Galarian Darmanitan V 169 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 220 HP, a top attack printed at 190 damage and a Metal weakness.
Water · Basic V · Vivid Voltage · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Galarian Darmanitan V 169 do in a game?
Galarian Darmanitan V 169 is a Water Pokémon card with 220 HP, printed as Basic V.
Its strongest attack, Frozen Slice, is printed at 190 damage for 3 Energy — 63 damage per Energy card.
Because of the Metal weakness, any Metal attack printed at 110 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Galarian Darmanitan V 169Vivid Voltage
Galarian Darmanitan V 169 performance summary
220 HP · Water · Basic V · retreat 2 · Metal weakness ×2
as of July 28, 2026
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2
Strongest on Top printed damage — top 4.6% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 43.8%.
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.
| Measure | Percentile | Printed value |
|---|---|---|
| Hit points | 91.3% | 220 HP |
| Top printed damage | 95.4% | 190 damage |
| Energy efficiency | 95.3% | 63 per Energy |
| Retreat lightness | 45.3% | 2 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 43.8% | 2 Energy |
2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.
Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 1,216 at 220 HP.
Galarian Darmanitan V 169220 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 160 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Galarian Darmanitan V 169
- 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 63 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
- Weakness A Metal attack printed at 110 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Galarian Darmanitan V 169 at a glance
- What it is. A Water Pokémon card with 220 HP printed as Basic V, printed in Vivid Voltage.
- What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 190 damage for 3 Energy.
- What it fears. A Metal weakness at ×2, which means 110 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 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.
What do the attacks on Galarian Darmanitan V 169 cost, and what do they hit for?
The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 190 damage, which is 63 damage for every Energy card attached.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing Headbutt | 1 Water + 1 Colorless | 2 | 50 | 25 | Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. |
| Frozen Slice | 2 Water + 1 Colorless | 3 | 190 | 63 | This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself. |
Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.
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.
How does Galarian Darmanitan V 169 compare with every other card?
Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.
This card prints 220 HP, which is 58% of that ceiling.
Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.
17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 220 HP.
Cards in the 190~230 band typically print 132 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 | 33.1% | 5,725 cards |
| 130~180 | 15.5% | 2,679 cards |
| 190~230 — this card | 6.6% | 1,148 cards |
| 240~280 | 3.3% | 567 cards |
| 290~330 | 2.4% | 412 cards |
| 340+ | 0.5% | 90 cards |
16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 190.
Cards in the 190~250 band typically have 238 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~30 | 42.7% | 6,938 cards |
| 40~60 | 22.0% | 3,566 cards |
| 70~120 | 21.8% | 3,535 cards |
| 130~180 | 9.0% | 1,461 cards |
| 190~250 — this card | 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 Galarian Darmanitan V 169 stands highest on HP — number 147 of 2,435 cards in Water cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 220 HP
middle half 60–130 HP - Top printed damage 190 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 summaryIs Galarian Darmanitan V 169 efficient for the Energy it asks for?
Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 190 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.
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 63.
| 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 |
| Galarian Darmanitan V 169 — this card | 63.0 | 190 damage for 3 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 |
| Freezing Headbutt | — | 25 | — |
| Frozen Slice | — | 63 | — |
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 190 is read as high or low rather than merely large.
Is Galarian Darmanitan V 169 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.
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.
What does being a Water card do for Galarian Darmanitan V 169?
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 — this card | 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 | 3.1% | 530 cards |
| Fairy | 1.4% | 237 cards |
Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Water weakness.
What being a Water card is worth
Groups that most often print a Water weakness: Fire (1,574 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Water cards are themselves most exposed to Metal.
What knocks out Galarian Darmanitan V 169 in one hit, and what does it knock out?
Weakness doubles the damage a Metal attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 110 printed damage rather than 220.
110 damage becomes 220 against this card
Galarian Darmanitan V 169220 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 257 cards in the archive that can remove Galarian Darmanitan V 169 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.
Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.
| Card | Set | HP | Printed damage | After weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zacian V-UNION (SWSH163) | SWSH Black Star Promos | 320 | 340 | 680 |
| Zacian V-UNION (SWSH164) | SWSH Black Star Promos | 320 | 340 | 680 |
| Zacian V-UNION (SWSH165) | SWSH Black Star Promos | 320 | 340 | 680 |
| Zacian V-UNION (SWSH166) | SWSH Black Star Promos | 320 | 340 | 680 |
| Zacian VSTAR (96) | Crown Zenith | 270 | 310 | 620 |
| Aggron VMAX (97) | Brilliant Stars | 330 | 270 | 540 |
220 HP against a Metal ×2 weakness means any Metal attack printed at 110 damage or more is enough. 258 cards in the archive clear that bar.
1,702 cards in the archive are weak to Water and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
What is Galarian Darmanitan as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?
Galarian Darmanitan V 169 is one print of Galarian Darmanitan. 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 Galarian Darmanitan 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 Galarian Darmanitan V 169 can be?
Galarian Darmanitan V evolves from an earlier stage, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.
- The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.
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 Galarian Darmanitan print, and can the older ones still be played?
9 prints carry this name in the archive. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.
Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.
| Set | Regulation mark | Standard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galarian Darmanitan VMAX 187/185 | SWSH04: Vivid Voltage | Mark D | Not legal in Standard |
| Galarian Darmanitan VMAX 037/185 | SWSH04: Vivid Voltage | Mark D | Not legal in Standard |
| Galarian Darmanitan V 169/185 | SWSH04: Vivid Voltage | Mark D | Not legal in Standard |
| Galarian Darmanitan V 036/185 | SWSH04: Vivid Voltage | Mark D | Not legal in Standard |
| Galarian Darmanitan 044/189 | Deck Exclusives | Mark D | Not legal in Standard |
| Galarian Darmanitan SV024/SV122 | Shining Fates: Shiny Vault | Mark D | Not legal in Standard |
| Galarian Darmanitan 028/189 | SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze | Mark D | Not legal in Standard |
| Galarian Darmanitan 048/192 | SWSH02: Rebel Clash | Mark D | Not legal in Standard |
| Galarian Darmanitan 072/264 | SWSH08: Fusion Strike | Mark E | Not legal in Standard |
0 of the 9 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 Galarian Darmanitan V 169?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glaceon V | Evolving Skies | 210 | 120 | 2 |
| Starmie V | Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery | 190 | 50 | 0 |
| Origin Forme Palkia V | Astral Radiance | 220 | 200 | 2 |
| Vaporeon V | SWSH Black Star Promos | 210 | 90 | 2 |
| Empoleon V | Battle Styles | 210 | 130 | 2 |
| Suicune V | Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery | 210 | 20 | 2 |
This card itself is 220 HP, 190 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Water like it.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Galarian Darmanitan V 169?
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 Galarian Darmanitan V 169 in Vivid Voltage?
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 #169 in Vivid Voltage. 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 Galarian Darmanitan V 169, 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.
| Clause | What the rulebook says | Cards it applies to | Share of the archive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card. | 16,744 cards | 81.9% |
| Retreat | Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn). | 17,244 cards | 84.3% |
| Energy per turn | You can attach Energy just once each turn! | 17,180 cards | 84.0% |
Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.
| Format | Status | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | 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 November 13, 2020.
Which generation of cards does Galarian Darmanitan V 169 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 — 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 |
Galarian Darmanitan V 169 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, Frozen Slice, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
- That works out at 63 damage for every Energy card attached.
- Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- A Metal attack printed at 110 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 220 HP.
- 258 cards in the archive clear that bar.
- Going the other way, it removes 1,702 cards in one attack.
Galarian Darmanitan V 169 card record
| Hit points | 220 HP | Type | Water |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Metal ×2 | Retreat cost | 2 Energy |
| Card type | Basic V | Regulation mark | Mark D |
| Pokédex number | #555 | Set | Vivid Voltage |
| Card number | 169 of 185 | Series | Sword & Shield |
| Released | November 13, 2020 | Rarity | Rare Ultra |
| 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.
What does Galarian Darmanitan V 169 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Galarian Darmanitan V 169 — frequently asked questions
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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.
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