Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236
Brand: Pokémon
Author: PLANETA Mochizuki

This card has 280 HP and a top attack printed at 250 damage.

Dragon · VSTAR · SWSH Black Star Promos · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 do in a game?

Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 is a Dragon Pokémon card with 280 HP, printed as VSTAR.

Its strongest attack, Giga Impact, is printed at 250 damage for 4 Energy — 63 damage per Energy card.

Dragon VSTAR Promo Regulation F Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #149 Dragonite

Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236SWSH Black Star Promos

280 HP · Dragon · VSTAR · retreat 2

Top printed damage25063 per Energy Giga Impact250 damage for 4 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points280 HP3.3% of 17,290 in the 240~280 band

Printed damage2503.8% of 16,246 in the 190~250 band

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

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 63 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackPromoSWSH Black Star Promos55 printsranked among VSTAR cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classVSTAR

Regulation markF

RarityPromo

SetSWSH Black Star Promos

Card numberSWSH236

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$4.84Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Turns of setup4 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Other prints of this name55 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line44 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #149 Where it can be playedUnlimited and Standard and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Top printed damage — top 1.1% 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 Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	96.5%	280 HP
Top printed damage	98.9%	250 damage
Energy efficiency	95.3%	63 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

4EGiga Impact63 damage per Energy card · has printed text250damage
1EDraconic Starhas printed text—

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

Where it stands

No. 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 503 at 280 HP.

Dragon cardsNo. 34of 530 by printed HP VSTAR cardsNo. 3of 94 by printed HP

This cardDragonite VSTAR SWSH236SWSH Black Star Promos280 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 100 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236

Hit points 280 HP puts it in the 240~280 band, where 3.3% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 63 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Legality 12 of the 45 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 at a glance

What it is. A Dragon Pokémon card with 280 HP printed as VSTAR, printed in SWSH Black Star Promos.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 250 damage for 4 Energy.
What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark F.
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 Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 4 Energy and returns 250 damage, which is 63 damage for every Energy card attached.

Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Giga Impact	1 Water + 1 Lightning + 2 Colorless	4	250	63	During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.
Draconic Star	1 Colorless	1	—	—	Look at the top 12 cards of your deck and attach any number of Water or Lightning Energy cards you find there to your Pokémon in any way you like. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck. (You can't use more than 1 VSTAR Power in a game.)

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

Giga Impact4 Energy cards

Draconic Star1 Energy card

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.

Giga Impact 4 Energy250 damage for 4 Energy — 63 per Energy card250

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (250).

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How does Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 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.

Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 — SWSH Black Star Promos — Dragonite VSTARSWSH Black Star Promos SWSH236

No.503by HP in the archive

Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 prints 280 HP, which puts it at number 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).

99% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 3%Where it sits on printed HP

This card280 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest VSTAR card300 HP
Strongest Dragonite VSTAR printed280 HP

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

This card prints 280 HP, which is 74% 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

240~280 — this card3.3%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 280 HP.

Cards in the 240~280 band typically print 158 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 — this card	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~250 — this card3.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 250.

Cards in the 190~250 band typically have 238 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

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

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

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. 3of 94

That is where Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 stands highest on HP — number 3 of 94 cards in VSTAR 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. 503 of 17,290 by HP · No. 126 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 1% on damage
Dragon cards — 530 cards No. 34 of 530 by HP · No. 22 of 512 by damage · top by HP: Mega Dragonite ex, 370

top 4% on damage
VSTAR cards — 94 cards No. 3 of 94 by HP · No. 10 of 92 by damage · top by HP: Regigigas VSTAR, 300

top 10% on damage
SWSH Black Star Promos — 304 cards No. 40 of 292 by HP · No. 11 of 282 by damage · top by HP: Eternatus VMAX, 340

top 4% 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 280 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 280
Top printed damage 250 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 250

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 VSTAR

94 on record

Cards in the same HP band

567 of 17,290 (3.3%)

Cards with this much printed damage

621 of 16,246 (3.8%)

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

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 250 damage attack that needs 4 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 — this card63.0250 damage for 4 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 63.

