Moltres 9 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Moltres 9
Brand: Pokémon
Author: OOYAMA

This card has 120 HP, a top attack printed at 80 damage and a Water weakness.

Fire · Basic · Fates Collide · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Moltres 9 do in a game?

Moltres 9 is a Fire Pokémon card with 120 HP, printed as Basic.

Its strongest attack, Flying Flare, is printed at 80 damage for 4 Energy — 20 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Water weakness, any Water attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Fire Basic Rare Unlimited and Expanded #146 Moltres

Moltres 9Fates Collide

120 HP · Fire · Basic · retreat 1 · Water weakness ×2

Top printed damage8020 per Energy Flying Flare80 damage for 4 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points120 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage8021.8% of 16,246 in the 70~120 band

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

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 20 · typical 49.0
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1

Price trackRareFates Collide43 printsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic

RarityRare

SetFates Collide

Card number9

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$9.92Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by60 damage120 HP against a Water ×2 weakness Turns of setup4 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it918 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name43 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line39 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #146 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Moltres 9 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 46.1%.

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 Moltres 9 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	66.1%	120 HP
Top printed damage	68.9%	80 damage
Energy efficiency	46.1%	20 per Energy
Retreat lightness	94.4%	1 Energy
Attack cost lightness	98.2%	1 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

1ECombustion20 damage per Energy card20damage
4EFlying Flare20 damage per Energy card · has printed text80damage

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

Where it stands

No. 4,897of 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 4,897 at 120 HP.

Fire cardsNo. 513of 1,574 by printed HP Fates CollideNo. 36of 100 by printed HP

This cardMoltres 9Fates Collide120 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 260 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Moltres 9

Hit points 120 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 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
Weakness A Water attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 7 of the 41 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Moltres 9 at a glance

What it is. A Fire Pokémon card with 120 HP printed as Basic, printed in Fates Collide.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 80 damage for 4 Energy.
What it fears. A Water weakness at ×2, which means 60 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.
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 Moltres 9 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 4 Energy and returns 80 damage, which is 20 damage for every Energy card attached.

Moltres 9 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Combustion	1 Fire	1	20	20	No extra effect.
Flying Flare	2 Fire + 2 Colorless	4	80+	20	You may do 40 more damage. If you do, this Pokémon does 20 damage to itself.

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

Combustion1 Energy card

Flying Flare4 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.

Combustion 1 Energy20 damage for 1 Energy — 20 per Energy card20
Flying Flare 4 Energy80 damage for 4 Energy — 20 per Energy card80

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (80).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

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

Flying Flare is printed as 80+, so the printed number is a floor — the attack deals at least that much, and the sentence beside it says what adds to it.

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How does Moltres 9 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.

Moltres 9 — Fates Collide — MoltresFates Collide 9

No.4,897by HP in the archive

Moltres 9 prints 120 HP, which puts it at number 4,897 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).

69% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 28%Where it sits on printed HP

This card120 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Moltres printed120 HP

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

This card prints 120 HP, which is 32% 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

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%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 120 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
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

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 80.

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

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. 4,897of 17,290

That is where Moltres 9 stands highest on HP — number 4,897 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. 4,897 of 17,290 by HP · No. 4,308 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 27% on damage
Fire cards — 1,574 cards No. 513 of 1,574 by HP · No. 518 of 1,526 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 34% on damage
Fates Collide — 129 cards No. 36 of 100 by HP · No. 18 of 88 by damage · top by HP: M Audino-EX, 220

top 19% 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 120 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 120
Top printed damage 80 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 80

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 in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

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 Moltres 9 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 80 damage attack that needs 4 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Moltres 9 — this card20.080 damage for 4 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 20.

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
Moltres 9 — this card	20.0	80 damage for 4 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsCombustion 20 / 1Flying Flare 80 / 4

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Moltres 9.
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
Combustion	—	20	—
Flying Flare	—	20	—

This card, per Energy card

20 damage

Typical for a 1 Energy attack

49.0 damage

Difference

-29.0 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 80 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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What does being a Fire card do for Moltres 9?

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

Moltres 9 · Basic 120 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 80 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 Moltres 9 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 60 printed damage rather than 120.

Cards that remove it in one attack

918

Cards it removes in one attack

2,544

Water damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 120 HP against a Water weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackGolduckAscended Heroes 4060 damage

×2Water weakness · 60 printed damage is enough
60 damage becomes 120 against this card

This cardMoltres 9Fates Collide 9120 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 914 cards in the archive that can remove Moltres 9 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 60 printed damage against a bar of 60. 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.

Moltresweak to Water ×2

Moltresresists 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.

Water cards that remove Moltres 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

120 HP against a Water ×2 weakness means any Water attack printed at 60 damage or more is enough. 918 cards in the archive clear that bar.

