Ho-Oh BREAK XY154 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 150 HP and a top attack printed at 160 damage.
Fire · BREAK · XY Black Star Promos · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Ho-Oh BREAK XY154 do in a game?
Ho-Oh BREAK XY154 is a Fire Pokémon card with 150 HP, printed as BREAK.
Its strongest attack, Shining Flame, is printed at 160 damage for 5 Energy — 32 damage per Energy card.
Ho-Oh BREAK XY154XY Black Star Promos
Ho-Oh BREAK XY154 performance summary
150 HP · Fire · BREAK · retreat 0
as of July 28, 2026
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 5
Strongest on Retreat lightness — top 0.1% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 0.3%.
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 | 79.6% | 150 HP |
| Top printed damage | 91.7% | 160 damage |
| Energy efficiency | 74.9% | 32 per Energy |
| Retreat lightness | 100.0% | 0 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 0.3% | 5 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 3,166 at 150 HP.
Ho-Oh BREAK XY154150 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 230 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Ho-Oh BREAK XY154
- Hit points 150 HP puts it in the 130~180 band, where 15.5% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Energy It returns 32 damage per Energy card against 41.8 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 5.
Ho-Oh BREAK XY154 at a glance
- What it is. A Fire Pokémon card with 150 HP printed as BREAK, printed in XY Black Star Promos.
- What it can do. 1 attack printed on the card, the strongest at 160 damage for 5 Energy.
- 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.
What do the attacks on Ho-Oh BREAK XY154 cost, and what do they hit for?
The card prints 1 attack. The strongest asks for 5 Energy and returns 160 damage, which is 32 damage for every Energy card attached.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shining Flame | 3 Fire + 2 Colorless | 5 | 160 | 32 | This Pokémon can't use Shining Flame during your next turn. |
This card has no retreat cost at all, so it can leave the active spot without discarding any Energy — the only limit is that retreating happens once a turn.
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.
How does Ho-Oh BREAK XY154 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 150 HP, which is 40% 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 150 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 |
16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 160.
Cards in the 130~180 band typically have 198 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~30 | 42.7% | 6,938 cards |
| 40~60 | 22.0% | 3,566 cards |
| 70~120 | 21.8% | 3,535 cards |
| 130~180 — this card | 9.0% | 1,461 cards |
| 190~250 | 3.8% | 621 cards |
| 260+ | 0.8% | 125 cards |
17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 5 Energy.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 5 typically have 209 HP and print 209 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1.8% | 304 cards |
| 1 | 54.4% | 9,392 cards |
| 2 | 26.4% | 4,565 cards |
| 3 | 14.7% | 2,533 cards |
| 4 | 2.4% | 421 cards |
| 5 — this card | 0.3% | 47 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.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 — this card | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Ho-Oh BREAK XY154 stands highest on HP — number 3,166 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.
- Hit points 150 HP
middle half 60–130 HP - Top printed damage 160 damage
middle half 20–90 damage
- Lowest to highest printed in the archive
- Middle half of the archive
- This card
Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.
Open the group this card falls into
Back to summaryIs Ho-Oh BREAK XY154 efficient for the Energy it asks for?
Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 160 damage attack that needs 5 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.
Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 5 typically return 41.8 damage per Energy card. This card returns 32.
| 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 |
| Ho-Oh BREAK XY154 — this card | 32.0 | 160 damage for 5 Energy |
Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.
| Group | Typical printed damage | Damage per Energy card | Cards in this group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy | 45 | — | 304 |
| Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy | 49 | 49 | 9,392 |
| Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy | 65 | 33 | 4,565 |
| Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy | 104 | 35 | 2,533 |
| Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy | 111 | 28 | 421 |
| Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy | 209 | 42 | 47 |
| Shining Flame | — | 32 | — |
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 160 is read as high or low rather than merely large.
What does being a Fire card do for Ho-Oh BREAK XY154?
Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.