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
Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 — this card	63.0	250 damage for 4 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsGiga Impact 250 / 4

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236.
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
Giga Impact	—	63	—

This card, per Energy card

63 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

+14.0 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 250 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 strong for a VSTAR card?

VSTAR 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 points280 HPtypical for the group is 271 HP — this card is 3% above

Top printed damage250 damagetypical for the group is 167 damage — this card is 50% above

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

The group is every VSTAR card in the archive — 94 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 Dragon card do for Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236?

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.

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

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

Dragon — this cardmost 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	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 — this card	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

What being a Dragon card is worth

No group in the archive most often prints a Dragon weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.

Every energy type in the archive

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

Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 is one print of Dragonite. 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.

Dragonite has been printed 55 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 Dragonite cards ever printedPokédex #149Prints on record 55Toughest print 370 HPThis card 280 HP

55prints

Legal in Standard12Older prints, not in Standard43

Every Dragonite 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 Dragonite printed is 370 HP, and this card is 75.7% of it

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

Mega Dragonite ex 290/217the toughest Dragonite ever printedME: Ascended Heroes370 HP
Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236against that record75.7% of the record280 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 can be?

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

The Dragonite line, oldest stage firstPokédex #149

Dratini17 prints on record · Base Set (Shadowless)

+20 HP · +30 damage

Dragonair14 prints on record · Base Set (Shadowless)

+80 HP · +110 damage

Dragonite10 prints on record · Triumphant

+50 HP · +50 damage

Dragonite V4 prints on record · SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards

+50 HP

Dragonite VSTAR2 prints on record · SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards

Dratini → Dragonair → Dragonite → Dragonite V → Dragonite VSTAR

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Dragonite 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 149.

1DratiniHardest attack printed at this stage: 60 damage80 HP
2DragonairHardest attack printed at this stage: 90 damage. Evolving here adds 20 HP over the stage before it100 HP
3DragoniteHardest attack printed at this stage: 200 damage. Evolving here adds 80 HP over the stage before it180 HP
4Dragonite VHardest attack printed at this stage: 250 damage. Evolving here adds 50 HP over the stage before it230 HP
5Dragonite VSTARHardest attack printed at this stage: 250 damage. Evolving here adds 50 HP over the stage before it280 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (280 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 Dragonite print, and can the older ones still be played?

55 prints carry this name in the archive, and 45 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 (370 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

45 rows are shown of the 55 prints counted under this name.

Dragonite prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Mega Dragonite ex 290/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Dragonite ex 295/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Dragonite ex 271/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Dragonite ex 152/217	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Dragonite ex 159/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Dragonite VSTAR 081/078	Pokemon GO	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Dragonite VSTAR 050/078	Pokemon GO	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Dragonite-GX 248/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite-GX SM156	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite-GX 67/70	Dragon Majesty	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite-GX 229/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite-GX 37/70	Dragon Majesty	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite-GX 152/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite V 192/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite V 191/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite V 076/078	Pokemon GO	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Dragonite V SWSH235	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Dragonite V 049/078	Pokemon GO	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Dragonite-EX 108/111	XY - Furious Fists	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite-EX 106/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite-EX 074/111	Jumbo Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite-EX 72/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite 52/108	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite 131/195	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Dragonite 151/236	Deck Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite 119/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite ex 90/97	EX Dragon	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite ex δ 91/101	EX Dragon Frontiers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite 83/116	Plasma Freeze	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite 5/20	Dragon Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite 51/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite 002/146	League & Championship Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite 18/102	Triumphant	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite 009/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite 04/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Light Dragonite 014/105	Neo Destiny	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite δ 3/113	EX Delta Species	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite 043/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite 19/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite FB 056/147	League & Championship Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dragonite 05/53	WoTC Promo	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Dragonite 05/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Dragonite 005/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Dragonite 22/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

12 of the 45 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 Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236?

