Hoopa-EX 36 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 170 HP and a Psychic weakness.
Psychic · Basic EX · Ancient Origins · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Hoopa-EX 36 do in a game?
Hoopa-EX 36 is a Psychic Pokémon card with 170 HP, printed as Basic EX.
Because of the Psychic weakness, any Psychic attack printed at 85 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Hoopa-EX 36Ancient Origins
Hoopa-EX 36 performance summary
170 HP · Psychic · Basic EX · retreat 2 · Psychic weakness ×2
Strongest on Hit points — top 16.7% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 17.4%.
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 | 83.3% | 170 HP |
| Retreat lightness | 45.3% | 2 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 17.4% | 3 Energy |
1 attack 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 2,568 at 170 HP.
Hoopa-EX 36170 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 210 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Hoopa-EX 36
- Hit points 170 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Weakness A Psychic attack printed at 85 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Hoopa-EX 36 at a glance
- What it is. A Psychic Pokémon card with 170 HP printed as Basic EX, printed in Ancient Origins.
- What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 0 damage for 0 Energy.
- What it fears. A Psychic weakness at ×2, which means 85 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 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 Hoopa-EX 36 cost, and what do they hit for?
Every attack printed on the card, with the Energy it asks for.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyperspace Fury | 3 Psychic | 3 | — | — | Discard 2 Energy attached to this Pokémon. This attack does 100 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) |
Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.
The Energy this attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.
One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.
Back to summaryHow does Hoopa-EX 36 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 170 HP, which is 45% of that ceiling.
Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.
17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 170 HP.
Cards in the 130~180 band typically print 104 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| 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 |
17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 3 Energy.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically have 153 HP and print 104 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1.8% | 304 cards |
| 1 | 54.4% | 9,392 cards |
| 2 | 26.4% | 4,565 cards |
| 3 — this card | 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 2 Energy to retreat.
Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 — this card | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Hoopa-EX 36 stands highest on HP — number 298 of 2,334 cards in Psychic cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 170 HP
middle half 60–130 HP
- 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 summaryWhat Hoopa-EX 36 does without attacking
Hoopa-EX 36 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.
Why this sits apart from the attacks
An attack costs Energy and ends your turn. What is printed above does neither — it is available while the card is in play, so it is a different kind of cost to a deck. Attack costs are in the section above.
Is Hoopa-EX 36 strong for a EX card?
EX 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.
The group is every EX card in the archive — 438 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.
What does being a Psychic card do for Hoopa-EX 36?
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 — this card | 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 | 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 Psychic weakness.
What being a Psychic card is worth
Groups that most often print a Psychic weakness: Psychic (2,335 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Psychic cards are themselves most exposed to Psychic.
What knocks out Hoopa-EX 36 in one hit, and what does it knock out?
Weakness doubles the damage a Psychic attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 85 printed damage rather than 170.
Granbull90 damage90 damage becomes 180 against this card
Hoopa-EX 36170 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 408 cards in the archive that can remove Hoopa-EX 36 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 90 printed damage against a bar of 85. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.
Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.
| Card | Set | HP | Printed damage | After weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH159) | SWSH Black Star Promos | 300 | 300 | 600 |
| Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH160) | SWSH Black Star Promos | 300 | 300 | 600 |
| Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH161) | SWSH Black Star Promos | 300 | 300 | 600 |
| Mewtwo V-UNION (SWSH162) | SWSH Black Star Promos | 300 | 300 | 600 |
| Solgaleo & Lunala-GX (75) | Cosmic Eclipse | 270 | 230 | 460 |
| Solgaleo & Lunala-GX (216) | Cosmic Eclipse | 270 | 230 | 460 |
170 HP against a Psychic ×2 weakness means any Psychic attack printed at 85 damage or more is enough. 410 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Back to summaryWhat can you use instead of Hoopa-EX 36?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gengar-EX | Phantom Forces | 170 | 60 | 2 |
| Deoxys-EX | Plasma Freeze | 170 | 30 | 2 |
| M Gengar-EX | XY Black Star Promos | 210 | 120 | 2 |
| Mewtwo-EX | Next Destinies | 170 | 120 | 2 |
| Mewtwo-EX | BREAKthrough | 170 | 120 | 2 |
| Mewtwo-EX | BREAKthrough | 170 | 30 | 2 |
This card itself is 170 HP, 0 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Psychic like it.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Hoopa-EX 36?
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.
130
Hoopa [XY147]
170
Hoopa-EX [89]
190
Hoopa-GX [187]
140
Hoopa-EX [XY85]
190
Hoopa-GX [166]
220
Hoopa V [GG53]
220
Hoopa ex [226]
80
Hoopa [54]
70
Hoopa [XY90]
170
Hoopa-EX [XY71]
190
Hoopa-GX [96]
220
Hoopa V [253]
120
Hoopa [55]
220
Hoopa ex [98]
130
Hoopa [51]
130
Hoopa [140]
120
Hoopa [83]
120
Hoopa [111]
120
Hoopa [141]
120
Hoopa [122]
20 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 Hoopa-EX 36 in Ancient Origins?
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.
60
Unown [30]
60
Baltoy [31]
60
Baltoy [32]
100
Claydol [33]
90
Golett [34]
130
Golurk [35]
180
Machamp-EX [37]
60
Wooper [38]
110
Quagsire [39]
120
Regirock [40]
130
Golurk [41]
180
Tyranitar-EX [42]
These are the cards numbered either side of #36 in Ancient Origins. 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 Hoopa-EX 36, 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
“Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.”
Prize cards your opponent takes when it is knocked out
Every knockout carries the opponent 2 steps closer to winning, and that is the cost of putting this card on the field whatever it cost to buy.
| 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 August 12, 2015.
Hoopa-EX 36 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.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- A Psychic attack printed at 85 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 170 HP.
- 410 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Hoopa-EX 36 card record
| Hit points | 170 HP | Type | Psychic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Psychic ×2 | Retreat cost | 2 Energy |
| Card type | Basic EX | Pokédex number | #720 |
| Set | Ancient Origins | Card number | 36 of 98 |
| Series | XY | Released | August 12, 2015 |
| Rarity | Rare Holo EX | Illustrator | Ryota Murayama |
| Tournament legality | Unlimited and Expanded only | ||
| Printed rule | Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Hoopa-EX 36 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Hoopa-EX 36 — 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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