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Iron Treads ex

SVP Black Star Promos / #073/225

Iron Treads ex

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
SVP Black Star Promos
Rarity (source)
Promo
Illustrator
5ban Graphics
Source reference
svp-073

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Iron Treads has been seen in recent times, yet its silhouette already recalls an object described in an old expedition journal. A paranormal magazine gives it a very different story: it claims that it resembles a scientific weapon sent to Earth by aliens. The Pokédex reports this comparison without making extraterrestrial origin a fact. This gap between modern observations, an expedition archive, and a science-fiction account leaves the Pokémon's true nature open.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Scarlet attributes the extraterrestrial hypothesis to a paranormal magazine rather than a verified observation. Pokémon Violet mentions recent encounters as well as a similar object in an older expedition journal.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
220
Type (source)
Metal
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
990
Regulation mark
G
Retreat cost
3 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fire ×2
Resistance (source)
Grass -30

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.

Attacks

Iron-Clad Roll

Cost: Metal · Metal · Colorless

Damage: 150

After doing damage, you may discard all Future Booster Energy Capsules from this Pokémon. If you do, during your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon takes 150 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

Documented variants

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

  • Holographic
  • holo · standard
  • holo · standard · set-logo

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