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160 HP Palkia & Dialga LEGEND [101]

Palkia & Dialga LEGEND 102 — HS—Triumphant

160 HP Palkia & Dialga LEGEND [102]

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160 HP Alolan Exeggutor [2]

160 HP Meganium [10]

160 HP Shiftry [15]

160 HP Tinkaton [98]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

2,544 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 Moltres as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Moltres 9 is one print of Moltres. 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.

Moltres has been printed 43 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 Moltres cards ever printedPokédex #146Prints on record 43Toughest print 300 HPThis card 120 HP

43prints

Legal in Standard7Older prints, not in Standard36

Every Moltres 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 Moltres printed is 300 HP, and this card is 40% of it

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

Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX SM210the toughest Moltres ever printedSM Promos300 HP
Moltres 9against that record40% of the record120 HP

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

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

43 prints carry this name in the archive, and 41 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 (300 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

41 rows are shown of the 43 prints counted under this name.

Moltres prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX SM210	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX 44/68	Hidden Fates	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX 66/68	Hidden Fates	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres & Zapdos & Articuno-GX 69/68	Hidden Fates	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Moltres V 177/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Team Rocket's Moltres ex 229/182	SV10: Destined Rivals	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Galarian Moltres V 183/172	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Moltres V TG20/TG30	SWSH10: Astral Radiance Trainer Gallery	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Moltres V 097/198	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Moltres V 176/198	SWSH06: Chilling Reign	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Team Rocket's Moltres ex 208/182	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Team Rocket's Moltres ex 031/182	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Moltres-EX 14/135	Plasma Storm	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres XY127	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres 019/181	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres SWSH185	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Galarian Moltres SWSH125	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Moltres SWSH284	SWSH: Sword & Shield Promo Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Moltres SM143	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres 9/124	XY - Fates Collide	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres 014/099	Blister Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Galarian Moltres 093/203	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Moltres 22/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres 014/094	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Moltres 038/214	Deck Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres 021/172	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Moltres 012/078	Pokemon GO	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Moltres ex 115/112	EX FireRed & LeafGreen	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rocket's Moltres ex 100/109	EX Team Rocket Returns	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres ex 031	Nintendo Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres 10/100	Majestic Dawn	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres 36	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Absol 067/116	Deck Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Blaine's Moltres 001/132	Gym Heroes	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres 021/144	Skyridge	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres 149	Supreme Victors	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres 12/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres 27/62	Fossil	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres 21/53	WoTC Promo	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Moltres 030/110	Legendary Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Rocket's Moltres 012/132	Gym Heroes	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

7 of the 41 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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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 Moltres 9 in Fates Collide?

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 Delphox BREAK [14]

80 Seel [15]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #9 in Fates Collide. 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 Moltres 9, 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 Moltres 9
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.

Moltres 9 — 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 May 2, 2016.

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Moltres 9 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, Flying Flare, needs 4 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 4 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 20 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 4,897 of 17,290

Fire cardsNo. 513 of 1,574

Fates CollideNo. 36 of 100

What actually removes it

A Water attack printed at 60 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 120 HP.
918 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 2,544 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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Moltres 9 card record

Moltres 9 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	120 HP	Type	Fire
Weakness	Water ×2	Retreat cost	1 Energy
Card type	Basic	Pokédex number	#146
Set	Fates Collide	Card number	9 of 124
Series	XY	Released	May 2, 2016
Rarity	Rare	Illustrator	OOYAMA
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 Moltres 9 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

$9.92

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

Moltres 9 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Moltres 9 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Moltres 9?

Moltres 9 has 120 HP and a Water weakness at ×2, so a Water attack printed at 60 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 120.

What is the strongest attack on Moltres 9?

Flying Flare, printed at 80 damage for 4 Energy — 20 damage per Energy card. You may do 40 more damage. If you do, this Pokémon does 20 damage to itself.

What is the retreat cost of Moltres 9?

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

What does the + after the damage on Flying Flare mean?

It marks the damage as conditional: the printed figure is the least it can deal, and the sentence on the card says what is added to it. The full sentence is printed on the card and quoted in the attack table on this page — "You may do 40 more damage. If you do, this Pokémon does 20 damage to itself."

Can an older Moltres print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 41 prints listed on this page, 7 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 Moltres 9 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 Moltres 9 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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Moltres 9 — what does this card actually do?

What does Moltres 9 do in a game?

Moltres 9 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Moltres 9 at a glance

What do the attacks on Moltres 9 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Moltres 9 compare with every other card?

Is Moltres 9 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

What does being a Fire card do for Moltres 9?

What knocks out Moltres 9 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

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

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

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Moltres 9?

What was printed next to Moltres 9 in Fates Collide?

Which rules apply to Moltres 9, and where can it be played?

Moltres 9 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

Moltres 9 card record

What does Moltres 9 cost?

Moltres 9 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Moltres 9?

What is the strongest attack on Moltres 9?

What is the retreat cost of Moltres 9?

What does the + after the damage on Flying Flare mean?

Can an older Moltres print be played in a tournament?

Can Moltres 9 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Moltres 9 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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