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Arceus V SWSH306 — what does this card actually do?

This card has 220 HP, a top attack printed at 130 damage and a Fighting weakness.

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

What does Arceus V SWSH306 do in a game?

Arceus V SWSH306 is a Colorless Pokémon card with 220 HP, printed as Basic V.

Its strongest attack, Power Edge, is printed at 130 damage for 3 Energy — 43 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Fighting weakness, any Fighting attack printed at 110 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Arceus V SWSH306SWSH Black Star Promos

Arceus V SWSH306 performance summary

220 HP · Colorless · Basic V · retreat 2 · Fighting weakness ×2

Top printed damage13043 per Energy Power Edge130 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026
Hit points220 HP6.6% of 17,290 in the 190~230 band
Printed damage1309.0% of 16,246 in the 130~180 band
Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band
Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 43 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2
Price trackPromoSWSH Black Star Promos37 printsranked among V cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it
Card classBasic V
Regulation markF
RarityPromo
SetSWSH Black Star Promos
Card numberSWSH306
Card data readJuly 28, 2026
How Arceus V SWSH306 is built, on five measures
Hit points220 HPTop printed damage130 damageEnergy efficiency43 per EnergyRetreat lightness2 EnergyAttack cost lightness2 Energy

Strongest on Hit points — top 8.7% 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 Arceus V SWSH306 is built, on five measures
MeasurePercentilePrinted value
Hit points91.3%220 HP
Top printed damage86.4%130 damage
Energy efficiency85.3%43 per Energy
Retreat lightness45.3%2 Energy
Attack cost lightness43.8%2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record
  • 2ETrinity Chargehas printed text
  • 3EPower Edge43 damage per Energy card130damage

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

Where it stands

Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 1,216 at 220 HP.

This cardArceus V SWSH306 — SWSH Black Star PromosArceus V SWSH306SWSH Black Star Promos220 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP160 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex — Ascended HeroesMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Arceus V SWSH306

  • Hit points 220 HP puts it in the 190~230 band, where 6.6% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
  • Energy It returns 43 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
  • Weakness A Fighting attack printed at 110 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
  • Legality 10 of the 35 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Arceus V SWSH306 at a glance

  • What it is. A Colorless Pokémon card with 220 HP printed as Basic V, printed in SWSH Black Star Promos.
  • What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 130 damage for 3 Energy.
  • What it fears. A Fighting weakness at ×2, which means 110 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 Arceus V SWSH306 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 130 damage, which is 43 damage for every Energy card attached.

Arceus V SWSH306 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
AttackEnergy costCards of EnergyPrinted damageDamage per EnergyEffect
Trinity Charge2 Colorless2Search your deck for up to 3 basic Energy cards and attach them to your Pokémon V in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck.
Power Edge3 Colorless313043No extra effect.

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

Trinity Charge2 Energy cards
Power Edge3 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.

  • Power Edge 3 Energy130 damage for 3 Energy — 43 per Energy card130

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (130).

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How does Arceus V SWSH306 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.

Arceus V SWSH306 — SWSH Black Star Promos
Arceus VSWSH Black Star Promos SWSH306

Arceus V SWSH306 prints 220 HP, which puts it at number 1,216 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).

86% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

  • This card220 HP
  • Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
  • Strongest V card280 HP
  • Strongest Arceus V printed220 HP
Mega Emboar ex — Ascended Heroes 273 · the highest printed HP in the archive at 380

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

This card prints 220 HP, which is 58% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits
~7038.6%6,669 cards
80~12033.1%5,725 cards
130~18015.5%2,679 cards
190~230 — this card6.6%1,148 cards
240~2803.3%567 cards
290~3302.4%412 cards
340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 220 HP.

Cards in the 190~230 band typically print 132 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
GroupShareValue
~7038.6%6,669 cards
80~12033.1%5,725 cards
130~18015.5%2,679 cards
190~230 — this card6.6%1,148 cards
240~2803.3%567 cards
290~3302.4%412 cards
340+0.5%90 cards
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 130.

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

Top printed damage — where this card sits
GroupShareValue
~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
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
GroupShareValue
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
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
GroupShareValue
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

That is where Arceus V SWSH306 stands highest on HP — number 107 of 2,171 cards in Colorless cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

  • Mega Emboar ex — 380 HP, the highest in this group
    Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 1,216 of 17,290 by HP · No. 1,796 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380
    top 11% on damage
  • Slaking ex — 340 HP, the highest in this group
    Colorless cards — 2,173 cards No. 107 of 2,171 by HP · No. 139 of 2,018 by damage · top by HP: Slaking ex, 340
    top 7% on damage
  • Wailord V — 280 HP, the highest in this group
    V cards — 601 cards No. 48 of 601 by HP · No. 230 of 585 by damage · top by HP: Wailord V, 280
    top 39% on damage
  • Eternatus VMAX — 340 HP, the highest in this group
    SWSH Black Star Promos — 304 cards No. 60 of 292 by HP · No. 96 of 282 by damage · top by HP: Eternatus VMAX, 340
    top 34% 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 220 HPmiddle half 60–130 HP
  • Top printed damage 130 damagemiddle half 20–90 damage
  • Lowest to highest printed in the archive
  • Middle half of the archive
  • This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.
Cards printed as V
601 on record
Cards in the same HP band
1,148 of 17,290 (6.6%)
Cards with this much printed damage
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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Is Arceus V SWSH306 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 130 damage attack that needs 3 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
Arceus V SWSH306 — this card43.0130 damage for 3 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 43.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
GroupShareValue
1 Energy49.049 damage typical
2 Energy32.565 damage typical
3 Energy34.7104 damage typical
4 Energy27.8111 damage typical
5 Energy41.8209 damage typical
Arceus V SWSH306 — this card43.0130 damage for 3 Energy
2501250 damage
012345 Energy
Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsPower Edge 130 / 3

