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M Rayquaza-EX 98 — what does this card actually do?

This card has 220 HP, a top attack printed at 30 damage and a Lightning weakness.

Colorless · MEGA EX · Ancient Origins · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does M Rayquaza-EX 98 do in a game?

M Rayquaza-EX 98 is a Colorless Pokémon card with 220 HP, printed as MEGA EX.

Its strongest attack, Emerald Break, is printed at 30 damage for 3 Energy — 10 damage per Energy card.

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

M Rayquaza-EX 98Ancient Origins

M Rayquaza-EX 98 performance summary

220 HP · Colorless · MEGA EX · retreat 1 · Lightning weakness ×2

Top printed damage3010 per Energy Emerald Break30 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026
Hit points220 HP6.6% of 17,290 in the 190~230 band
Printed damage3042.7% of 16,246 in the ~30 band
Retreat cost1 Energy49.3% of 17,240 in the 1 band
Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 10 · typical 34.7
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 3
Price trackRare SecretAncient Originsranked among EX cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it
Card classMEGA EX
RarityRare Secret
SetAncient Origins
Card number98
Card data readJuly 28, 2026
How M Rayquaza-EX 98 is built, on five measures
Hit points220 HPTop printed damage30 damageEnergy efficiency10 per EnergyRetreat lightness1 EnergyAttack cost lightness3 Energy

Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 5.6% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 3.1%.

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 M Rayquaza-EX 98 is built, on five measures
MeasurePercentilePrinted value
Hit points91.3%220 HP
Top printed damage28.9%30 damage
Energy efficiency3.1%10 per Energy
Retreat lightness94.4%1 Energy
Attack cost lightness17.4%3 Energy

What it can do

Attack record
  • 3EEmerald Break10 damage per Energy card · has printed text30damage

1 attack printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

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

This cardM Rayquaza-EX 98 — Ancient OriginsM Rayquaza-EX 98Ancient Origins220 HP

Printed HP

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

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

What stands out on M Rayquaza-EX 98

  • Hit points 220 HP puts it in the 190~230 band, where 6.6% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
  • Energy It returns 10 damage per Energy card against 34.7 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 3.
  • Weakness A Lightning attack printed at 110 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

M Rayquaza-EX 98 at a glance

  • What it is. A Colorless Pokémon card with 220 HP printed as MEGA EX, printed in Ancient Origins.
  • What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 30 damage for 3 Energy.
  • What it fears. A Lightning weakness at ×2, which means 110 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 M Rayquaza-EX 98 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 30 damage, which is 10 damage for every Energy card attached.

M Rayquaza-EX 98 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
AttackEnergy costCards of EnergyPrinted damageDamage per EnergyEffect
Emerald Break3 Colorless330×10This attack does 30 damage times the number of your Benched Pokémon.

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

Emerald Break3 Energy cards

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.

  • Emerald Break 3 Energy30 damage for 3 Energy — 10 per Energy card30

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (30).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

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

  • Emerald Break is printed as 30×, so the printed number is multiplied — the attack deals that much for each thing the sentence beside it counts.
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How does M Rayquaza-EX 98 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.

M Rayquaza-EX 98 — Ancient Origins
M Rayquaza-EXAncient Origins 98

M Rayquaza-EX 98 prints 220 HP, which puts it at number 1,216 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

29% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

  • This card220 HP
  • Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
  • Strongest EX card250 HP
Mega Emboar ex — Ascended Heroes 273 · the highest printed HP in the archive at 380

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hit points — where this card sits
GroupShareValue
~7038.6%6,669 cards
80~12033.1%5,725 cards
130~18015.5%2,679 cards
190~230 — this card6.6%1,148 cards
240~2803.3%567 cards
290~3302.4%412 cards
340+0.5%90 cards
Top printed damage — where this card sits
~30 — this card42.7%6,938 cards
40~6022.0%3,566 cards
70~12021.8%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 30.

