Blaziken VMAX 21 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Blaziken VMAX 21
Brand: Pokémon
Author: AKIRA EGAWA

This card has 320 HP, a top attack printed at 130 damage and a Water weakness.

Fire · VMAX Rapid Strike · Chilling Reign · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Blaziken VMAX 21 do in a game?

Blaziken VMAX 21 is a Fire Pokémon card with 320 HP, printed as VMAX Rapid Strike.

Its strongest attack, Max Blaze, is printed at 130 damage for 2 Energy — 65 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Water weakness, any Water attack printed at 160 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Fire VMAX Rapid Strike Rare Holo VMAX Regulation E Unlimited and Expanded #257 Blaziken

Blaziken VMAX 21Chilling Reign

320 HP · Fire · VMAX Rapid Strike · retreat 2 · Water weakness ×2

Top printed damage13065 per Energy Max Blaze130 damage for 2 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points320 HP2.4% of 17,290 in the 290~330 band

Printed damage1309.0% of 16,246 in the 130~180 band

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

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 65 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackRare Holo VMAXChilling Reign38 printsranked among VMAX cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classVMAX Rapid Strike

Regulation markE

RarityRare Holo VMAX

SetChilling Reign

Card number21

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$4.64Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by160 damage320 HP against a Water ×2 weakness Turns of setup2 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it136 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name38 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line27 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #257 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Blaziken VMAX 21 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 45.3%.

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 Blaziken VMAX 21 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	98.0%	320 HP
Top printed damage	86.4%	130 damage
Energy efficiency	95.7%	65 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EClutch60 damage per Energy card · has printed text60damage
2EMax Blaze65 damage per Energy card · has printed text130damage

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

Where it stands

No. 207of 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 207 at 320 HP.

Fire cardsNo. 30of 1,574 by printed HP VMAX cardsNo. 63of 209 by printed HP

This cardBlaziken VMAX 21Chilling Reign320 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 60 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Blaziken VMAX 21

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 65 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Weakness A Water attack printed at 160 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 3 of the 28 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Blaziken VMAX 21 at a glance

What it is. A Fire Pokémon card with 320 HP printed as VMAX Rapid Strike, printed in Chilling Reign.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 130 damage for 2 Energy.
What it fears. A Water weakness at ×2, which means 160 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 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.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Blaziken VMAX 21 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 130 damage, which is 65 damage for every Energy card attached.

Blaziken VMAX 21 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Clutch	1 Fire	1	60	60	During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat.
Max Blaze	2 Colorless	2	130	65	Choose up to 2 of your Benched Rapid Strike Pokémon and attach an Energy card from your discard pile to each of them.

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

Clutch1 Energy card

Max Blaze2 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.

Clutch 1 Energy60 damage for 1 Energy — 60 per Energy card60
Max Blaze 2 Energy130 damage for 2 Energy — 65 per Energy card130

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (130).

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How does Blaziken VMAX 21 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.

Blaziken VMAX 21 — Chilling Reign — Blaziken VMAXChilling Reign 21

No.207by HP in the archive

Blaziken VMAX 21 prints 320 HP, which puts it at number 207 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).

86% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 1%Where it sits on printed HP

This card320 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest VMAX card340 HP
Strongest Blaziken VMAX printed320 HP

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.

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

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~330 — this card2.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

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.

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	3.3%	567 cards
290~330 — this card	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~180 — this card9.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 130.

Cards in the 130~180 band typically have 198 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

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

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

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. 207of 17,290

That is where Blaziken VMAX 21 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.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 207 of 17,290 by HP · No. 1,796 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 11% on damage
Fire cards — 1,574 cards No. 30 of 1,574 by HP · No. 234 of 1,526 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 15% on damage
VMAX cards — 209 cards No. 63 of 209 by HP · No. 113 of 207 by damage · top by HP: Copperajah VMAX, 340

top 54% on damage
Chilling Reign — 233 cards No. 3 of 168 by HP · No. 26 of 159 by damage · top by HP: Metagross VMAX, 330

top 16% 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 320 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 320
Top printed damage 130 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 130

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 VMAX

209 on record

Cards in the same HP band

412 of 17,290 (2.4%)

Cards with this much printed damage

1,461 of 16,246 (9.0%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Blaziken VMAX 21 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 130 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.

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

Blaziken VMAX 21 — this card65.0130 damage for 2 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 65.

