Temporal Forces
Palafin
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Versions of this card
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What the card itself says
Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.
- HP
- 150
- Type
- Water
- Stage
- Stage 1
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Weakness
- ×2
- Regulation mark
- H
Its attacks
Vanguard Punch
130This Pokémon also does 10 damage to itself for each damage counter on it.
Double Hit
90×Flip 2 coins. This attack does 90 damage for each heads.
What to make of it
Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- Vanguard Punch hits for 130 on 1 Energy. Nothing in Temporal Forces hits harder for that price.
- Palafin ex runs it in 14 of the 34 lists we have read, seen across 14 different tournaments.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 281 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
- Mark H, and that is the letter the next rotation takes away. After that you will not be able to play it in Standard.
Who plays it
These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.
| Deck | Lists | Tournaments | Printing listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palafin ex | 14 of 34 | 14 | TEF 49 |
When it came out
Temporal Forces landed here on 22 March 2024.
In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 January 2024, under the code SV5K + SV5M. That is 56 days ahead of us.
The other cards of this Pokémon
Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 12 Palafin cards on one page, priciest first.