Krokorok 70 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 90 HP, a top attack printed at 60 damage and a Fighting weakness.
Darkness · Stage 1 · XY · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Krokorok 70 do in a game?
Krokorok 70 is a Darkness Pokémon card with 90 HP, printed as Stage 1.
Its strongest attack, Darkness Fang, is printed at 60 damage for 3 Energy — 20 damage per Energy card.
Because of the Fighting weakness, any Fighting attack printed at 45 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Krokorok 70XY
Krokorok 70 performance summary
90 HP · Darkness · Stage 1 · retreat 3 · Fighting weakness ×2
as of July 28, 2026
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2
Strongest on Top printed damage — top 42.6% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 16.8%.
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.
| Measure | Percentile | Printed value |
|---|---|---|
| Hit points | 47.7% | 90 HP |
| Top printed damage | 57.4% | 60 damage |
| Energy efficiency | 46.1% | 20 per Energy |
| Retreat lightness | 16.8% | 3 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 43.8% | 2 Energy |
2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.
Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 7,584 at 90 HP.
Krokorok 7090 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 290 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Krokorok 70
- Hit points 90 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Energy It returns 20 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
- Weakness A Fighting attack printed at 45 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
- Legality 5 of the 15 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.
Krokorok 70 at a glance
- What it is. A Darkness Pokémon card with 90 HP printed as Stage 1, printed in XY.
- What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 60 damage for 3 Energy.
- What it fears. A Fighting weakness at ×2, which means 45 printed damage is enough to remove it.
- What it costs to move. 3 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.
What do the attacks on Krokorok 70 cost, and what do they hit for?
The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 60 damage, which is 20 damage for every Energy card attached.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crunch | 2 Colorless | 2 | 20 | 10 | Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon. |
| Darkness Fang | 2 Darkness + 1 Colorless | 3 | 60 | 20 | No extra effect. |
Retreating costs a further 3 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.
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.
How does Krokorok 70 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.
The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.
This card prints 90 HP, which is 24% 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.
17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 90 HP.
Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 — this card | 33.1% | 5,725 cards |
| 130~180 | 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 |
16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 60.
Cards in the 40~60 band typically have 101 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~30 | 42.7% | 6,938 cards |
| 40~60 — this card | 22.0% | 3,566 cards |
| 70~120 | 21.8% | 3,535 cards |
| 130~180 | 9.0% | 1,461 cards |
| 190~250 | 3.8% | 621 cards |
| 260+ | 0.8% | 125 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.
| 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 |
17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 3 Energy to retreat.
Cards with a retreat cost of 3 typically have 150 HP and print 99 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 — this card | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Krokorok 70 stands highest on HP — number 46 of 120 cards in XY. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 90 HP
middle half 60–130 HP - Top printed damage 60 damage
middle 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.
Open the group this card falls into
Back to summaryIs Krokorok 70 efficient for the Energy it asks for?
Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 60 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.
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 20.
| 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 |
| Krokorok 70 — this card | 20.0 | 60 damage for 3 Energy |
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.
| 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 |
| Crunch | — | 10 | — |
| Darkness Fang | — | 20 | — |
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 60 is read as high or low rather than merely large.
What does being a Darkness card do for Krokorok 70?
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.
17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Psychic | 13.5% | 2,335 cards |
| Water | 14.1% | 2,435 cards |
| Colorless | 12.6% | 2,173 cards |
| Fire | 9.1% | 1,574 cards |
| Fighting | 10.9% | 1,884 cards |
| Lightning | 8.8% | 1,520 cards |
| Grass | 13.8% | 2,387 cards |
| Metal | 5.4% | 925 cards |
| Darkness — this card | 7.2% | 1,249 cards |
| Dragon | 3.1% | 530 cards |
| Fairy | 1.4% | 237 cards |
Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Darkness weakness.
What being a Darkness card is worth
No group in the archive most often prints a Darkness weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule. Going the other way, Darkness cards are themselves most exposed to Fighting.
What knocks out Krokorok 70 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 45 printed damage rather than 90.
Lunatone50 damage50 damage becomes 100 against this card
Krokorok 7090 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 1,061 cards in the archive that can remove Krokorok 70 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 50 printed damage against a bar of 45. 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.
Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.
What the Psychic resistance changes
Damage from Psychic 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.
| Card | Set | HP | Printed damage | After weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Lucario ex (77) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (160) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (179) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (188) | Mega Evolution | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Mega Lucario ex (113) | Ascended Heroes | 340 | 270 | 540 |
| Toxtricity ex (100) | Paradox Rift | 260 | 270 | 540 |
90 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness means any Fighting attack printed at 45 damage or more is enough. 1,071 cards in the archive clear that bar.
