Suicune V 31 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Suicune V 31
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Ayaka Yoshida

This card has 210 HP, a top attack printed at 20 damage and a Lightning weakness.

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

What does Suicune V 31 do in a game?

Suicune V 31 is a Water Pokémon card with 210 HP, printed as Basic V.

Its strongest attack, Blizzard Rondo, is printed at 20 damage for 2 Energy — 10 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Lightning weakness, any Lightning attack printed at 105 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Water Basic V Rare Holo V Regulation E Unlimited and Expanded #245 Suicune

Suicune V 31Evolving Skies

210 HP · Water · Basic V · retreat 2 · Lightning weakness ×2

Top printed damage2010 per Energy Blizzard Rondo20 damage for 2 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points210 HP6.6% of 17,290 in the 190~230 band

Printed damage2042.7% of 16,246 in the ~30 band

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

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 10 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackRare Holo VEvolving Skies39 printsranked among V cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic V

Regulation markE

RarityRare Holo V

SetEvolving Skies

Card number31

AbilityFleet-Footed

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$1.49Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by105 damage210 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness Turns of setup2 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it326 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name39 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line26 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #245 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Suicune V 31 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Hit points — top 10.7% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 3.1%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Suicune V 31 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	89.3%	210 HP
Top printed damage	12.8%	20 damage
Energy efficiency	3.1%	10 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2EBlizzard Rondo10 damage per Energy card · has printed text20damage

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 1,503of 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 1,503 at 210 HP.

Water cardsNo. 187of 2,435 by printed HP V cardsNo. 214of 601 by printed HP

This cardSuicune V 31Evolving Skies210 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 170 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Suicune V 31

Hit points 210 HP puts it in the 190~230 band, where 6.6% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 10 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Weakness A Lightning attack printed at 105 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 2 of the 28 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Suicune V 31 at a glance

What it is. A Water Pokémon card with 210 HP printed as Basic V, printed in Evolving Skies.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 20 damage for 2 Energy.
What it fears. A Lightning weakness at ×2, which means 105 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 Suicune V 31 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 20 damage, which is 10 damage for every Energy card attached.

Suicune V 31 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Blizzard Rondo	1 Water + 1 Colorless	2	20+	10	This attack does 20 more damage for each Benched Pokémon (both yours and your opponent's).

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

Blizzard Rondo2 Energy cards

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

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

Blizzard Rondo 2 Energy20 damage for 2 Energy — 10 per Energy card20

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (20).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

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

Blizzard Rondo is printed as 20+, so the printed number is a floor — the attack deals at least that much, and the sentence beside it says what adds to it.

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How does Suicune V 31 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.

Suicune V 31 — Evolving Skies — Suicune VEvolving Skies 31

No.1,503by HP in the archive

Suicune V 31 prints 210 HP, which puts it at number 1,503 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).

13% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 9%Where it sits on printed HP

This card210 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest V card280 HP
Strongest Suicune V printed210 HP

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

This card prints 210 HP, which is 55% 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 210 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

~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 20.

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

154.4%9,392 cards

2 — this card26.4%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 2 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically have 116 HP and print 65 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
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

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. 187of 2,435

That is where Suicune V 31 stands highest on HP — number 187 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.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 1,503 of 17,290 by HP · No. 11,559 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 71% on damage
Water cards — 2,435 cards No. 187 of 2,435 by HP · No. 1,582 of 2,316 by damage · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380

top 68% on damage
V cards — 601 cards No. 214 of 601 by HP · No. 555 of 585 by damage · top by HP: Wailord V, 280

top 95% on damage
Evolving Skies — 237 cards No. 47 of 193 by HP · No. 157 of 192 by damage · top by HP: Gyarados VMAX, 330

top 81% 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 210 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 210
Top printed damage 20 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 20

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

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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What Suicune V 31 does without attacking

Suicune V 31 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.

Printed effects

Capped at once a turn

1 of 1

Read from the printed text quoted below, not counted anywhere else.

