Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Charizard VSTAR SWSH262
Brand: Pokémon
Author: KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA

This card has 280 HP, a top attack printed at 320 damage and a Water weakness.

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

What does Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 do in a game?

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 is a Fire Pokémon card with 280 HP, printed as VSTAR.

Its strongest attack, Star Blaze, is printed at 320 damage for 4 Energy — 80 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Water weakness, any Water attack printed at 140 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Fire VSTAR Promo Regulation F Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #006 Charizard

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262SWSH Black Star Promos

280 HP · Fire · VSTAR · retreat 2 · Water weakness ×2

Top printed damage32080 per Energy Star Blaze320 damage for 4 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

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

Printed damage3200.8% of 16,246 in the 260+ band

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

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 80 · typical 34.7
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3

Price trackPromoSWSH Black Star Promos151 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 numberSWSH262

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$75.31Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by140 damage280 HP against a Water ×2 weakness Turns of setup4 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it200 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name151 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line93 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #006 Where it can be playedUnlimited and Standard and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Top printed damage — top 0.1% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 17.4%.

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 Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	96.5%	280 HP
Top printed damage	99.9%	320 damage
Energy efficiency	98.2%	80 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	17.4%	3 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

3EExplosive Fire43 damage per Energy card · has printed text130damage
4EStar Blaze80 damage per Energy card · has printed text320damage

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.

Fire cardsNo. 55of 1,574 by printed HP VSTAR cardsNo. 3of 94 by printed HP

This cardCharizard VSTAR SWSH262SWSH 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 Charizard VSTAR SWSH262

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 80 damage per Energy card against 34.7 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 3.
Weakness A Water attack printed at 140 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 27 of the 102 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 at a glance

What it is. A Fire 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 320 damage for 4 Energy.
What it fears. A Water weakness at ×2, which means 140 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 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 Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 4 Energy and returns 320 damage, which is 80 damage for every Energy card attached.

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Explosive Fire	2 Fire + 1 Colorless	3	130+	43	If this Pokémon has any damage counters on it, this attack does 100 more damage.
Star Blaze	3 Fire + 1 Colorless	4	320	80	Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. (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.

Explosive Fire3 Energy cards

Star Blaze4 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.

Explosive Fire 3 Energy130 damage for 3 Energy — 43 per Energy card130
Star Blaze 4 Energy320 damage for 4 Energy — 80 per Energy card320

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (320).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

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

Explosive Fire is printed as 130+, 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 Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 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.

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 — SWSH Black Star Promos — Charizard VSTARSWSH Black Star Promos SWSH262

No.503by HP in the archive

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 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).

100% 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 Charizard 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

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+ — this card0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 320.

Cards in the 260+ band typically have 287 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	3.8%	621 cards
260+ — this card	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

3 — this card14.7%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 3 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically have 153 HP and print 104 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3 — this card	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 Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 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. 14 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 0% on damage
Fire cards — 1,574 cards No. 55 of 1,574 by HP · No. 5 of 1,526 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 0% on damage
VSTAR cards — 94 cards No. 3 of 94 by HP · No. 1 of 92 by damage · top by HP: Regigigas VSTAR, 300

top 0% on damage
SWSH Black Star Promos — 304 cards No. 40 of 292 by HP · No. 5 of 282 by damage · top by HP: Eternatus VMAX, 340

top 1% 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 320 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 320

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

125 of 16,246 (0.8%)

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 Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 320 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

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 — this card80.0320 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 3 typically return 34.7 damage per Energy card. This card returns 80.

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
Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 — this card	80.0	320 damage for 4 Energy

3501750 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsExplosive Fire 130 / 3Star Blaze 320 / 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 Charizard VSTAR SWSH262.
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
Explosive Fire	—	43	—
Star Blaze	—	80	—

This card, per Energy card

80 damage

Typical for a 3 Energy attack

34.7 damage

Difference

+45.3 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 320 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 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 damage320 damagetypical for the group is 167 damage — this card is 92% 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 Fire card do for Charizard VSTAR SWSH262?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 2,435 Water cards carry that type A Water attack printed at 140 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 · VSTAR 280 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 320 damage.

