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This Greninja card has 130 HP, as shown in the top-right corner

The HP (Japanese: HP(エイチピー)), short for Hit Point (Japanese: ヒットポイント Hit Point), represents the health of each Pokémon card. This value is based on the Pokémon's HP from the games.

Terminology

The Trading Card Game Rulebook usually uses the abbreviation "HP" in running text rather than "Hit Points". In the latest 2020 version of this rulebook, "Hit Points" is not used outside of the Glossary section explaining Pokémon TCG terms. Both words in "Hit Points" start with capital letters in official material.

The "HP" abbreviation is seen with the HP value in Pokémon cards. It is also used in the text explaining card effects relating to HP, such as in the cards Heat R Energy ("The Pokémon this card is attached to gets +20 HP."), Shedinja ("Put damage counters on your opponent's Active Pokémon until its remaining HP is 10."), Galarian Stunfisk V, Hero's Medal, and so on.

Ditto is the only card that mentions "Hit Points" instead of "HP" in its English text. The "Hit Points" are mentioned in the description of Ditto's Transform attack: "treat it as if it were the same card as the Defending Pokémon, including type, Hit Points, Weakness, and so on".

Overview

Each Pokémon card has an HP value printed at the top-right corner. This value is a multiple of 10. Different Pokémon cards often have a different HP even if they represent the same Pokémon species. For instance, several Pikachu cards have 40, 50, 60, or 70 HP, depending on the card.

A Pokémon's damage is tallied up by way of damage counters, each counter representing 10 damage. For example, if a Pokémon with 120 HP has 3 damage counters, that is equivalent to 30 HP damage, with 90 HP still remaining for this Pokémon. If a Pokémon has lost all their HP (for instance, a Pokémon with 120 HP with twelve or more damage counters on it), it is Knocked Out. Once a Pokémon card is Knocked Out, it and all cards attached are sent to the discard pile, and the opponent takes one of their Prize cards.

Certain Abilities and Pokémon Tool cards can change a Pokémon's HP, increasing or decreasing it.

List of cards by HP

List of Pokémon cards by HP

Each regular Pokémon card has between 30 and 340 HP. There is currently no Pokémon card with exactly 290 base HP. A few special cards have over 340 HP, including some Jumbo cards and one-off promos, but these are generally not tournament legal.

Some Pokémon cards with low HP include unevolved Pokémon such as Magikarp, as well as Baby Pokémon. Some Pokémon cards with high HP include Pokémon-EX, Pokémon-GX, Pokémon LV.X, and Pokémon VMAX cards.

This is a list of how many Pokémon cards there are for each HP value. This list does not include reprints of the same cards.

List of Trainer cards by HP

Some Trainer cards can also be played like Pokémon cards. These Trainer cards have some HP as well. If they are Knocked Out, they don't count as Knocked Out Pokémon, and the opposing player does not get a Prize card.

The Japanese card Dance! Neo Imakuni? includes an HP number, but cannot be played as a Pokémon. The word "ウソ" (lie) points to the card's HP, indicating that the HP is a lie.

List of Pokémon Tool cards that change a Pokémon's HP

In video games

Trading Card Game series

In Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!, the maximum HP of a Pokémon card is shown at the top-right corner.

When a Pokémon card is used in a duel (either as the Active Pokémon or in the Bench), its HP is shown as group of circles. White circles represent 10 HP with no damage, and black circles represent 10 HP damage.

HP (no damage)	HP (damage)

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.