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
Blaziken VMAX 21 — this card	65.0	130 damage for 2 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsClutch 60 / 1Max Blaze 130 / 2

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 Blaziken VMAX 21.
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
Clutch	—	60	—
Max Blaze	—	65	—

This card, per Energy card

65 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

+16.0 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 130 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Blaziken VMAX 21 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.

Hit points320 HPtypical for the group is 320 HP — this card is 0% above

Top printed damage130 damagetypical for the group is 143 damage — this card is 9% below

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

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.

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What does being a Fire card do for Blaziken VMAX 21?

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

Blaziken VMAX 21 · VMAX Rapid Strike 320 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 130 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 Blaziken VMAX 21 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 160 printed damage rather than 320.

Cards that remove it in one attack

136

Cards it removes in one attack

2,949

Water damage needed to knock it out

160

Counted across the whole card archive. 320 HP against a Water weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackAvaluggChaos Rising 24160 damage

×2Water weakness · 160 printed damage is enough
160 damage becomes 320 against this card

This cardBlaziken VMAX 21Chilling Reign 21320 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 136 cards in the archive that can remove Blaziken VMAX 21 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 160 printed damage against a bar of 160. 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.

Blaziken VMAXweak to Water ×2

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

Water cards that remove Blaziken VMAX 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

320 HP against a Water ×2 weakness means any Water attack printed at 160 damage or more is enough. 136 cards in the archive clear that bar.

260 HP Lurantis ex [4]

260 HP Lurantis ex [96]

Pheromosa & Buzzwole-GX 1 — Unbroken Bonds

260 HP Pheromosa & Buzzwole-GX [1]

Lucario & Melmetal-GX 120 — Unbroken Bonds

260 HP Lucario & Melmetal-GX [120]

Pheromosa & Buzzwole-GX 191 — Unbroken Bonds

260 HP Pheromosa & Buzzwole-GX [191]

Pheromosa & Buzzwole-GX 192 — Unbroken Bonds

260 HP Pheromosa & Buzzwole-GX [192]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

2,949 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 Blaziken as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Blaziken VMAX 21 is one print of Blaziken. 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.

Blaziken has been printed 38 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 Blaziken cards ever printedPokédex #257Prints on record 38Toughest print 320 HPThis card 320 HP

38prints

Legal in Standard3Older prints, not in Standard35

Every Blaziken 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.

Blaziken VMAX 21 is the toughest Blaziken ever printed

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

Blaziken VMAX 201/198the toughest Blaziken ever printedSWSH06: Chilling Reign320 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Blaziken VMAX 21 can be?

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

The Blaziken line, oldest stage firstPokédex #257

No imageTorchic18 prints on record · EX Emerald

+30 HP · +50 damage

Combusken18 prints on record · EX Holon Phantoms

+70 HP · +50 damage

No imageBlaziken12 prints on record · EX Emerald

+40 HP · +80 damage

Blaziken V2 prints on record · SWSH12: Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery

+110 HP

Blaziken VMAX2 prints on record · SWSH12: Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery

Torchic → Combusken → Blaziken → Blaziken V → Blaziken VMAX

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Blaziken V.
The line runs 5 stages, so the first card has to be in play 4 turns before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 257.

1TorchicNo imageTorchicHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage70 HP
2CombuskenHardest attack printed at this stage: 80 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it100 HP
3BlazikenNo imageBlazikenHardest attack printed at this stage: 130 damage. Evolving here adds 70 HP over the stage before it170 HP
4Blaziken VHardest attack printed at this stage: 210 damage. Evolving here adds 40 HP over the stage before it210 HP
5Blaziken VMAXHardest attack printed at this stage: 130 damage. Evolving here adds 110 HP over the stage before it320 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (320 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 Blaziken print, and can the older ones still be played?

38 prints carry this name in the archive, and 28 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 (320 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

28 rows are shown of the 38 prints counted under this name.

Blaziken prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Blaziken VMAX 201/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken VMAX 021/198	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken VMAX TG15/TG30	SWSH12: Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken VMAX 200/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken ex 024/159	Jumbo Cards	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Blaziken-GX 170/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken-GX 153/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken-GX 28/168	SM - Celestial Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken V 020/198	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken V TG14/TG30	SWSH12: Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken V 161/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken 042/182	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Blaziken 192/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Blaziken-EX XY54	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken 024/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken ex 90/100	EX Crystal Guardians	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken 6/70	Dragon Majesty	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken 014/111	League & Championship Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken 17/108	Dark Explorers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken 28/160	XY - Primal Clash	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken 1/106	Great Encounters	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken 3/127	Platinum	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken FB LV.X 142	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken 15/109	EX Ruby and Sapphire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken 001/017	POP Series 1	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken 20/110	EX Holon Phantoms	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken 5/108	EX Power Keepers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaziken FB 2	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

3 of the 28 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 Blaziken VMAX 21?