Takes double from this card 3,312 cards in groups that print a Fire weakness Against Grass and Metal, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

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

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Fire — this cardmost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire — this card	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Fireweak to Water

Grassweak to Fire

Metalweak to Fire

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

What being a Fire card is worth

Groups that most often print a Fire weakness: Grass (2,387 cards) and Metal (925 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Fire cards are themselves most exposed to Water.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Water attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 140 printed damage rather than 280.

Cards that remove it in one attack

200

Cards it removes in one attack

3,076

Water damage needed to knock it out

140

Counted across the whole card archive. 280 HP against a Water weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackLapras exPerfect Order 22140 damage

×2Water weakness · 140 printed damage is enough
140 damage becomes 280 against this card

This cardCharizard VSTAR SWSH262SWSH Black Star Promos SWSH262280 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 200 cards in the archive that can remove Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 140 printed damage against a bar of 140. 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.

Charizard VSTARweak to Water ×2

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

Water cards that remove Charizard VSTAR in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Vaporeon ex (23)	Prismatic Evolutions	280	280	560
Vaporeon ex (149)	Prismatic Evolutions	280	280	560
Wailord ex (16)	Pitch Black	380	270	540
Wailord ex (97)	Pitch Black	380	270	540
Palafin ex (61)	Twilight Masquerade	340	250	500
Palafin ex (193)	Twilight Masquerade	340	250	500

280 HP against a Water ×2 weakness means any Water attack printed at 140 damage or more is enough. 200 cards in the archive clear that bar.

380 HP Mega Venusaur ex [3]

380 HP Mega Venusaur ex [155]

380 HP Mega Venusaur ex [177]

360 HP Mega Meganium ex [10]

360 HP Mega Meganium ex [272]

Steven's Metagross ex 289 — Ascended Heroes

340 HP Steven's Metagross ex [289]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

3,076 cards in the archive are weak to Fire and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 is one print of Charizard. 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.

Charizard has been printed 151 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 Charizard cards ever printedPokédex #006Prints on record 151Toughest print 360 HPThis card 280 HP

151prints

Legal in Standard27Older prints, not in Standard124

Every Charizard 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 Charizard printed is 360 HP, and this card is 77.8% of it

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

Mega Charizard X ex 125/094the toughest Charizard ever printedME02: Phantasmal Flames360 HP
Charizard VSTAR SWSH262against that record77.8% of the record280 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 can be?

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

The Charizard line, oldest stage firstPokédex #006

Charmander31 prints on record · Legendary Collection

+30 HP · +60 damage

Charmeleon29 prints on record · Legendary Collection

+70 HP · +100 damage

No imageCharizard25 prints on record · Base Set (Shadowless)

+40 HP · +20 damage

Charizard V5 prints on record · SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards

+60 HP · +100 damage

Charizard VSTAR3 prints on record · SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards

Charmander → Charmeleon → Charizard → Charizard V → Charizard VSTAR

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Charizard 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 006.

1CharmanderHardest attack printed at this stage: 40 damage80 HP
2CharmeleonHardest attack printed at this stage: 100 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it110 HP
3CharizardNo imageCharizardHardest attack printed at this stage: 200 damage. Evolving here adds 70 HP over the stage before it180 HP
4Charizard VHardest attack printed at this stage: 220 damage. Evolving here adds 40 HP over the stage before it220 HP
5Charizard VSTARHardest attack printed at this stage: 320 damage. Evolving here adds 60 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 Charizard print, and can the older ones still be played?

151 prints carry this name in the archive, and 102 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 (360 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

102 rows are shown of the 151 prints counted under this name.