Fleet-Footed — Ability · once a turn

Once during your turn, if this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, you may draw a card.

Quoted from the card face. The label after the dash is how the card itself names the effect.

Why this sits apart from the attacks

An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.

Fleet-Footed can only be used once a turn

The words once during your turn are printed in it, which caps it at one use per turn on that one card. Two copies of the card in play are two separate Pokémon, so each carries its own use.

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Is Suicune V 31 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 20 damage attack that needs 2 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

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

Suicune V 31 — this card10.020 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 2 typically return 32.5 damage per Energy card. This card returns 10.

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
Suicune V 31 — this card	10.0	20 damage for 2 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsBlizzard Rondo 20 / 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 Suicune V 31.
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
Blizzard Rondo	—	10	—

This card, per Energy card

10 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

-22.5 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 20 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Suicune V 31 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 points210 HPtypical for the group is 208 HP — this card is 1% above

Top printed damage20 damagetypical for the group is 126 damage — this card is 84% below

Retreat cost2 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 0% 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 Water card do for Suicune V 31?

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 1,520 Lightning cards carry that type A Lightning attack printed at 105 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Suicune V 31 · Basic V 210 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 20 damage.

Takes double from this card 1,574 cards in groups that print a Water weakness Against Fire, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Water — this cardmost 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	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

Waterweak to Lightning

Fireweak to Water

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 Lightning.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Suicune V 31 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Lightning attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 105 printed damage rather than 210.

Cards that remove it in one attack

326

Cards it removes in one attack

Lightning damage needed to knock it out

105

Counted across the whole card archive. 210 HP against a Lightning weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackManectricPitch Black 24110 damage

×2Lightning weakness · 105 printed damage is enough
110 damage becomes 220 against this card

This cardSuicune V 31Evolving Skies 31210 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 325 cards in the archive that can remove Suicune V 31 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 110 printed damage against a bar of 105. 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.

Suicune Vweak to Lightning ×2

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

Lightning cards that remove Suicune V in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Pikachu ex (57)	Ascended Heroes	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (277)	Ascended Heroes	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (57)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (219)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (238)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600
Pikachu ex (247)	Surging Sparks	200	300	600

210 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness means any Lightning attack printed at 105 damage or more is enough. 326 cards in the archive clear that bar.

40 HP Ponyta [60]

40 HP Charmander [50]

40 HP Ponyta [87]

40 HP Cyndaquil [55]

40 HP Cyndaquil [104]

40 HP Ponyta [126]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

31 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.

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

Suicune V 31 is one print of Suicune. 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.

Suicune has been printed 39 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 Suicune cards ever printedPokédex #245Prints on record 39Toughest print 210 HPThis card 210 HP

39prints

Legal in Standard2Older prints, not in Standard37

Every Suicune 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.

Suicune V 31 is the toughest Suicune ever printed

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

Suicune V GG38/GG70the toughest Suicune ever printedSWSH: Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery210 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Suicune V 31 can be?

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

The Suicune line, oldest stage firstPokédex #245

Suicune12 prints on record · Aquapolis

+80 HP

Suicune V2 prints on record · SWSH: Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery

Suicune → Suicune V

The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 245.

1SuicuneHardest attack printed at this stage: 130 damage130 HP
2Suicune VHardest attack printed at this stage: 20 damage. Evolving here adds 80 HP over the stage before it210 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (210 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 Suicune print, and can the older ones still be played?

39 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 (210 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

28 rows are shown of the 39 prints counted under this name.