Cards in the ~30 band typically have 70 HP and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
GroupShareValue
~30 — this card42.7%6,938 cards
40~6022.0%3,566 cards
70~12021.8%3,535 cards
130~1809.0%1,461 cards
190~2503.8%621 cards
260+0.8%125 cards
Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
01.8%304 cards
154.4%9,392 cards
226.4%4,565 cards
3 — this card14.7%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 3 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically have 153 HP and print 104 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
GroupShareValue
01.8%304 cards
154.4%9,392 cards
226.4%4,565 cards
3 — this card14.7%2,533 cards
42.4%421 cards
50.3%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
GroupShareValue
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

That is where M Rayquaza-EX 98 stands highest on HP — number 107 of 2,171 cards in Colorless cards. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

  • Mega Emboar ex — 380 HP, the highest in this group
    Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 1,216 of 17,290 by HP · No. 9,309 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380
    top 57% on damage
  • Slaking ex — 340 HP, the highest in this group
    Colorless cards — 2,173 cards No. 107 of 2,171 by HP · No. 994 of 2,018 by damage · top by HP: Slaking ex, 340
    top 49% on damage
  • Wailord-EX — 250 HP, the highest in this group
    EX cards — 438 cards No. 31 of 438 by HP · No. 391 of 424 by damage · top by HP: Wailord-EX, 250
    top 92% on damage
  • Primal Kyogre-EX — 240 HP, the highest in this group
    Ancient Origins — 101 cards No. 5 of 82 by HP · No. 48 of 76 by damage · top by HP: Primal Kyogre-EX, 240
    top 62% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

  • Hit points 220 HPmiddle half 60–130 HP
  • Top printed damage 30 damagemiddle half 20–90 damage
  • Lowest to highest printed in the archive
  • Middle half of the archive
  • This card

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

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.
Cards printed as EX
438 on record
Cards in the same HP band
1,148 of 17,290 (6.6%)
Cards with this much printed damage
6,938 of 16,246 (42.7%)
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 M Rayquaza-EX 98 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 30 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical
2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical
3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical
4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical
5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical
M Rayquaza-EX 98 — this card10.030 damage for 3 Energy

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

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 3 typically return 34.7 damage per Energy card. This card returns 10.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
GroupShareValue
1 Energy49.049 damage typical
2 Energy32.565 damage typical
3 Energy34.7104 damage typical
4 Energy27.8111 damage typical
5 Energy41.8209 damage typical
M Rayquaza-EX 98 — this card10.030 damage for 3 Energy
2501250 damage
012345 Energy
Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsEmerald Break 30 / 3

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

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on M Rayquaza-EX 98.
GroupTypical printed damageDamage per Energy cardCards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy45304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy49499,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy65334,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy104352,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy11128421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy2094247
Emerald Break10
This card, per Energy card
10 damage
Typical for a 3 Energy attack
34.7 damage
Difference
-24.7 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 30 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is M Rayquaza-EX 98 strong for a MEGA card?

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

Hit points220 HPtypical for the group is 278 HP — this card is 21% below
Top printed damage30 damagetypical for the group is 154 damage — this card is 81% below
Retreat cost1 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 50% below

The group is every MEGA card in the archive — 207 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.

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What does being a Colorless card do for M Rayquaza-EX 98?

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 110 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.
M Rayquaza-EX 98 · MEGA EX 220 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 30 damage.
Takes double from this card no group most often prints a Colorless weakness This type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.
How the archive splits by energy type
Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards
Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards
Colorless — this cardmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards
Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards
Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards
Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards
Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards
Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards
Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards
Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards
Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

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

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

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

What being a Colorless card is worth

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

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What knocks out M Rayquaza-EX 98 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 110 printed damage rather than 220.

Cards that remove it in one attack
326
Cards it removes in one attack
11
Lightning damage needed to knock it out
110
Counted across the whole card archive. 220 HP against a Lightning weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.
Removes it in one attackManectricManectricPitch Black 24110 damage
×2Lightning weakness · 110 printed damage is enough
110 damage becomes 220 against this card
This cardM Rayquaza-EX 98M Rayquaza-EX 98Ancient Origins 98220 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 325 cards in the archive that can remove M Rayquaza-EX 98 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 110 printed damage against a bar of 110. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

M Rayquaza-EXweak to Lightning ×2
M Rayquaza-EXresists 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 M Rayquaza-EX in one attack
CardSetHPPrinted damageAfter weakness
Pikachu ex (57)Ascended Heroes200300600
Pikachu ex (277)Ascended Heroes200300600
Pikachu ex (57)Surging Sparks200300600
Pikachu ex (219)Surging Sparks200300600
Pikachu ex (238)Surging Sparks200300600
Pikachu ex (247)Surging Sparks200300600

220 HP against a Lightning ×2 weakness means any Lightning attack printed at 110 damage or more is enough. 326 cards in the archive clear that bar.