Charizard prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Mega Charizard X ex 125/094	ME02: Phantasmal Flames	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Charizard Y ex 294/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark J	Not legal in Standard
Mega Charizard X ex 130/094	ME02: Phantasmal Flames	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Charizard X ex 013/094	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Mega Charizard Y ex 022/217	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark J	Not legal in Standard
Mega Charizard X ex 109/094	ME02: Phantasmal Flames	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Charizard VMAX 020/189	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard ex 199/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard ex 234/091	SV: Paldean Fates	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard VMAX 74/73	Champion's Path	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard VMAX SV107/SV122	Shining Fates: Shiny Vault	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard ex 223/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard VMAX SWSH261	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard ex 183/165	SV: Scarlet & Violet 151	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard ex 228/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard ex 125/197	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard ex 074	SV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard ex 215/197	SV03: Obsidian Flames	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard ex 056	SV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard ex 054/091	Jumbo Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard ex 161	SV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Charizard VSTAR 174/172	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Charizard VSTAR SWSH262	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Charizard VSTAR 018/172	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Charizard VSTAR 019/159	SWSH: Crown Zenith	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Reshiram & Charizard-GX 217/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard & Braixen-GX 251/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram & Charizard-GX 194/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard & Braixen-GX 212/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram & Charizard-GX 20/214	SM - Unbroken Bonds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard & Braixen-GX 22/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-GX SV49/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-GX 150/147	SM - Burning Shadows	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-GX 20/147	SM - Burning Shadows	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-GX 009/068	Battle Academy	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Charizard-EX 108/106	XY - Flashfire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Charizard-EX 69/106	XY - Flashfire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard V 154/172	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars	Mark F	Legal in Standard
M Charizard-EX 107/106	XY - Flashfire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard V 79/73	Champion's Path	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
M Charizard-EX 12/83	Generations	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
M Charizard-EX 101/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard V 017/172	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
M Charizard-EX 13/106	XY - Flashfire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard V SWSH260	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
M Charizard-EX 13/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard V 153/172	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Charizard V SWSH050	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard V 019/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard V 018/159	SWSH: Crown Zenith	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Charizard-EX 100/106	XY - Flashfire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-EX 11/83	Generations	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-EX XY29	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-EX 12/106	XY - Flashfire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-EX 12/108	XY - Evolutions	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard-EX 11/106	XY - Flashfire	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 5/18	Detective Pikachu	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard SWSH066	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 025/185	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard TG03/TG30	SWSH11: Lost Origin Trainer Gallery	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 010/078	Pokemon GO	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Charizard 136/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard ex 105/112	EX FireRed & LeafGreen	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Radiant Charizard 020/159	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Special Delivery Charizard SWSH075	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 019/113	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard RC5/RC32	Generations: Radiant Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 20/149	Boundaries Crossed	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 3/70	Dragon Majesty	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Radiant Charizard 011/078	Pokemon GO	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Charizard SM158	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 11/108	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard SM226	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 014/181	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 001/099	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 3/132	Secret Wonders	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard δ 4/100	EX Crystal Guardians	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 100/97	EX Dragon	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 103/100	Stormfront	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 006/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 004/130	Base Set 2	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard G LV.X 143	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 003/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 6/108	EX Power Keepers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard G LV.X DP45	Diamond and Pearl Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 4/102	Celebrations: Classic Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 040/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres 038/214	Battle Academy	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kangaskhan 055/070	Battle Academy	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Shining Charizard 107/105	Neo Destiny	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaine's Charizard 002/132	Gym Challenge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard 039/165	Expedition	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard G 20	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charmeleon 008/068	Battle Academy	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salazzle 034/236	Battle Academy	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charizard ★ δ 100/101	EX Dragon Frontiers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Charizard 04/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Dark Charizard 21/82	Team Rocket	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Charmander 018/147	Battle Academy	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Salandit 025/156	Battle Academy	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Team Aqua's Spheal 003/034	Trading Card Game Classic	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Eevee 049/068	Battle Academy	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

27 of the 102 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 Charizard VSTAR SWSH262?