120 HP
Grumpig [63]
120 HP
Cresselia [39]
120 HP
Spectrier [98]
120 HP
Deoxys [32]
120 HP
Cofagrigus [40]
120 HP
Cofagrigus [123]
615 cards in the archive are weak to Darkness 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.
What is Krokorok as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?
Krokorok 70 is one print of Krokorok. 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.
Every Krokorok 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.
Back to summaryWhat has to be in play before Krokorok 70 can be?
Krokorok evolves from Sandile, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.
- This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Sandile.
- It is not the end of the line either — Krookodile evolves from this card, so a deck can keep going past it.
- The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.
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.
Is this the strongest Krokorok print, and can the older ones still be played?
15 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.
| Set | Regulation mark | Standard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Krokorok 136/086 | SV: Black Bolt | Mark I | Legal in Standard |
| Krokorok 058/086 | SV: Black Bolt | Mark I | Legal in Standard |
| Krokorok 065/094 | ME02: Phantasmal Flames | Mark I | Legal in Standard |
| Krokorok 116/198 | SV01: Scarlet & Violet Base Set | Mark G | Legal in Standard |
| Krokorok 112/195 | SWSH12: Silver Tempest | Mark F | Legal in Standard |
| Krokorok 65/108 | Dark Explorers | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Krokorok 64/114 | Black and White | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Krokorok 57/106 | XY - Flashfire | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Krokorok 69/116 | Plasma Freeze | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Krokorok 70/146 | XY Base Set | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Krokorok 61/98 | Emerging Powers | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Krokorok 115/214 | SM - Unbroken Bonds | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Krokorok 079/159 | SWSH: Crown Zenith | Mark D | Not legal in Standard |
| Krokorok 84/149 | SM Base Set | No mark printed | Not legal in Standard |
| Krokorok 108/185 | SWSH04: Vivid Voltage | Mark D | Not legal in Standard |
5 of the 15 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.
Back to summaryWhat can you use instead of Krokorok 70?
Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.
| Card | Set | HP | Top damage | Retreat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umbreon | Aquapolis | 80 | 30 | 1 |
| Umbreon | HS—Undaunted | 100 | 50 | 1 |
| Umbreon | Neo Discovery | 80 | 20 | 1 |
| Houndoom | Aquapolis | 70 | 40 | 1 |
| Umbreon | Aquapolis | 80 | 30 | 1 |
| Rocket's Scizor ex | Team Rocket Returns | 120 | 50 | 1 |
This card itself is 90 HP, 60 top damage and 3 retreat, and every card here is Darkness like it.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Krokorok 70?
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.
100
Krokorok [136]
100
Krokorok [58]
90
Krokorok [65]
90
Krokorok [64]
90
Krokorok [57]
90
Krokorok [69]
90
Krokorok [61]
90
Krokorok [115]
90
Krokorok [79]
90
Krokorok [84]
90
Krokorok [108]
100
Krokorok [65]
100
Krokorok [116]
100
Krokorok [112]
14 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number. The badge on each card is its printed HP, the figure under the name is its hardest printed attack, and the name sits under the picture. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
What was printed next to Krokorok 70 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.
90
Solrock [64]
70
Timburr [65]
90
Gurdurr [66]
140
Conkeldurr [67]
80
Sableye [68]
70
Sandile [69]
140
Krookodile [71]
50
Zorua [72]
100
Zoroark [73]
60
Inkay [74]
50
Inkay [75]
100
Malamar [76]
These are the cards numbered either side of #70 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.
Which rules apply to Krokorok 70, 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.
| 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.
| 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.
Krokorok 70 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, Darkness Fang, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
- That works out at 20 damage for every Energy card attached.
- Moving it out of the active spot costs 3 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
- It cannot start the game in play — Sandile has to be on the field first.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- A Fighting attack printed at 45 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 90 HP.
- 1,071 cards in the archive clear that bar.
- Going the other way, it removes 615 cards in one attack.
- Damage from Psychic attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.
Krokorok 70 card record
| Hit points | 90 HP | Type | Darkness |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Fighting ×2 | Retreat cost | 3 Energy |
| Evolves from | Sandile | Card type | Stage 1 |
| Pokédex number | #552 | Set | XY |
| Card number | 70 of 146 | Series | XY |
| Released | February 5, 2014 | Rarity | Uncommon |
| Illustrator | Akira Komayama | ||
| Tournament legality | Unlimited and Expanded only | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Krokorok 70 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Krokorok 70 — frequently asked questions
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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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Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.