Zwirrklop

Printed language: German · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): EX Deoxys
Rarity (source): Selten
Illustrator: Tomoko Wakai
Source reference: ex8-7

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The Pokémon’s story

Dusclops is hollow beneath its ghostly exterior. It opens its mouth to suck in anything that comes too close, while its single eye can stare at and hypnotize an opponent. Legends compare its interior to a black hole from which nothing escapes. The Pokédex also reports that it seeks out and swallows will-o'-the-wisps, without explaining what becomes of them. Perhaps its greatest menace lies in that unanswered question: its body's appearance reveals nothing about what it contains.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Shield says Dusclops swallows will-o'-the-wisps but leaves their fate unknown. Pokémon Alpha Sapphire describes its eye as a tool for hypnosis. The mystery of its empty body thus coexists with a very specific method of capture.

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Card details

HP: 70
Type (source): Psycho
Stage (source): Rang 1
Pokédex number: 356
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Unlicht ×2
Resistance (source): Kampf -30

Printed card text — German

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Attacks

Psychic Removal

Cost: Psycho

Damage: 20

Flip 2 coins. If both of them are heads, discard all Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.

Powerful Hand.

Cost: Psycho · Psycho · Farblos

Count the number of cards in your hand. Put that many damage counters on the Defending Pokémon. You can't put more than 7 damage counters in this way.

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