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 Arceus V SWSH306.
GroupTypical printed damageDamage per Energy cardCards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy45304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy49499,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy65334,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy104352,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy11128421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy2094247
Power Edge43
This card, per Energy card
43 damage
Typical for a 2 Energy attack
32.5 damage
Difference
+10.5 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 130 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Arceus V SWSH306 strong for a V card?

V cards are built large to begin with, so measuring this one against the whole archive mixes up what the mechanic gives it with what the card itself gives it. Measured inside its own group, the two come apart.

Hit points220 HPtypical for the group is 208 HP — this card is 6% above
Top printed damage130 damagetypical for the group is 126 damage — this card is 3% above
Retreat cost2 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 0% above

The group is every V card in the archive — 601 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.

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What does being a Colorless card do for Arceus V SWSH306?

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

Deals double to this card 1,884 Fighting cards carry that type A Fighting attack printed at 110 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.
Arceus V SWSH306 · Basic V 220 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 130 damage.
Takes double from this card no group most often prints a Colorless weakness This type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.
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
Colorless — this cardmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards
Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards
Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards
Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards
Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards
Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards
Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards
Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards
Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

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

How the archive splits by energy type
GroupShareValue
Psychic13.5%2,335 cards
Water14.1%2,435 cards
Colorless — this card12.6%2,173 cards
Fire9.1%1,574 cards
Fighting10.9%1,884 cards
Lightning8.8%1,520 cards
Grass13.8%2,387 cards
Metal5.4%925 cards
Darkness7.2%1,249 cards
Dragon3.1%530 cards
Fairy1.4%237 cards
Colorlessweak to Fighting

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

What being a Colorless card is worth

No group in the archive most often prints a Colorless weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule. Going the other way, Colorless cards are themselves most exposed to Fighting.

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What knocks out Arceus V SWSH306 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Fighting attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 110 printed damage rather than 220.

Cards that remove it in one attack
407
Cards it removes in one attack
113
Fighting damage needed to knock it out
110
Counted across the whole card archive. 220 HP against a Fighting weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.
Removes it in one attackMedichamMedichamTemporal Forces 83110 damage
×2Fighting weakness · 110 printed damage is enough
110 damage becomes 220 against this card
This cardArceus V SWSH306Arceus V SWSH306SWSH Black Star Promos SWSH306220 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 406 cards in the archive that can remove Arceus V SWSH306 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 110 printed damage against a bar of 110. 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.

Arceus Vweak to Fighting ×2

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

Fighting cards that remove Arceus V in one attack
CardSetHPPrinted damageAfter weakness
Mega Lucario ex (77)Mega Evolution340270540
Mega Lucario ex (160)Mega Evolution340270540
Mega Lucario ex (179)Mega Evolution340270540
Mega Lucario ex (188)Mega Evolution340270540
Mega Lucario ex (113)Ascended Heroes340270540
Toxtricity ex (100)Paradox Rift260270540

220 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness means any Fighting attack printed at 110 damage or more is enough. 407 cards in the archive clear that bar.

Cards this one removes in a single attack

113 cards in the archive are weak to Colorless 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 Arceus as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Arceus V SWSH306 is one print of Arceus. 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.

Arceus has been printed 37 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 Arceus cards ever printedPokédex #493Prints on record 37Toughest print 280 HPThis card 220 HP
37prints
Legal in Standard10Older prints, not in Standard27

Every Arceus 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 Arceus printed is 280 HP, and this card is 78.6% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon
  • Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX 221/236the toughest Arceus ever printedSM - Cosmic Eclipse280 HP
  • Arceus V SWSH306against that record78.6% of the record220 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Arceus V SWSH306 can be?

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

The Arceus line, oldest stage firstPokédex #493
  • 1ArceusArceusHardest attack printed at this stage: 120 damage130 HP
  • 2Arceus VArceus VHardest attack printed at this stage: 130 damage. Evolving here adds 90 HP over the stage before it220 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (220 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 Arceus print, and can the older ones still be played?

37 prints carry this name in the archive, and 35 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 (280 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

35 rows are shown of the 37 prints counted under this name.

