Talonflame 28 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Talonflame 28
Brand: Pokémon
Author: 5ban Graphics

This card has 130 HP, a top attack printed at 100 damage and a Lightning weakness.

Fire · Stage 2 · XY · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Talonflame 28 do in a game?

Talonflame 28 is a Fire Pokémon card with 130 HP, printed as Stage 2.

Its strongest attack, Flare Blitz, is printed at 100 damage for 2 Energy — 50 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Lightning weakness, any Lightning attack printed at 65 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Fire Stage 2 Rare Holo Unlimited and Expanded #663 Talonflame

Talonflame 28XY

130 HP · Fire · Stage 2 · retreat 0 · Lightning weakness ×2

Top printed damage10050 per Energy Flare Blitz100 damage for 2 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points130 HP15.5% of 17,290 in the 130~180 band

Printed damage10021.8% of 16,246 in the 70~120 band

Retreat cost0 Energy5.3% of 17,240 in the 0 band

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 50 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackRare HoloXY16 printsranked among Stage 2 cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classStage 2

RarityRare Holo

SetXY

Card number28

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$1.46Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by65 damage130 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness Turns of setup2 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it562 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name16 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line15 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #663 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Talonflame 28 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 0.1% of the archive. Weakest on Hit points — bottom 71.7%.

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 Talonflame 28 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	71.7%	130 HP
Top printed damage	76.6%	100 damage
Energy efficiency	88.9%	50 per Energy
Retreat lightness	100.0%	0 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1EDevastating Windhas printed text—
2EFlare Blitz50 damage per Energy card · has printed text100damage

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

Where it stands

No. 4,029of 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 4,029 at 130 HP.

Fire cardsNo. 404of 1,574 by printed HP Stage 2 cardsNo. 1,100of 1,749 by printed HP

This cardTalonflame 28XY130 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 250 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Talonflame 28

Hit points 130 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 50 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Weakness A Lightning attack printed at 65 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 3 of the 16 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Talonflame 28 at a glance

What it is. A Fire Pokémon card with 130 HP printed as Stage 2, printed in XY.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 100 damage for 2 Energy.
What it fears. A Lightning weakness at ×2, which means 65 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 0 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded only.
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 Talonflame 28 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 2 Energy and returns 100 damage, which is 50 damage for every Energy card attached.

Talonflame 28 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Devastating Wind	1 Colorless	1	—	—	Your opponent shuffles his or her hand into his or her deck and draws 4 cards.
Flare Blitz	2 Fire	2	100	50	Discard all Fire Energy attached to this Pokémon.

This card has no retreat cost at all, so it can leave the active spot without discarding any Energy — the only limit is that retreating happens once a turn.

Devastating Wind1 Energy card

Flare Blitz2 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.

Flare Blitz 2 Energy100 damage for 2 Energy — 50 per Energy card100

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (100).

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How does Talonflame 28 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.

No.4,029by HP in the archive

Talonflame 28 prints 130 HP, which puts it at number 4,029 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).

77% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 23%Where it sits on printed HP

This card130 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Stage 2 card380 HP
Strongest Talonflame printed150 HP

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

This card prints 130 HP, which is 34% 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 130 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

70~120 — this card21.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 100.

Cards in the 70~120 band typically have 141 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 — this card	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

1 — this card54.4%9,392 cards

226.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 1 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1 — this card	54.4%	9,392 cards
2	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

0 — this card5.3%914 cards

149.3%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 0 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 0 typically have 103 HP and print 61 damage.

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

No. 22of 120

That is where Talonflame 28 stands highest on HP — number 22 of 120 cards in XY. 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. 4,029 of 17,290 by HP · No. 3,129 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 19% on damage
Fire cards — 1,574 cards No. 404 of 1,574 by HP · No. 370 of 1,526 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 24% on damage
Stage 2 cards — 1,749 cards No. 1,100 of 1,749 by HP · No. 679 of 1,721 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 39% on damage
XY — 146 cards No. 22 of 120 by HP · No. 9 of 116 by damage · top by HP: M Venusaur-EX, 230

top 7% 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 130 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 130
Top printed damage 100 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 100

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

3,535 of 16,246 (21.8%)

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 Talonflame 28 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 100 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

Talonflame 28 — this card50.0100 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 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 50.

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
Talonflame 28 — this card	50.0	100 damage for 2 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsFlare Blitz 100 / 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 Talonflame 28.
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
Flare Blitz	—	50	—

This card, per Energy card

50 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

+1.0 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 100 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Fire card do for Talonflame 28?

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

Deals double to this card 1,520 Lightning cards carry that type A Lightning attack printed at 65 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Talonflame 28 · Stage 2 130 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 100 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 Lightning

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 Lightning.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Talonflame 28 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Lightning attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 65 printed damage rather than 130.

Cards that remove it in one attack

562

Cards it removes in one attack

2,745

Lightning damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 130 HP against a Lightning weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackHelioliskMega Evolution 5370 damage

×2Lightning weakness · 65 printed damage is enough
70 damage becomes 140 against this card

This cardTalonflame 28XY 28130 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 560 cards in the archive that can remove Talonflame 28 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 70 printed damage against a bar of 65. 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.

Talonflameweak to Lightning ×2

Talonflameresists Fighting -20

Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.

What the Fighting resistance changes

Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack printed high enough to knock this card out on paper may not do it. Resistance is a flat subtraction, not a multiplier — it does not scale with the attack.

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

130 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness means any Lightning attack printed at 65 damage or more is enough. 562 cards in the archive clear that bar.

