Cresselia 228 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Cresselia 228
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Toyste Beach

This card has 120 HP, a top attack printed at 30 damage and a Darkness weakness.

Psychic · Basic · Evolving Skies · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Cresselia 228 do in a game?

Cresselia 228 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 120 HP, printed as Basic.

Its strongest attack, Photon Laser, is printed at 30 damage for 2 Energy — 15 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Darkness weakness, any Darkness attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Psychic Basic Rare Secret Regulation E Unlimited and Expanded #488 Cresselia

Cresselia 228Evolving Skies

120 HP · Psychic · Basic · retreat 1 · Darkness weakness ×2

Top printed damage3015 per Energy Photon Laser30 damage for 2 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points120 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage3042.7% of 16,246 in the ~30 band

Retreat cost1 Energy49.3% of 17,240 in the 1 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 15 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackRare SecretEvolving Skies19 printsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic

Regulation markE

RarityRare Secret

SetEvolving Skies

Card number228

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$12.95Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by60 damage120 HP against a Darkness ×2 weakness Turns of setup2 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it600 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name19 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line16 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #488 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Cresselia 228 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Top printed damage — bottom 28.9%.

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 Cresselia 228 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	66.1%	120 HP
Top printed damage	28.9%	30 damage
Energy efficiency	32.6%	15 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1ECrescent Glowhas printed text—
2EPhoton Laser15 damage per Energy card · has printed text30damage

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

Where it stands

No. 4,897of 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 4,897 at 120 HP.

Psychic cardsNo. 576of 2,334 by printed HP Evolving SkiesNo. 106of 193 by printed HP

This cardCresselia 228Evolving Skies120 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 260 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Cresselia 228

Hit points 120 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 15 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Weakness A Darkness attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 4 of the 17 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Cresselia 228 at a glance

What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 120 HP printed as Basic, printed in Evolving Skies.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 30 damage for 2 Energy.
What it fears. A Darkness weakness at ×2, which means 60 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 1 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 Cresselia 228 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 30 damage, which is 15 damage for every Energy card attached.

Cresselia 228 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Crescent Glow	1 Psychic	1	—	—	Search your deck for a Psychic Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Pokémon. If you go second and it's your first turn, instead search for up to 3 Psychic Energy cards and attach them to 1 of your Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck.
Photon Laser	2 Psychic	2	30+	15	If you have at least 5 Energy in play, this attack does 90 more damage.

Retreating costs a further 1 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Crescent Glow1 Energy card

Photon Laser2 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.

Photon Laser 2 Energy30 damage for 2 Energy — 15 per Energy card30

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (30).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

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

Photon Laser is printed as 30+, so the printed number is a floor — the attack deals at least that much, and the sentence beside it says what adds to it.

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How does Cresselia 228 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.

Cresselia 228 — Evolving Skies — CresseliaEvolving Skies 228

No.4,897by HP in the archive

Cresselia 228 prints 120 HP, which puts it at number 4,897 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).

29% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 28%Where it sits on printed HP

This card120 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Cresselia printed130 HP

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

This card prints 120 HP, which is 32% 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

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%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 120 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120 — this card	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	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~30 — this card42.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 30.

Cards in the ~30 band typically have 70 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

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

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

1 — this card49.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 1 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 1 typically have 81 HP and print 40 damage.

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

No. 576of 2,334

That is where Cresselia 228 stands highest on HP — number 576 of 2,334 cards in Psychic cards. 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. 4,897 of 17,290 by HP · No. 9,309 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 57% on damage
Psychic cards — 2,335 cards No. 576 of 2,334 by HP · No. 987 of 1,992 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gardevoir ex, 360

top 50% on damage
Evolving Skies — 237 cards No. 106 of 193 by HP · No. 137 of 192 by damage · top by HP: Gyarados VMAX, 330

top 71% 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 120 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 120
Top printed damage 30 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 30

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 in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

6,938 of 16,246 (42.7%)

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 Cresselia 228 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 30 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

Cresselia 228 — this card15.030 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 15.

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
Cresselia 228 — this card	15.0	30 damage for 2 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsPhoton Laser 30 / 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 Cresselia 228.
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
Photon Laser	—	15	—

This card, per Energy card

15 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

-34.0 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 30 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Psychic card do for Cresselia 228?

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 1,249 Darkness cards carry that type A Darkness attack printed at 60 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Cresselia 228 · Basic 120 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 30 damage.

Takes double from this card 2,335 cards in groups that print a Psychic weakness Against Psychic, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychic — this cardmost 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

Firemost 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 — this card	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Psychicweak to Darkness

Psychicweak to Psychic

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Psychic weakness.

What being a Psychic card is worth

Groups that most often print a Psychic weakness: Psychic (2,335 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Psychic cards are themselves most exposed to Darkness.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Cresselia 228 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Darkness attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 60 printed damage rather than 120.

Cards that remove it in one attack

600

Cards it removes in one attack

509

Darkness damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 120 HP against a Darkness weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackThievulMega Evolution 9060 damage

×2Darkness weakness · 60 printed damage is enough
60 damage becomes 120 against this card

This cardCresselia 228Evolving Skies 228120 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 598 cards in the archive that can remove Cresselia 228 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 60 printed damage against a bar of 60. 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.