Suicune prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Suicune V GG38/GG70	SWSH: Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Suicune V 031/203	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Suicune V 173/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Suicune-GX 220/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Suicune-GX 200/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Suicune-GX 60/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raikou & Suicune LEGEND 92/95	Unleashed	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Raikou & Suicune LEGEND 93/95	Unleashed	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Suicune 026/094	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Suicune SV022/SV122	Shining Fates: Shiny Vault	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Suicune 024/131	SV: Prismatic Evolutions	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Suicune 030/122	Blister Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Suicune 037/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Suicune SM149	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Suicune 59/214	SM - Lost Thunder	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rocket's Suicune ex 105/109	EX Team Rocket Returns	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Suicune 20/101	World Championship Decks	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Suicune SL11	Call of Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Suicune ★ 115/115	EX Unseen Forces	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Suicune HGSS21	HGSS Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Suicune H25/H32	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Suicune 14/64	Neo Revelation	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Suicune 037/147	Aquapolis	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Suicune 53/53	WoTC Promo	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Suicune 004/017	POP Series 2	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Suicune 19/132	Secret Wonders	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Suicune 27/64	Neo Revelation	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Magma's Baltoy 010/034	Trading Card Game Classic	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

2 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 Suicune V 31?

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 Suicune V 31
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 210 HP, 20 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Water 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 Suicune V 31 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.

330 Gyarados VMAX [29]

320 Vaporeon VMAX [30]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #31 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 Suicune V 31, 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 Suicune V 31
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.

Suicune V 31 — 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 Suicune V 31 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 210)

Typical damage for the mark

87 (this card 20)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Suicune V 31 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, Blizzard Rondo, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 10 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 1,503 of 17,290

Water cardsNo. 187 of 2,435

V cardsNo. 214 of 601

Evolving SkiesNo. 47 of 193

What actually removes it

A Lightning attack printed at 105 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 210 HP.
326 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 31 cards in one attack.

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Suicune V 31 card record

Suicune V 31 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	210 HP	Type	Water
Weakness	Lightning ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Card type	Basic V	Regulation mark	Mark E
Pokédex number	#245	Set	Evolving Skies
Card number	31 of 203	Series	Sword & Shield
Released	August 27, 2021	Rarity	Rare Holo V
Illustrator	Ayaka Yoshida
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 Suicune V 31 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

$1.49

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August 14, 2026

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

Suicune V 31 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Suicune V 31 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Suicune V 31?

Suicune V 31 has 210 HP and a Lightning weakness at ×2, so a Lightning attack printed at 105 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 210.

What is the strongest attack on Suicune V 31?

Blizzard Rondo, printed at 20 damage for 2 Energy — 10 damage per Energy card. This attack does 20 more damage for each Benched Pokémon (both yours and your opponent's).

What is the retreat cost of Suicune V 31?

2 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 Blizzard Rondo 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 — "This attack does 20 more damage for each Benched Pokémon (both yours and your opponent's)."

How often can you use Fleet-Footed?

Once during your turn. The limit is printed in the ability itself, and it is counted per Pokémon — a second copy of Suicune V in play carries its own use.

Can an older Suicune print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 28 prints listed on this page, 2 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 Suicune V 31 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 Suicune V 31 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 Suicune V 31 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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Suicune V 31 — what does this card actually do?

What does Suicune V 31 do in a game?

Suicune V 31 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Suicune V 31 at a glance

What do the attacks on Suicune V 31 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Suicune V 31 compare with every other card?

What Suicune V 31 does without attacking

Is Suicune V 31 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Suicune V 31 strong for a V card?

What does being a Water card do for Suicune V 31?

What knocks out Suicune V 31 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Suicune V 31 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Suicune V 31?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Suicune V 31?

What was printed next to Suicune V 31 in Evolving Skies?

Which rules apply to Suicune V 31, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Suicune V 31 belong to?

Suicune V 31 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

Suicune V 31 card record

What does Suicune V 31 cost?

Suicune V 31 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Suicune V 31?

What is the strongest attack on Suicune V 31?

What is the retreat cost of Suicune V 31?

What does the + after the damage on Blizzard Rondo mean?

How often can you use Fleet-Footed?

Can an older Suicune print be played in a tournament?

Can Suicune V 31 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Suicune V 31 mean?

Does this page say how good Suicune V 31 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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