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Cubchoo

Next Destinies / #36/99

Cubchoo

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Next Destinies
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Atsuko Nishida
Source reference
bw4-36

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The Pokémon’s story

Cubchoo keeps a nasal drop that contributes to its ice abilities. It sniffs before attacking and uses the cold contained in this secretion. Its consistency also indicates its condition: when healthy, it becomes thicker and its attacks grow stronger; when ill, it loses some of this effectiveness. The Pokédex thus describes a surprising sign of health directly linked to its fighting method.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Black notes that Cubchoo's nasal drop thaws when it is ill and its Ice-type abilities weaken. Pokémon Y instead connects thickness with better health. An unglamorous detail therefore serves as a real indicator of power.

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Card details

HP
70
Type (source)
Water
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
613
Retreat cost
3 Energy
Weakness (source)
Metal ×2

Printed card text — English

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.

Description from the source

Its nose is always running. It sniffs the snot back up because the mucus provides the raw material for its moves.

Attacks

Sniffle

Cost: Water

During your next turn, this Pokémon's Belt attack's base damage is 40.

Belt

Cost: Water · Colorless

Damage: 20

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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