Cinderace SWSH278 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Cinderace SWSH278
Brand: Pokémon
Author: Yuya Oka

This card has 170 HP, a top attack printed at 150 damage and a Water weakness.

Fire · Stage 2 Single Strike · SWSH Black Star Promos · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Cinderace SWSH278 do in a game?

Cinderace SWSH278 is a Fire Pokémon card with 170 HP, printed as Stage 2 Single Strike.

Its strongest attack, Fireball Shot, is printed at 150 damage for 2 Energy — 75 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Water weakness, any Water attack printed at 85 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Fire Stage 2 Single Strike Promo Regulation E Unlimited and Expanded #815 Cinderace

Cinderace SWSH278SWSH Black Star Promos

170 HP · Fire · Stage 2 Single Strike · retreat 1 · Water weakness ×2

Top printed damage15075 per Energy Fireball Shot150 damage for 2 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points170 HP15.5% of 17,290 in the 130~180 band

Printed damage1509.0% of 16,246 in the 130~180 band

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

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 75 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackPromoSWSH Black Star Promos40 printsranked among Stage 2 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 2 Single Strike

Regulation markE

RarityPromo

SetSWSH Black Star Promos

Card numberSWSH278

AbilityCrisis Power

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$0.56Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by85 damage170 HP against a Water ×2 weakness Turns of setup2 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it539 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name40 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line20 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #815 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Cinderace SWSH278 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Energy efficiency — top 2.2% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 43.8%.

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 Cinderace SWSH278 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	83.3%	170 HP
Top printed damage	90.0%	150 damage
Energy efficiency	97.8%	75 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2EFireball Shot75 damage per Energy card · has printed text150damage

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

Where it stands

No. 2,568of 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 2,568 at 170 HP.

Fire cardsNo. 269of 1,574 by printed HP Stage 2 cardsNo. 356of 1,749 by printed HP

This cardCinderace SWSH278SWSH Black Star Promos170 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 210 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Cinderace SWSH278

Hit points 170 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 75 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Weakness A Water attack printed at 85 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 5 of the 29 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Cinderace SWSH278 at a glance

What it is. A Fire Pokémon card with 170 HP printed as Stage 2 Single Strike, printed in SWSH Black Star Promos.
What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 150 damage for 2 Energy.
What it fears. A Water weakness at ×2, which means 85 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 1 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark E.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

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

What do the attacks on Cinderace SWSH278 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 150 damage, which is 75 damage for every Energy card attached.

Cinderace SWSH278 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Fireball Shot	1 Fire + 1 Colorless	2	150	75	During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.

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

Fireball Shot2 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.

Fireball Shot 2 Energy150 damage for 2 Energy — 75 per Energy card150

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (150).

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How does Cinderace SWSH278 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.

Cinderace SWSH278 — SWSH Black Star Promos — CinderaceSWSH Black Star Promos SWSH278

No.2,568by HP in the archive

Cinderace SWSH278 prints 170 HP, which puts it at number 2,568 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).

90% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 15%Where it sits on printed HP

This card170 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 2 card380 HP
Strongest Cinderace printed170 HP

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

This card prints 170 HP, which is 45% 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

130~180 — this card15.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 170 HP.

Cards in the 130~180 band typically print 104 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 — this card	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~180 — this card9.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 150.

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

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

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

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

1 — this card49.3%8,503 cards

228.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

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

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

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

No. 2,568of 17,290

That is where Cinderace SWSH278 stands highest on HP — number 2,568 of 17,290 cards in Every card in the archive. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 2,568 of 17,290 by HP · No. 1,351 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 8% on damage
Fire cards — 1,574 cards No. 269 of 1,574 by HP · No. 188 of 1,526 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 12% on damage
Stage 2 cards — 1,749 cards No. 356 of 1,749 by HP · No. 314 of 1,721 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 18% on damage
SWSH Black Star Promos — 304 cards No. 145 of 292 by HP · No. 84 of 282 by damage · top by HP: Eternatus VMAX, 340

top 29% 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 170 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 170
Top printed damage 150 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 150

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 Stage 2

1,749 on record

Cards in the same HP band

2,679 of 17,290 (15.5%)

Cards with this much printed damage

1,461 of 16,246 (9.0%)

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

Open the group this card falls into

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What Cinderace SWSH278 does without attacking

Cinderace SWSH278 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

None

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

Crisis Power — Ability

This Pokémon's attacks do 30 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon for each Prize card your opponent has taken (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

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.

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Is Cinderace SWSH278 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 150 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

Cinderace SWSH278 — this card75.0150 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 75.

