Twilight Masquerade

Palafin ex TWM 61/167

TWMJPDouble rare
Palafin ex TWM 61

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read TWM 61/167 there. Its illustration is signed PLANETA Mochizuki.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Twilight Masquerade set, released here on 24 May 2024.

When it came out

Twilight Masquerade landed here on 24 May 2024.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 April 2024, under the code SV6. That is 28 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
340
Type
Water
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
H
Number
61/167
Set
Twilight MasqueradeTWMSet guide
Illustrated by
PLANETA Mochizuki

Its Ability

Hero's Spiritマイティソウル

Put this Pokémon into play only with the effect of Palafin's Zero to Hero Ability.このカードは、「イルカマン」の特性「マイティチェンジ」の効果によってしか場に出せない。

Its attacks

Giga Impactギガインパクト

250

During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.次の自分の番、このポケモンはワザが使えない。

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.

  1. A strength

    340 HP, and nothing in Prismatic Evolutions goes higher. That is the wall your opponent has to break through before taking a Prize.

  2. A strength

    Giga Impact hits for 250 on 1 Energy. Nothing in Prismatic Evolutions hits harder for that price.

  3. A strength

    It has an Ability, Hero's Spirit. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  4. A strength

    Palafin ex runs it in 42 of the 42 lists we have read, seen across 38 different tournaments.

  5. A strength

    Mark H. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  6. Keep in mind

    It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.

  7. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 439 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

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.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Palafin ex42 of 4238TWM 61

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.

See every Palafin card and its price