Cresseliaweak to Darkness ×2

Cresseliaresists Fighting -30

Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.

What the Fighting resistance changes

Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack printed high enough to knock this card out on paper may not do it. Resistance is a flat subtraction, not a multiplier — it does not scale with the attack.

Darkness cards that remove Cresselia in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (126)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (225)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (226)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Mega Sableye & Tyranitar-GX (245)	Unified Minds	280	250	500
Drapion VSTAR (119)	Lost Origin	270	250	500
Drapion VSTAR (200)	Lost Origin	270	250	500

120 HP against a Darkness ×2 weakness means any Darkness attack printed at 60 damage or more is enough. 600 cards in the archive clear that bar.

Cards this one removes in a single attack

509 cards in the archive are weak to Psychic 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 Cresselia as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Cresselia 228 is one print of Cresselia. 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.

Cresselia has been printed 19 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 Cresselia cards ever printedPokédex #488Prints on record 19Toughest print 170 HPThis card 120 HP

19prints

Legal in Standard4Older prints, not in Standard15

Every Cresselia 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 Cresselia printed is 170 HP, and this card is 70.6% of it

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

Cresselia-EX 143/149the toughest Cresselia ever printedBoundaries Crossed170 HP
Cresselia 228against that record70.6% of the record120 HP

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

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

19 prints carry this name in the archive, and 17 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 (170 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

17 rows are shown of the 19 prints counted under this name.

Cresselia prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Cresselia-EX 143/149	Boundaries Crossed	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Cresselia-EX 67/149	Boundaries Crossed	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai & Cresselia LEGEND 100/102	Triumphant	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Cresselia 87/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Cresselia 071/064	SV: Shrouded Fable	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Cresselia 228/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Cresselia SWSH114	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Cresselia 59/156	SM - Ultra Prism	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Cresselia 074/196	World Championship Decks	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Cresselia 064/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Cresselia 039/094	ME02: Phantasmal Flames	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Cresselia 021/064	SV: Shrouded Fable	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Cresselia 70/162	XY - BREAKthrough	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Cresselia LV.X 103/106	Great Encounters	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Cresselia DP51	Diamond and Pearl Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Cresselia 2/106	Great Encounters	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Cresselia 2/100	Majestic Dawn	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

4 of the 17 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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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 Cresselia 228 in Evolving Skies?

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.

Copycat [222]

Gordie [223]

Raihan [224]

Zinnia's Resolve [225]

Full Face Guard [231]

Stormy Mountains [232]

Toy Catcher [233]

Turffield Stadium [234]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #228 in Evolving Skies. 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 Cresselia 228, 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.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Cresselia 228
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.

Cresselia 228 — 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 August 27, 2021.

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Which generation of cards does Cresselia 228 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 120)

Typical damage for the mark

87 (this card 30)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Cresselia 228 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, Photon Laser, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 15 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 4,897 of 17,290

Psychic cardsNo. 576 of 2,334

Evolving SkiesNo. 106 of 193

What actually removes it

A Darkness attack printed at 60 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 120 HP.
600 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 509 cards in one attack.
Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.

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Cresselia 228 card record

Cresselia 228 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	120 HP	Type	Psychic
Weakness	Darkness ×2	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Card type	Basic	Regulation mark	Mark E
Pokédex number	#488	Set	Evolving Skies
Card number	228 of 203	Series	Sword & Shield
Released	August 27, 2021	Rarity	Rare Secret
Illustrator	Toyste Beach
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Expanded only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Cresselia 228 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

$12.95

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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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Cresselia 228 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Cresselia 228?

Cresselia 228 has 120 HP and a Darkness weakness at ×2, so a Darkness attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 120.

What is the strongest attack on Cresselia 228?

Photon Laser, printed at 30 damage for 2 Energy — 15 damage per Energy card. If you have at least 5 Energy in play, this attack does 90 more damage.

What is the retreat cost of Cresselia 228?

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

What does the + after the damage on Photon Laser mean?

It marks the damage as conditional: the printed figure is the least it can deal, and the sentence on the card says what is added to it. The full sentence is printed on the card and quoted in the attack table on this page — "If you have at least 5 Energy in play, this attack does 90 more damage."

Can an older Cresselia print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 17 prints listed on this page, 4 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 Cresselia 228 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.

Does this page say how good Cresselia 228 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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Cresselia 228 — what does this card actually do?

What does Cresselia 228 do in a game?

Cresselia 228 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Cresselia 228 at a glance

What do the attacks on Cresselia 228 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Cresselia 228 compare with every other card?

Is Cresselia 228 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Psychic card do for Cresselia 228?

What knocks out Cresselia 228 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

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

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Cresselia 228?

What was printed next to Cresselia 228 in Evolving Skies?

Which rules apply to Cresselia 228, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Cresselia 228 belong to?

Cresselia 228 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

Cresselia 228 card record

What does Cresselia 228 cost?

Cresselia 228 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Cresselia 228?

What is the strongest attack on Cresselia 228?

What is the retreat cost of Cresselia 228?

What does the + after the damage on Photon Laser mean?

Can an older Cresselia print be played in a tournament?

Can Cresselia 228 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Cresselia 228 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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