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
Cinderace SWSH278 — this card	75.0	150 damage for 2 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsFireball Shot 150 / 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 Cinderace SWSH278.
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
Fireball Shot	—	75	—

This card, per Energy card

75 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

+42.5 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 150 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Cinderace SWSH278 strong for a Single Strike card?

Single Strike 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 points170 HPtypical for the group is 182 HP — this card is 7% below

Top printed damage150 damagetypical for the group is 121 damage — this card is 24% above

Retreat cost1 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 50% below

The group is every Single Strike card in the archive — 147 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 Cinderace SWSH278?

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

Cinderace SWSH278 · Stage 2 Single Strike 170 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 150 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 Cinderace SWSH278 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 85 printed damage rather than 170.

Cards that remove it in one attack

539

Cards it removes in one attack

2,999

Water damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 170 HP against a Water weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackEiscueMega Evolution 4490 damage

×2Water weakness · 85 printed damage is enough
90 damage becomes 180 against this card

This cardCinderace SWSH278SWSH Black Star Promos SWSH278170 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 539 cards in the archive that can remove Cinderace SWSH278 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 90 printed damage against a bar of 85. 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.

Cinderaceweak to Water ×2

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

Water cards that remove Cinderace 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

170 HP against a Water ×2 weakness means any Water attack printed at 85 damage or more is enough. 539 cards in the archive clear that bar.

300 HP Copperajah ex [150]

300 HP Copperajah ex [245]

300 HP Melmetal ex [153]

300 HP Archaludon ex [130]

300 HP Archaludon ex [224]

300 HP Archaludon ex [241]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

2,999 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 Cinderace as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Cinderace SWSH278 is one print of Cinderace. 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.

Cinderace has been printed 40 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 Cinderace cards ever printedPokédex #815Prints on record 40Toughest print 320 HPThis card 170 HP

40prints

Legal in Standard10Older prints, not in Standard30

Every Cinderace 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 Cinderace printed is 320 HP, and this card is 53.1% of it

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

Cinderace VMAX 194/192the toughest Cinderace ever printedSWSH02: Rebel Clash320 HP
Cinderace SWSH278against that record53.1% of the record170 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Cinderace SWSH278 can be?

Cinderace evolves from Raboot, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Cinderace line, oldest stage first

No imageScorbunny8 prints on record · ME: Mega Evolution Promo

+30 HP · +40 damage

Raboot4 prints on record · Shining Fates: Shiny Vault

+70 HP · +120 damage

Cinderace4 prints on record · Shining Fates: Shiny Vault

Scorbunny → Raboot → Cinderace

This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Raboot.
The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.

1ScorbunnyNo imageScorbunnyHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage70 HP
2RabootHardest attack printed at this stage: 70 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it100 HP
3CinderaceHardest attack printed at this stage: 190 damage. Evolving here adds 70 HP over the stage before it170 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (170 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 Cinderace print, and can the older ones still be played?

40 prints carry this name in the archive, and 29 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (320 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

29 rows are shown of the 40 prints counted under this name.

Cinderace prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Cinderace VMAX 194/192	SWSH02: Rebel Clash	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Cinderace ex 163	SV: Scarlet & Violet Promo Cards	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Cinderace VMAX 036/192	SWSH02: Rebel Clash	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Cinderace ex 157/142	SV07: Stellar Crown	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Cinderace VMAX 045/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Cinderace VMAX 019/072	Shining Fates	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Cinderace ex 028/142	SV07: Stellar Crown	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Cinderace ex 038/217	ME: Ascended Heroes	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Cinderace V 043/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Cinderace V 178/192	SWSH02: Rebel Clash	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Cinderace V 035/192	SWSH02: Rebel Clash	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Cinderace V 044/264	SWSH08: Fusion Strike	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Cinderace V 018/072	Shining Fates	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Cinderace SV017/SV122	Shining Fates: Shiny Vault	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Cinderace 034/202	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Cinderace SWSH112	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Cinderace 036/202	Deck Exclusives	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Cinderace SWSH278	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Cinderace 035/202	SWSH01: Sword & Shield Base Set	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Cinderace 028/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Cinderace 028/132	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Turtonator 029/202	Battle Academy 2022	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Volcarona 024/198	Battle Academy 2022	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Centiskorch 049/264	Battle Academy 2022	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Ninetales 030/264	Battle Academy 2022	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Larvesta 023/198	Battle Academy 2022	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Sizzlipede 046/264	Battle Academy 2022	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Vulpix 029/264	Battle Academy 2022	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Victini 007/073	Battle Academy 2022	Mark D	Not legal in Standard

5 of the 29 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 Cinderace SWSH278?

