ★ δ 100/101	EX Dragon Frontiers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Charizard 04/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Charizard 21/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charmander 018/147	Battle Academy	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salandit 025/156	Battle Academy	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Aqua's Spheal 003/034	Trading Card Game Classic	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Eevee 049/068	Battle Academy	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

27 of the 102 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 Charizard V 79?

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 Charizard V 79
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Charizard V	Brilliant Stars	220	180	2
Flareon V	SWSH Black Star Promos	210	120	2
Charizard V	SWSH Black Star Promos	220	180	2
Entei V	Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery	230	20	3
Ninetales V	Rebel Clash	200	180	2
Charizard V	Brilliant Stars	220	180	2

This card itself is 220 HP, 220 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 Charizard V 79 in Champion's Path?

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.

Hop [73]

330 Charizard VMAX [74]

320 Drednaw VMAX [75]

320 Gardevoir VMAX [76]

Kabu [77]

Piers [78]

Suspicious Food Tin [80]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #79 in Champion's Path. 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 Charizard V 79, 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

“V rule: When your Pokémon V 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 Charizard V 79
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.

Charizard V 79 — tournament formats
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 D, printed next to the card number. It was released on September 25, 2020.

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Which generation of cards does Charizard V 79 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 D — this cardtypically 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 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 — this card	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	14.8%	1,215 cards
Mark J	5.1%	419 cards

This card

Mark D

Cards sharing that mark

1,261

Typical HP for the mark

133 (this card 220)

Typical damage for the mark

84 (this card 220)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Charizard V 79 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, Fire Spin, needs 4 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 4 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 55 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

V cardsNo. 48 of 601

Champion's PathNo. 8 of 57

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 3,076 cards in one attack.

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Charizard V 79 card record

Charizard V 79 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	220 HP	Type	Fire
Weakness	Water ×2	Retreat cost	3 Energy
Card type	Basic V	Regulation mark	Mark D
Pokédex number	#006	Set	Champion's Path
Card number	79 of 73	Series	Sword & Shield
Released	September 25, 2020	Rarity	Rare Secret
Illustrator	5ban Graphics
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Expanded only
Printed rule	V rule: When your Pokémon V 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 Charizard V 79 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

$271.26

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

Charizard V 79 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Charizard V 79 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Charizard V 79?

Charizard V 79 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 Charizard V 79?

Fire Spin, printed at 220 damage for 4 Energy — 55 damage per Energy card. Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon.

What is the retreat cost of Charizard V 79?

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

Can an older Charizard print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 102 prints listed on this page, 27 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 Charizard V 79 be played in a tournament?

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

What does the rule on Charizard V 79 mean?

The card reads “V rule: When your Pokémon V 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 Charizard V 79 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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Charizard V 79 — what does this card actually do?

What does Charizard V 79 do in a game?

Charizard V 79 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Charizard V 79 at a glance

What do the attacks on Charizard V 79 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Charizard V 79 compare with every other card?

Is Charizard V 79 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Charizard V 79 strong for a V card?

What does being a Fire card do for Charizard V 79?

What knocks out Charizard V 79 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Charizard V 79 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Charizard V 79?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Charizard V 79?

What was printed next to Charizard V 79 in Champion's Path?

Which rules apply to Charizard V 79, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Charizard V 79 belong to?

Charizard V 79 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

Charizard V 79 card record

What does Charizard V 79 cost?

Charizard V 79 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Charizard V 79?

What is the strongest attack on Charizard V 79?

What is the retreat cost of Charizard V 79?

Can an older Charizard print be played in a tournament?

Can Charizard V 79 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Charizard V 79 mean?

Does this page say how good Charizard V 79 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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