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 Blaziken VMAX 21
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Blaziken VMAX	Chilling Reign	320	130	2
Charizard VMAX	Champion's Path	330	300	3
Charizard VMAX	Shining Fates Shiny Vault	330	300	3
Charizard VMAX	Darkness Ablaze	330	300	3
Charizard VMAX	SWSH Black Star Promos	330	300	3
Blaziken VMAX	Silver Tempest Trainer Gallery	320	130	2

This card itself is 320 HP, 130 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 Blaziken VMAX 21 in Chilling Reign?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

70 Castform Sunny Form [22]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #21 in Chilling Reign. 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 Blaziken VMAX 21, 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.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Blaziken VMAX 21
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.

Blaziken VMAX 21 — 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 E, printed next to the card number. It was released on June 18, 2021.

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Which generation of cards does Blaziken VMAX 21 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 E — this cardtypically 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	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

This card

Mark E

Cards sharing that mark

1,202

Typical HP for the mark

150 (this card 320)

Typical damage for the mark

87 (this card 130)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Blaziken VMAX 21 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 Blaze, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 65 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 — Blaziken V has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 207 of 17,290

Fire cardsNo. 30 of 1,574

VMAX cardsNo. 63 of 209

Chilling ReignNo. 3 of 168

What actually removes it

A Water attack printed at 160 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 320 HP.
136 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 2,949 cards in one attack.

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Blaziken VMAX 21 card record

Blaziken VMAX 21 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	320 HP	Type	Fire
Weakness	Water ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Evolves from	Blaziken V	Card type	VMAX Rapid Strike
Regulation mark	Mark E	Pokédex number	#257
Set	Chilling Reign	Card number	21 of 198
Series	Sword & Shield	Released	June 18, 2021
Rarity	Rare Holo VMAX	Illustrator	AKIRA EGAWA
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.

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What does Blaziken VMAX 21 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

$4.64

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

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Blaziken VMAX 21 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Blaziken VMAX 21?

Blaziken VMAX 21 has 320 HP and a Water weakness at ×2, so a Water attack printed at 160 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 320.

What is the strongest attack on Blaziken VMAX 21?

Max Blaze, printed at 130 damage for 2 Energy — 65 damage per Energy card. Choose up to 2 of your Benched Rapid Strike Pokémon and attach an Energy card from your discard pile to each of them.

What is the retreat cost of Blaziken VMAX 21?

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

Can an older Blaziken print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 28 prints listed on this page, 3 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 Blaziken VMAX evolve from?

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

Can Blaziken VMAX 21 be played in a tournament?

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

What does the rule on Blaziken VMAX 21 mean?

The card reads “VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.” That sentence is printed on the card itself, so it applies wherever the card is played.

Does this page say how good Blaziken VMAX 21 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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Blaziken VMAX 21 — what does this card actually do?

What does Blaziken VMAX 21 do in a game?

Blaziken VMAX 21 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Blaziken VMAX 21 at a glance

What do the attacks on Blaziken VMAX 21 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Blaziken VMAX 21 compare with every other card?

Is Blaziken VMAX 21 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Blaziken VMAX 21 strong for a VMAX card?

What does being a Fire card do for Blaziken VMAX 21?

What knocks out Blaziken VMAX 21 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Blaziken VMAX 21 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Blaziken VMAX 21?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Blaziken VMAX 21?

What was printed next to Blaziken VMAX 21 in Chilling Reign?

Which rules apply to Blaziken VMAX 21, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Blaziken VMAX 21 belong to?

Blaziken VMAX 21 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

Blaziken VMAX 21 card record

What does Blaziken VMAX 21 cost?

Blaziken VMAX 21 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Blaziken VMAX 21?

What is the strongest attack on Blaziken VMAX 21?

What is the retreat cost of Blaziken VMAX 21?

Can an older Blaziken print be played in a tournament?

What does Blaziken VMAX evolve from?

Can Blaziken VMAX 21 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Blaziken VMAX 21 mean?

Does this page say how good Blaziken VMAX 21 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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