Arceus
Salamence LV.X
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
- 160
- Type
- Colorless
- Stage
- LEVEL-UP
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Weakness
- ×2
- Resistance
- -20
Its Ability
Double Fall
Once during your turn (before your attack), when you put Salamence LV.X from your hand onto your Active Salamence, you may use this power. For each of your opponent's Pokémon that is Knocked Out by damage from Salamence's attacks this turn, take 1 more Prize card.
Its attacks
Steam Blast
100Discard an Energy card attached to Salamence.
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
- 160 HP, and nothing in Arceus goes higher. That is the wall your opponent has to break through before taking a Prize.
- Steam Blast hits for 100 on 4 Energy. Nothing in Arceus hits harder for that price.
- It has an Ability, Double Fall. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- None of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
- Weakness Colorless ×2. Against a Colorless Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 2,362 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
Who plays it
None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.
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 28 Salamence cards on one page, priciest first.