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Golduck BREAK 18 — what does this card actually do?

This card has 140 HP.

Water · BREAK · BREAKpoint · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Golduck BREAK 18 do in a game?

Golduck BREAK 18 is a Water Pokémon card with 140 HP, printed as BREAK.

WaterBREAKRare BREAKUnlimited and Expanded#055 Golduck BREAK

Golduck BREAK 18BREAKpoint

Golduck BREAK 18 performance summary

140 HP · Water · BREAK · retreat 0

Hit points140 HP15.5% of 17,290 in the 130~180 band
Retreat cost0 Energy5.3% of 17,240 in the 0 band
Price trackRare BREAKBREAKpoint26 printsranked among BREAK cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it
Card classBREAK
RarityRare BREAK
SetBREAKpoint
Card number18
AbilityHyper Transfer
Card data readJuly 28, 2026
What it sells for now$6.42Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026Other prints of this name26 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to printCards in the same line21 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #055Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

Where it stands

Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 3,522 at 140 HP.

Water cardsNo. 465of 2,435 by printed HPBREAK cardsNo. 18of 35 by printed HP
This cardGolduck BREAK 18 — BREAKpointGolduck BREAK 18BREAKpoint140 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 240 HP above this card.

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

What stands out on Golduck BREAK 18

  • Hit points 140 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
  • Legality 3 of the 22 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Golduck BREAK 18 at a glance

  • What it is. A Water Pokémon card with 140 HP printed as BREAK, printed in BREAKpoint.
  • 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.

How does Golduck BREAK 18 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.

Golduck BREAK 18 — BREAKpoint
Golduck BREAKBREAKpoint 18

Golduck BREAK 18 prints 140 HP, which puts it at number 3,522 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).

  • This card140 HP
  • Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
  • Strongest BREAK card190 HP
  • Strongest Golduck BREAK printed140 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 140 HP, which is 37% 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 140 HP.

Cards in the 130~180 band typically print 104 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
130~180 — 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
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
GroupShareValue
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

That is where Golduck BREAK 18 stands highest on HP — number 465 of 2,435 cards in Water 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. 3,522 of 17,290 by HP · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380
  • Wailord ex — 380 HP, the highest in this group
    Water cards — 2,435 cards No. 465 of 2,435 by HP · top by HP: Wailord ex, 380
  • Chesnaught BREAK — 190 HP, the highest in this group
    BREAK cards — 35 cards No. 18 of 35 by HP · top by HP: Chesnaught BREAK, 190
  • M Gyarados-EX — 240 HP, the highest in this group
    BREAKpoint — 126 cards No. 24 of 104 by HP · top by HP: M Gyarados-EX, 240

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 140 HPmiddle 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.

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 BREAK
35 on record
Cards in the same HP band
2,679 of 17,290 (15.5%)
Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

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What Golduck BREAK 18 does without attacking

Golduck BREAK 18 carries 1 printed effect that work outside the attack step, so it can matter on a turn the card never attacks.

Printed effects
1
Capped at once a turn
None
Read from the printed text quoted below, not counted anywhere else.
Hyper Transfer — Ability
As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may move a basic Energy from 1 of your Pokémon to another of your Pokémon.
Quoted from the card face. The label after the dash is how the card itself names the effect.

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.

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What does being a Water card do for Golduck BREAK 18?

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 — no weakness printed Damage from the printed weakness attacks is increased before it is applied.
Golduck BREAK 18 · BREAK 140 HP It prints no attack damage.
Takes double from this card 1,574 cards in groups that print a Water weakness Against Fire, printed damage from this card counts double.
How the archive splits by energy type
Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards
Water — this cardmost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards
Colorlessmost 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
Water — this card14.1%2,435 cards
Colorless12.6%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
Fireweak to Water

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

What being a Water card is worth

Groups that most often print a Water weakness: Fire (1,574 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double.

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

Golduck BREAK 18 is one print of Golduck BREAK. 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.

Golduck BREAK has been printed 26 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 Golduck BREAK cards ever printedPokédex #055Prints on record 26Toughest print 140 HPThis card 140 HP
26prints
Legal in Standard3Older prints, not in Standard23

Every Golduck BREAK 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.

Golduck BREAK 18 is the toughest Golduck BREAK ever printed

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon
  • Golduck BREAK 18/122the toughest Golduck BREAK ever printedXY - BREAKpoint140 HP

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

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What has to be in play before Golduck BREAK 18 can be?

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

The Golduck BREAK line, oldest stage firstPokédex #055
Psyduck20 prints on record · EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua
+40 HP · +90 damage
Golduck15 prints on record · Legendary Collection
+20 HP
Golduck BREAK1 prints on record · XY - BREAKpoint
Psyduck → Golduck → Golduck BREAK
  • This card cannot be played from your hand onto an empty spot — it goes on top of Golduck.
  • The line runs 3 stages, so the first card has to be in play 2 turns before this one can be.
  • Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 055.
  • 1PsyduckPsyduckHardest attack printed at this stage: 30 damage80 HP
  • 2GolduckGolduckHardest attack printed at this stage: 120 damage. Evolving here adds 40 HP over the stage before it120 HP
  • 3Golduck BREAKGolduck BREAKNo attack damage printed at this stage. Evolving here adds 20 HP over the stage before it140 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (140 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 Golduck BREAK print, and can the older ones still be played?

26 prints carry this name in the archive, and 22 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 (140 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

22 rows are shown of the 26 prints counted under this name.