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 Charizard VSTAR SWSH262
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Charizard VSTAR	Brilliant Stars	280	320	2
Simisear VSTAR	Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery	260	40	2
Charizard VSTAR	Brilliant Stars	280	320	2
Charizard VSTAR	Crown Zenith	280	320	2
Simisear VSTAR	Crown Zenith	260	40	2

This card itself is 280 HP, 320 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Fire like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 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.

Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR SWSH256 — SWSH Black Star Promos

280 Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR [SWSH256]

Rotom V SWSH257 — SWSH Black Star Promos

190 Rotom V [SWSH257]

Gallade V SWSH258 — SWSH Black Star Promos

220 Gallade V [SWSH258]

Giratina V SWSH259 — SWSH Black Star Promos

220 Giratina V [SWSH259]

Charizard V SWSH260 — SWSH Black Star Promos

220 Charizard V [SWSH260]

Charizard VMAX SWSH261 — SWSH Black Star Promos

330 Charizard VMAX [SWSH261]

Zeraora V SWSH263 — SWSH Black Star Promos

210 Zeraora V [SWSH263]

Zeraora VMAX SWSH264 — SWSH Black Star Promos

320 Zeraora VMAX [SWSH264]

Zeraora VSTAR SWSH265 — SWSH Black Star Promos

270 Zeraora VSTAR [SWSH265]

Deoxys V SWSH266 — SWSH Black Star Promos

210 Deoxys V [SWSH266]

Deoxys VMAX SWSH267 — SWSH Black Star Promos

330 Deoxys VMAX [SWSH267]

Deoxys VSTAR SWSH268 — SWSH Black Star Promos

270 Deoxys VSTAR [SWSH268]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #SWSH262 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 Charizard VSTAR SWSH262, 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 Charizard VSTAR SWSH262
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.

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 — 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 Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 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 320)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 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, Star Blaze, needs 4 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 4 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 80 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 — Charizard V has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 503 of 17,290

Fire cardsNo. 55 of 1,574

VSTAR cardsNo. 3 of 94

SWSH Black Star PromosNo. 40 of 292

What actually removes it

A Water attack printed at 140 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 280 HP.
200 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 3,076 cards in one attack.

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Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 card record

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	280 HP	Type	Fire
Weakness	Water ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Evolves from	Charizard V	Card type	VSTAR
Regulation mark	Mark F	Pokédex number	#006
Set	SWSH Black Star Promos	Card number	SWSH262 of 307
Series	Sword & Shield	Released	November 15, 2019
Rarity	Promo	Illustrator	KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA
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 Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 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

$75.31

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Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Charizard VSTAR SWSH262?

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 has 280 HP and a Water weakness at ×2, so a Water attack printed at 140 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 280.

What is the strongest attack on Charizard VSTAR SWSH262?

Star Blaze, printed at 320 damage for 4 Energy — 80 damage per Energy card. Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 VSTAR Power in a game.)

What is the retreat cost of Charizard VSTAR SWSH262?

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 Explosive Fire 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 this Pokémon has any damage counters on it, this attack does 100 more damage."

Can an older Charizard print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 102 prints listed on this page, 27 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 Charizard VSTAR evolve from?

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

Can Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 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 Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 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 Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 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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Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 — what does this card actually do?

What does Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 do in a game?

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 at a glance

What do the attacks on Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 compare with every other card?

Is Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 strong for a VSTAR card?

What does being a Fire card do for Charizard VSTAR SWSH262?

What knocks out Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Charizard VSTAR SWSH262?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Charizard VSTAR SWSH262?

What was printed next to Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 in SWSH Black Star Promos?

Which rules apply to Charizard VSTAR SWSH262, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 belong to?

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 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

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 card record

What does Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 cost?

Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Charizard VSTAR SWSH262?

What is the strongest attack on Charizard VSTAR SWSH262?

What is the retreat cost of Charizard VSTAR SWSH262?

What does the + after the damage on Explosive Fire mean?

Can an older Charizard print be played in a tournament?

What does Charizard VSTAR evolve from?

Can Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 mean?

Does this page say how good Charizard VSTAR SWSH262 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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