200 HP Steelix [93]

200 HP Steelix [150]

200 HP Sprigatito ex [251]

200 HP Venomoth-GX [12]

200 HP Venomoth-GX [193]

200 HP Venomoth-GX [216]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

2,745 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 Talonflame as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Talonflame 28 is one print of Talonflame. 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.

Talonflame has been printed 16 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 Talonflame cards ever printedPokédex #663Prints on record 16Toughest print 190 HPThis card 130 HP

16prints

Legal in Standard3Older prints, not in Standard13

Every Talonflame 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 Talonflame printed is 190 HP, and this card is 68.4% of it

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

Talonflame V 168/185the toughest Talonflame ever printedSWSH04: Vivid Voltage190 HP
Talonflame 28against that record68.4% of the record130 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Talonflame 28 can be?

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

The Talonflame line, oldest stage first

Fletchling19 prints on record · Generations: Radiant Collection

+30 HP · +30 damage

Fletchinder13 prints on record · XY - Flashfire

+60 HP · +60 damage

Talonflame11 prints on record · XY Base Set

Fletchling → Fletchinder → Talonflame

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

1FletchlingHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage60 HP
2FletchinderHardest attack printed at this stage: 60 damage. Evolving here adds 30 HP over the stage before it90 HP
3TalonflameHardest attack printed at this stage: 120 damage. Evolving here adds 60 HP over the stage before it150 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (150 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 Talonflame print, and can the older ones still be played?

16 prints carry this name in the archive. 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 (190 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

Talonflame prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Talonflame V 168/185	SWSH04: Vivid Voltage	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Talonflame V 029/185	SWSH04: Vivid Voltage	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Talonflame BREAK 21/114	XY - Steam Siege	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Talonflame 091/088	ME03: Perfect Order	Mark J	Not legal in Standard
Talonflame 014/088	ME03: Perfect Order	Mark J	Not legal in Standard
Talonflame 030/193	SV02: Paldea Evolved	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Talonflame 032/189	SWSH03: Darkness Ablaze	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Talonflame 029/195	SWSH12: Silver Tempest	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Talonflame 140/203	SWSH07: Evolving Skies	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Talonflame 123/142	SV07: Stellar Crown	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Talonflame 028/146	Blister Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Talonflame 010/119	Deck Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Talonflame 96/114	XY - Steam Siege	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Talonflame 15/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Talonflame 32/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Talonflame 111/145	SM - Guardians Rising	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

3 of the 16 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 Talonflame 28?

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 Talonflame 28
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Charizard	Plasma Storm	160	150	3
Charizard	Dragon	120	60	2
Typhlosion	Neo Genesis	100	80	2
Charizard	Stormfront	120	100	3
Charizard	SM Black Star Promos	150	30	2
Blaine's Charizard	Gym Challenge	100	20	3

This card itself is 130 HP, 100 top damage and 0 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 Talonflame 28 in XY?

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.

180 Blastoise-EX [29]

220 M Blastoise-EX [30]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #28 in XY. 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 Talonflame 28, 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 Talonflame 28
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.

Talonflame 28 — 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 was released on February 5, 2014.

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Talonflame 28 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, Flare Blitz, needs 2 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 2 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 50 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs no Energy at all.
It cannot start the game in play — Fletchinder has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 4,029 of 17,290

Fire cardsNo. 404 of 1,574

Stage 2 cardsNo. 1,100 of 1,749

XYNo. 22 of 120

What actually removes it

A Lightning attack printed at 65 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 130 HP.
562 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 2,745 cards in one attack.
Damage from Fighting attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.

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Talonflame 28 card record

Talonflame 28 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	130 HP	Type	Fire
Weakness	Lightning ×2	Retreat cost	0 Energy
Evolves from	Fletchinder	Card type	Stage 2
Pokédex number	#663	Set	XY
Card number	28 of 146	Series	XY
Released	February 5, 2014	Rarity	Rare Holo
Illustrator	5ban Graphics
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 Talonflame 28 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$1.46

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August 14, 2026

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

Talonflame 28 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Talonflame 28 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Talonflame 28?

Talonflame 28 has 130 HP and a Lightning weakness at ×2, so a Lightning attack printed at 65 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 130.

What is the strongest attack on Talonflame 28?

Flare Blitz, printed at 100 damage for 2 Energy — 50 damage per Energy card. Discard all Fire Energy attached to this Pokémon.

What is the retreat cost of Talonflame 28?

None. Talonflame 28 carries a printed retreat cost of zero, so it can move out of the active spot without discarding any Energy. The once-a-turn limit on retreating still applies.

Can an older Talonflame print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 16 prints listed on this page, 3 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 Talonflame evolve from?

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

Can Talonflame 28 be played in a tournament?

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

Does this page say how good Talonflame 28 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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Talonflame 28 — what does this card actually do?

What does Talonflame 28 do in a game?

Talonflame 28 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Talonflame 28 at a glance

What do the attacks on Talonflame 28 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Talonflame 28 compare with every other card?

Is Talonflame 28 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Fire card do for Talonflame 28?

What knocks out Talonflame 28 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

What has to be in play before Talonflame 28 can be?

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

What can you use instead of Talonflame 28?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Talonflame 28?

What was printed next to Talonflame 28 in XY?

Which rules apply to Talonflame 28, and where can it be played?

Talonflame 28 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

Talonflame 28 card record

What does Talonflame 28 cost?

Talonflame 28 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Talonflame 28?

What is the strongest attack on Talonflame 28?

What is the retreat cost of Talonflame 28?

Can an older Talonflame print be played in a tournament?

What does Talonflame evolve from?

Can Talonflame 28 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Talonflame 28 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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