Golduck BREAK prints — can each one still be played?
PrintSetRegulation markStandard
Golduck BREAK 18/122XY - BREAKpointNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Golduck 040/217ME: Ascended HeroesMark ILegal in Standard
Golduck 025/203SWSH07: Evolving SkiesMark ENot legal in Standard
Golduck 27/181SM - Team UpNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Golduck 41/236SM - Cosmic EclipseNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Golduck 055/165SV: Scarlet & Violet 151Mark GLegal in Standard
Golduck 17/122XY - BREAKpointNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Golduck 029/189SWSH10: Astral RadianceMark FLegal in Standard
Golduck 22/102TriumphantNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Golduck 28/132Secret WondersNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Golduck 29/127PlatinumNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Golduck 35/149Boundaries CrossedNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Golduck 29/149SM Base SetNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Light Golduck 047/105Neo DestinyNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Golduck 34/149Boundaries CrossedNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Misty's Golduck 012/132Gym ChallengeNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Golduck 043/110Legendary CollectionNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Dark Golduck 35/109EX Team Rocket ReturnsNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Golduck 17/100EX SandstormNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Sabrina's Golduck 030/132Gym ChallengeNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Golduck 35/62FossilNo mark printedNot legal in Standard
Dark Golduck 37/82Team RocketNo mark printedNot legal in Standard

3 of the 22 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 Golduck BREAK 18?

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 Golduck BREAK 18
CardSetHPTop damageRetreat
Greninja BREAKBREAKpoint17000
Clawitzer BREAKSteam Siege13000
Omastar BREAKFates Collide14000
Starmie BREAKEvolutions13000

This card itself is 140 HP, 0 top damage and 0 retreat, and every card here is Water like it.

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Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Golduck BREAK 18?

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.

Misty's Golduck 12 — Gym Challenge 70 Misty's Golduck [12] Golduck 43 — Legendary Collection 70 Golduck [43] Dark Golduck 35 — Team Rocket Returns 70 Dark Golduck [35] Golduck 17 — Sandstorm 70 Golduck [17] Sabrina's Golduck 30 — Gym Challenge 70 Sabrina's Golduck [30] Light Golduck 47 — Neo Destiny 80 Light Golduck [47] Dark Golduck 37 — Team Rocket 60 Dark Golduck [37] Golduck 22 — HS—Triumphant 90 Golduck [22] Golduck 35 — Fossil 70 Golduck [35] Golduck 28 — Secret Wonders 90 Golduck [28] Golduck 34 — Boundaries Crossed 80 Golduck [34] Golduck 29 — Platinum 90 Golduck [29] Golduck 35 — Boundaries Crossed 90 Golduck [35] Golduck 17 — BREAKpoint 100 Golduck [17] Golduck 27 — Team Up 110 Golduck [27] Golduck 40 — Ascended Heroes 120 Golduck [40] Golduck 41 — Cosmic Eclipse 110 Golduck [41] Golduck 29 — Sun & Moon 90 Golduck [29] Golduck 25 — Evolving Skies 120 Golduck [25] Golduck 29 — Astral Radiance 100 Golduck [29] Golduck 55 — 151 110 Golduck [55]
Cards sharing this Pokédex number

21 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number (#055). 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.

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What was printed next to Golduck BREAK 18 in BREAKpoint?

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.

Numel 12 — BREAKpoint 80 Numel [12] Camerupt 13 — BREAKpoint 130 Camerupt [13] Emboar-EX 14 — BREAKpoint 180 Emboar-EX [14] Heatmor 15 — BREAKpoint 100 Heatmor [15] Psyduck 16 — BREAKpoint 60 Psyduck [16] Golduck 17 — BREAKpoint 100 Golduck [17] Slowpoke 19 — BREAKpoint 70 Slowpoke [19] Slowbro 20 — BREAKpoint 100 Slowbro [20] Slowking 21 — BREAKpoint 100 Slowking [21] Shellder 22 — BREAKpoint 60 Shellder [22] Shellder 23 — BREAKpoint 60 Shellder [23] Cloyster 24 — BREAKpoint 100 Cloyster [24]
Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #18 in BREAKpoint. 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 Golduck BREAK 18, 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

“BREAK Evolution Rule: Golduck BREAK retains the attacks, Abilities, Weakness, Resistance, and Retreat Cost of its previous Evolution.”

Rulebook clauses that apply to Golduck BREAK 18
ClauseWhat the rulebook saysCards it applies toShare of the archive
RetreatRetreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).17,244 cards84.3%

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.

Golduck BREAK 18 — 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 February 3, 2016.

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Golduck BREAK 18 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

  • Moving it out of the active spot costs no Energy at all.
  • It cannot start the game in play — Golduck has to be on the field first.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 3,522 of 17,290
Water cardsNo. 465 of 2,435
BREAK cardsNo. 18 of 35
BREAKpointNo. 24 of 104
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Golduck BREAK 18 card record

Golduck BREAK 18 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points140 HPTypeWater
Retreat cost0 EnergyEvolves fromGolduck
Card typeBREAKPokédex number#055
SetBREAKpointCard number18 of 122
SeriesXYReleasedFebruary 3, 2016
RarityRare BREAKIllustrator5ban Graphics
Tournament legalityUnlimited and Expanded only
Printed ruleBREAK Evolution Rule: Golduck BREAK retains the attacks, Abilities, Weakness, Resistance, and Retreat Cost of its previous Evolution.

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Golduck BREAK 18 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
$6.42
Read on
August 14, 2026
One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.
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Golduck BREAK 18 — frequently asked questions

What is the retreat cost of Golduck BREAK 18?

None. Golduck BREAK 18 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 Golduck BREAK print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 22 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 Golduck BREAK evolve from?

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

Can Golduck BREAK 18 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 Golduck BREAK 18 mean?

The card reads “BREAK Evolution Rule: Golduck BREAK retains the attacks, Abilities, Weakness, Resistance, and Retreat Cost of its previous Evolution.” That sentence is printed on the card itself, so it applies wherever the card is played.

Does this page say how good Golduck BREAK 18 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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