Arceus prints — can each one still be played?
PrintSetRegulation markStandard
Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX 221/236SM - Cosmic EclipseNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus VSTAR GG70/GG70SWSH: Crown Zenith: Galarian GalleryMark FLegal in Standard
Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX 258/236SM - Cosmic EclipseNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX 220/236SM - Cosmic EclipseNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus & Dialga & Palkia-GX 156/236SM - Cosmic EclipseNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus VSTAR 123/172Miscellaneous Cards & ProductsMark FLegal in Standard
Arceus VSTAR 184/172SWSH09: Brilliant StarsMark FLegal in Standard
Arceus VSTAR 176/172SWSH09: Brilliant StarsMark FLegal in Standard
Arceus VSTAR SWSH307SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo CardsMark FLegal in Standard
Arceus V 166/172SWSH09: Brilliant StarsMark FLegal in Standard
Arceus V SWSH204SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo CardsMark FLegal in Standard
Arceus V 122/172Miscellaneous Cards & ProductsMark FLegal in Standard
Arceus V 165/172SWSH09: Brilliant StarsMark FLegal in Standard
Arceus V SWSH306SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo CardsMark FLegal in Standard
Arceus ◇ 96/131SM - Forbidden LightNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus XY116XY PromosNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Shining Arceus 57/73Shining LegendsNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus XY197XY PromosNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus XY83XY PromosNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus LV.X DP56Diamond and Pearl PromosNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus LV.X 95/99ArceusNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus LV.X 94/99ArceusNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus LV.X DP53Diamond and Pearl PromosNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus LV.X 96/99ArceusNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Tangrowth 010/099Deck ExclusivesNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Swalot 009/099Deck ExclusivesNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus AR4ArceusNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus AR9ArceusNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus AR2ArceusNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus AR5ArceusNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus AR7ArceusNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus AR3ArceusNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus AR8ArceusNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus AR1ArceusNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Arceus AR6ArceusNo mark printedNot legal in Standard

10 of the 35 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 Arceus V SWSH306?

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 Arceus V SWSH306
CardSetHPTop damageRetreat
Lugia VSilver Tempest2201302
Arceus VBrilliant Stars2201302
Blissey VChilling Reign250104
Snorlax VSword & Shield2201704
Tornadus VChilling Reign2101802
Arceus VSWSH Black Star Promos2201302

This card itself is 220 HP, 130 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Colorless 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 Arceus V SWSH306 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.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #SWSH306 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 Arceus V SWSH306, and where can it be played?

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

The rule printed on this card

“V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.”

Rulebook clauses that apply to Arceus V SWSH306
ClauseWhat the rulebook saysCards it applies toShare of the archive
WeaknessSome Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.16,744 cards81.9%
RetreatRetreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).17,244 cards84.3%
Energy per turnYou can attach Energy just once each turn!17,180 cards84.0%

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.

Arceus V SWSH306 — tournament formats
FormatStatusWhat that means
StandardLegalCan be played in this format
ExpandedLegalCan be played in this format
UnlimitedLegalCan 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 Arceus V SWSH306 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
GroupShareValue
Mark D15.4%1,261 cards
Mark E14.7%1,202 cards
Mark F — this card14.4%1,180 cards
Mark G19.9%1,634 cards
Mark H15.7%1,283 cards
Mark I14.8%1,215 cards
Mark J5.1%419 cards
This card
Mark F
Cards sharing that mark
1,180
Typical HP for the mark
142 (this card 220)
Typical damage for the mark
88 (this card 130)
Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.
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Arceus V SWSH306 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, Power Edge, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
  • That works out at 43 damage for every Energy card attached.
  • Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 1,216 of 17,290
Colorless cardsNo. 107 of 2,171
V cardsNo. 48 of 601
SWSH Black Star PromosNo. 60 of 292

What actually removes it

  • A Fighting attack printed at 110 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 220 HP.
  • 407 cards in the archive clear that bar.
  • Going the other way, it removes 113 cards in one attack.
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Arceus V SWSH306 card record

Arceus V SWSH306 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points220 HPTypeColorless
WeaknessFighting ×2Retreat cost2 Energy
Card typeBasic VRegulation markMark F
Pokédex number#493SetSWSH Black Star Promos
Card numberSWSH306 of 307SeriesSword & Shield
ReleasedNovember 15, 2019RarityPromo
Illustrator5ban Graphics
Tournament legalityUnlimited and Standard and Expanded only
Printed ruleV rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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

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What does Arceus V SWSH306 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
$4.19
Read on
August 14, 2026
One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.
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Arceus V SWSH306 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Arceus V SWSH306?

Arceus V SWSH306 has 220 HP and a Fighting weakness at ×2, so a Fighting attack printed at 110 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 220.

What is the strongest attack on Arceus V SWSH306?

Power Edge, printed at 130 damage for 3 Energy — 43 damage per Energy card.

What is the retreat cost of Arceus V SWSH306?

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

Can an older Arceus print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 35 prints listed on this page, 10 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

Can Arceus V SWSH306 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 Arceus V SWSH306 mean?

The card reads “V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.” That sentence is printed on the card itself, so it applies wherever the card is played.

Does this page say how good Arceus V SWSH306 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.

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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.

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Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com
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TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com
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Before you rely on these figures