Cards this one removes in a single attack

11 cards in the archive are weak to Colorless and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What can you use instead of M Rayquaza-EX 98?

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 M Rayquaza-EX 98
CardSetHPTop damageRetreat
Lugia-EXPlasma Storm1801202
M Rayquaza-EXRoaring Skies220301
Tornadus-EXPlasma Freeze180602
M Rayquaza-EXRoaring Skies220301
Regigigas-EXNext Destinies180604
Lugia-EXPlasma Storm1801202

This card itself is 220 HP, 30 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Colorless like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to M Rayquaza-EX 98 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.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #98 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.

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Which rules apply to M Rayquaza-EX 98, 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

“Mega Evolution rule: When 1 of your Pokémon becomes a Mega Evolution Pokémon, your turn ends. Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.”

Rulebook clauses that apply to M Rayquaza-EX 98
ClauseWhat the rulebook saysCards it applies toShare of the archive
WeaknessSome Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.16,744 cards81.9%
RetreatRetreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).17,244 cards84.3%
Energy per turnYou can attach Energy just once each turn!17,180 cards84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

M Rayquaza-EX 98 — tournament formats
FormatStatusWhat that means
StandardNot listedThis card is not listed for this format
ExpandedLegalCan be played in this format
UnlimitedLegalCan be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play. It was released on August 12, 2015.

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M Rayquaza-EX 98 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, Emerald Break, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
  • That works out at 10 damage for every Energy card attached.
  • Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
  • It cannot start the game in play — Rayquaza-EX has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 1,216 of 17,290
Colorless cardsNo. 107 of 2,171
EX cardsNo. 31 of 438
Ancient OriginsNo. 5 of 82

What actually removes it

  • A Lightning attack printed at 110 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 220 HP.
  • 326 cards in the archive clear that bar.
  • Going the other way, it removes 11 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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M Rayquaza-EX 98 card record

M Rayquaza-EX 98 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points220 HPTypeColorless
WeaknessLightning ×2Retreat cost1 Energy
Evolves fromRayquaza-EXCard typeMEGA EX
Pokédex number#384SetAncient Origins
Card number98 of 98SeriesXY
ReleasedAugust 12, 2015RarityRare Secret
Illustrator5ban Graphics
Tournament legalityUnlimited and Expanded only
Printed ruleMega Evolution rule: When 1 of your Pokémon becomes a Mega Evolution Pokémon, your turn ends. 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.

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What does M Rayquaza-EX 98 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
$1,069.91
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One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.
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M Rayquaza-EX 98 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out M Rayquaza-EX 98?

M Rayquaza-EX 98 has 220 HP and a Lightning weakness at ×2, so a Lightning attack printed at 110 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 220.

What is the strongest attack on M Rayquaza-EX 98?

Emerald Break, printed at 30 damage for 3 Energy — 10 damage per Energy card. This attack does 30 damage times the number of your Benched Pokémon.

What is the retreat cost of M Rayquaza-EX 98?

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 Emerald Break mean?

It marks the damage as conditional: the printed figure is dealt once for each thing the sentence on the card counts. The full sentence is printed on the card and quoted in the attack table on this page — "This attack does 30 damage times the number of your Benched Pokémon."

What does M Rayquaza-EX evolve from?

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

Can M Rayquaza-EX 98 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.

What does the rule on M Rayquaza-EX 98 mean?

The card reads “Mega Evolution rule: When 1 of your Pokémon becomes a Mega Evolution Pokémon, your turn ends. Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.” That sentence is printed on the card itself, so it applies wherever the card is played.

Does this page say how good M Rayquaza-EX 98 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.

1
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.

1
Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com
2
TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com
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