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 Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Giratina VSTAR	Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery	280	280	2
Dragonite VSTAR	Pokémon GO	280	250	2
Giratina VSTAR	Lost Origin	280	280	2
Giratina VSTAR	Lost Origin	280	280	2
Hisuian Goodra VSTAR	Lost Origin	270	200	3
Regidrago VSTAR	Silver Tempest	280	0	3

This card itself is 280 HP, 250 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Dragon 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 Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 in SWSH Black Star Promos?

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.

Radiant Eevee SWSH230 — SWSH Black Star Promos

90 Radiant Eevee [SWSH230]

Bulbasaur SWSH231 — SWSH Black Star Promos

70 Bulbasaur [SWSH231]

Charmander SWSH232 — SWSH Black Star Promos

60 Charmander [SWSH232]

Squirtle SWSH233 — SWSH Black Star Promos

70 Squirtle [SWSH233]

Pikachu SWSH234 — SWSH Black Star Promos

60 Pikachu [SWSH234]

Dragonite V SWSH235 — SWSH Black Star Promos

230 Dragonite V [SWSH235]

Hisuian Typhlosion V SWSH237 — SWSH Black Star Promos

210 Hisuian Typhlosion V [SWSH237]

Hisuian Decidueye V SWSH238 — SWSH Black Star Promos

220 Hisuian Decidueye V [SWSH238]

Hisuian Samurott V SWSH239 — SWSH Black Star Promos

220 Hisuian Samurott V [SWSH239]

Finneon SWSH240 — SWSH Black Star Promos

50 Finneon [SWSH240]

120 Gengar [SWSH241]

70 Comfey [SWSH242]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #SWSH236 in SWSH Black Star Promos. 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 Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236, 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

“VSTAR rule: When your Pokémon VSTAR 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 Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
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.

Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Legal	Can be played in 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 Standard and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark F, printed next to the card number. It was released on November 15, 2019.

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Which generation of cards does Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 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 Etypically 150 HP · 87 damage14.7%1,202 cards

Mark F — this cardtypically 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	14.7%	1,202 cards
Mark F — this card	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 F

Cards sharing that mark

1,180

Typical HP for the mark

142 (this card 280)

Typical damage for the mark

88 (this card 250)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 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, Giga Impact, needs 4 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 4 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 63 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Dragonite V has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 503 of 17,290

Dragon cardsNo. 34 of 530

VSTAR cardsNo. 3 of 94

SWSH Black Star PromosNo. 40 of 292

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Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 card record

Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	280 HP	Type	Dragon
Retreat cost	2 Energy	Evolves from	Dragonite V
Card type	VSTAR	Regulation mark	Mark F
Pokédex number	#149	Set	SWSH Black Star Promos
Card number	SWSH236 of 307	Series	Sword & Shield
Released	November 15, 2019	Rarity	Promo
Illustrator	PLANETA Mochizuki
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only
Printed rule	VSTAR rule: When your Pokémon VSTAR 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 Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 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

$4.84

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

Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 — frequently asked questions

What is the strongest attack on Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236?

Giga Impact, printed at 250 damage for 4 Energy — 63 damage per Energy card. During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.

What is the retreat cost of Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236?

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

Can an older Dragonite print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 45 prints listed on this page, 12 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 Dragonite VSTAR evolve from?

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

Can Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 be played in a tournament?

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

What does the rule on Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 mean?

The card reads “VSTAR rule: When your Pokémon VSTAR 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 Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 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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Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 — what does this card actually do?

What does Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 do in a game?

Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 at a glance

What do the attacks on Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 compare with every other card?

Is Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 strong for a VSTAR card?

What does being a Dragon card do for Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236?

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

What has to be in play before Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236?

What was printed next to Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 in SWSH Black Star Promos?

Which rules apply to Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 belong to?

Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 card record

What does Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 cost?

Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 — frequently asked questions

What is the strongest attack on Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236?

What is the retreat cost of Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236?

Can an older Dragonite print be played in a tournament?

What does Dragonite VSTAR evolve from?

Can Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 mean?

Does this page say how good Dragonite VSTAR SWSH236 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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