17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Psychic | 13.5% | 2,335 cards |
| Water | 14.1% | 2,435 cards |
| Colorless | 12.6% | 2,173 cards |
| Fire — 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 |
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.
What can you use instead of Ho-Oh BREAK XY154?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talonflame BREAK | Steam Siege | 170 | 150 | 0 |
| Ninetales BREAK | Evolutions | 140 | 10 | 0 |
| Delphox BREAK | Fates Collide | 180 | 0 | 0 |
| Pyroar BREAK | Steam Siege | 160 | 180 | 0 |
This card itself is 150 HP, 160 top damage and 0 retreat, and every card here is Fire like it.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Ho-Oh BREAK XY154?
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.
80
Ho-oh [149]
90
Ho-oh [7]
110
Ho-Oh ex [104]
110
Ho-Oh ex [17]
100
Ho-Oh [SL5]
160
Ho-Oh-EX [119]
140
Ho-Oh LEGEND [111]
230
Ethan's Ho-Oh ex [230]
140
Ho-Oh LEGEND [112]
80
Ho-oh [52]
90
Ho-oh [18]
80
Ho-Oh [1]
80
Ho-Oh [HGSS01]
180
Ho-Oh-EX [121]
90
Ho-Oh [10]
190
Ho-Oh-GX [SV50]
100
Ho-Oh [9]
130
Shining Ho-Oh [SM70]
230
Ethan's Ho-Oh ex [239]
190
Ho-Oh-GX [131]
120
Ho-Oh [XY153]
190
Ho-Oh-GX [SM57]
230
Ho-Oh V [187]
160
Ho-Oh-EX [22]
180
Ho-Oh-EX [92]
190
Ho-Oh-GX [21]
230
Ethan's Ho-Oh ex [209]
230
Ho-Oh V [140]
130
Ho-Oh [160]
230
Ethan's Ho-Oh ex [39]
230
Ethan's Ho-Oh ex [26]
130
Ho-Oh [1]
130
Ho-Oh [10]
130
Ho-Oh [19]
34 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number (#250). 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 Ho-Oh BREAK XY154 in XY Black Star Promos?
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.
170
Xerneas-EX [XY149]
170
Yveltal-EX [XY150]
170
Yveltal-EX [XY150a]
190
Zygarde-EX [XY151]
120
Zygarde [XY152]
120
Ho-Oh [XY153]
140
Wobbuffet BREAK [XY155]
120
Lugia [XY156]
160
Beedrill-EX [XY157]
200
M Beedrill-EX [XY158]
Beedrill Spirit Link [XY159]
130
Black Kyurem [XY160]
These are the cards numbered either side of #XY154 in XY Black Star Promos. 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 Ho-Oh BREAK XY154, 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: Ho-Oh BREAK retains the attacks, Abilities, Weakness, Resistance, and Retreat Cost of its previous Evolution.”
| Clause | What the rulebook says | Cards it applies to | Share of the archive |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 October 12, 2013.
Ho-Oh BREAK XY154 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, Shining Flame, needs 5 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 5 turns from an empty card.
- That works out at 32 damage for every Energy card attached.
- Moving it out of the active spot costs no Energy at all.
- It cannot start the game in play — Ho-Oh has to be on the field first.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
Ho-Oh BREAK XY154 card record
| Hit points | 150 HP | Type | Fire |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retreat cost | 0 Energy | Evolves from | Ho-Oh |
| Card type | BREAK | Pokédex number | #250 |
| Set | XY Black Star Promos | Card number | XY154 of 211 |
| Series | XY | Released | October 12, 2013 |
| Rarity | Promo | Illustrator | 5ban Graphics |
| Tournament legality | Unlimited and Expanded only | ||
| Printed rule | BREAK Evolution Rule: Ho-Oh 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.
What does Ho-Oh BREAK XY154 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Ho-Oh BREAK XY154 — 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.
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