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 Cinderace SWSH278
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Charizard	Plasma Storm	160	150	3
Charizard	SM Black Star Promos	150	30	2
Charizard	SWSH Black Star Promos	170	100	3
Charizard ex	FireRed & LeafGreen	160	200	2
Typhlosion ex	Sandstorm	160	100	2
Special Delivery Charizard	SWSH Black Star Promos	160	160	3

This card itself is 170 HP, 150 top damage and 1 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 Cinderace SWSH278 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.

Archeops SWSH272 — SWSH Black Star Promos

150 Archeops [SWSH272]

Hisuian Basculin SWSH273 — SWSH Black Star Promos

50 Hisuian Basculin [SWSH273]

Cranidos SWSH274 — SWSH Black Star Promos

90 Cranidos [SWSH274]

Manaphy SWSH275 — SWSH Black Star Promos

70 Manaphy [SWSH275]

Togetic SWSH276 — SWSH Black Star Promos

80 Togetic [SWSH276]

Rillaboom SWSH277 — SWSH Black Star Promos

180 Rillaboom [SWSH277]

Inteleon SWSH279 — SWSH Black Star Promos

150 Inteleon [SWSH279]

Regieleki V SWSH280 — SWSH Black Star Promos

200 Regieleki V [SWSH280]

Regidrago V SWSH281 — SWSH Black Star Promos

220 Regidrago V [SWSH281]

Galarian Articuno SWSH282 — SWSH Black Star Promos

120 Galarian Articuno [SWSH282]

Galarian Zapdos SWSH283 — SWSH Black Star Promos

110 Galarian Zapdos [SWSH283]

Galarian Moltres SWSH284 — SWSH Black Star Promos

120 Galarian Moltres [SWSH284]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #SWSH278 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 Cinderace SWSH278, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Cinderace SWSH278
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.

Cinderace SWSH278 — 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 November 15, 2019.

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Which generation of cards does Cinderace SWSH278 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 170)

Typical damage for the mark

87 (this card 150)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Cinderace SWSH278 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, Fireball Shot, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 75 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
It cannot start the game in play — Raboot has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 2,568 of 17,290

Fire cardsNo. 269 of 1,574

Stage 2 cardsNo. 356 of 1,749

SWSH Black Star PromosNo. 145 of 292

What actually removes it

A Water attack printed at 85 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 170 HP.
539 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 2,999 cards in one attack.

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Cinderace SWSH278 card record

Cinderace SWSH278 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	170 HP	Type	Fire
Weakness	Water ×2	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Evolves from	Raboot	Card type	Stage 2 Single Strike
Regulation mark	Mark E	Pokédex number	#815
Set	SWSH Black Star Promos	Card number	SWSH278 of 307
Series	Sword & Shield	Released	November 15, 2019
Rarity	Promo	Illustrator	Yuya Oka
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Expanded only

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

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What does Cinderace SWSH278 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

$0.56

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Cinderace SWSH278 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Cinderace SWSH278?

Cinderace SWSH278 has 170 HP and a Water weakness at ×2, so a Water attack printed at 85 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 170.

What is the strongest attack on Cinderace SWSH278?

Fireball Shot, printed at 150 damage for 2 Energy — 75 damage per Energy card. During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.

What is the retreat cost of Cinderace SWSH278?

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

Can an older Cinderace print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 29 prints listed on this page, 5 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 Cinderace evolve from?

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

Can Cinderace SWSH278 be played in a tournament?

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

Does this page say how good Cinderace SWSH278 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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Cinderace SWSH278 — what does this card actually do?

What does Cinderace SWSH278 do in a game?

Cinderace SWSH278 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Cinderace SWSH278 at a glance

What do the attacks on Cinderace SWSH278 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Cinderace SWSH278 compare with every other card?

What Cinderace SWSH278 does without attacking

Is Cinderace SWSH278 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Cinderace SWSH278 strong for a Single Strike card?

What does being a Fire card do for Cinderace SWSH278?

What knocks out Cinderace SWSH278 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Cinderace SWSH278 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Cinderace SWSH278?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Cinderace SWSH278?

What was printed next to Cinderace SWSH278 in SWSH Black Star Promos?

Which rules apply to Cinderace SWSH278, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Cinderace SWSH278 belong to?

Cinderace SWSH278 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

Cinderace SWSH278 card record

What does Cinderace SWSH278 cost?

Cinderace SWSH278 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Cinderace SWSH278?

What is the strongest attack on Cinderace SWSH278?

What is the retreat cost of Cinderace SWSH278?

Can an older Cinderace print be played in a tournament?

What does Cinderace evolve from?

Can Cinderace SWSH278 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Cinderace SWSH278 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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