Temporal Forces

Palafin

TEFFR49· Uncommon
Palafin TEF 49

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

Versions of this card

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What the card itself says

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

HP
150
Type
Water
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
H
Number
49/162
Set
Temporal ForcesTEFSet guide
Illustrated by
DOM

Its attacks

Vanguard PunchPoing Avant-Garde

130

This Pokémon also does 10 damage to itself for each damage counter on it.Ce Pokémon s'inflige aussi 10 dégâts pour chaque marqueur de dégâts placé sur lui.

Double HitCoup Double

90×

Flip 2 coins. This attack does 90 damage for each heads.Lancez 2 pièces. Cette attaque inflige 90 dégâts pour chaque côté face.

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

    Vanguard Punch hits for 130 on 1 Energy. Nothing in Temporal Forces hits harder for that price.

  2. A strength

    Palafin ex runs it in 15 of the 36 lists we have read, seen across 15 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

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

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 336 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 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 ex15 of 3615TEF 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.

Every set, with both of its dates

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