Tormenta Celestial / #75/168

Pupitar

Printed language: Spanish · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Tormenta Celestial
Rarity (source): Uncommon
Illustrator: Hironobu Yoshida
Source reference: sm7-75

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Pupitar wears a shell as hard as stone, but this pupal state does not condemn it to immobility. It produces internal gas, compresses it and expels it to leap or move at high speed. Its legs are already beginning to emerge beneath the armour while its new body forms. Impatient to evolve, it sometimes releases this pressure in all directions. The Pokédex thus describes a restless transformation, almost dangerous to anything in its path.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Ultra Sun connects Pupitar’s erratic leaps with its impatience to evolve. Pokémon Shield reveals that legs are already emerging beneath its shell. The gas therefore propels a pupa actively preparing the body of its next stage.

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Card details

HP: 80
Type (source): Lucha
Stage (source): Fase 1
Pokédex number: 247
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Planta ×2

Printed card text — Spanish

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Attacks

Cabezazo

Cost: Incolora · Incolora

Damage: 20

Tormenta de Arena

Cost: Lucha · Lucha

Este ataque hace 20 puntos de daño a cada Pokémon no Fighting (tanto tuyos como de tu rival). (No apliques Debilidad y Resistencia a los Pokémon en Banca).

Documented variants

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Normal
normal · estándar

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