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Weavile

Burning Shadows / #86/147

Weavile

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Burning Shadows
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Satoshi Shirai
Source reference
sm3-86

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The Pokémon’s story

Weavile hunts in small groups in cold regions. It carves signs into trees and stones with its claws to coordinate its companions. This organisation allows it to attack prey much larger than itself. In Alola, it even shares its catch with other group members. The Pokédex describes a predator whose cunning depends on more than speed or claws: it also relies on elaborate communication and collective hunting.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Shield estimates that Weavile can carve nearly five hundred different signs to communicate. Pokémon Sword shows it hunting in groups for Pokémon as imposing as Mamoswine. These marks in the landscape therefore enable coordination that goes beyond a simple call.

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Card details

HP
90
Type (source)
Darkness
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Sneasel
Pokédex number
461
Retreat cost
0 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fighting ×2
Resistance (source)
Psychic -20

Printed card text — English

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Description from the source

They travel in groups of four or five, leaving signs for one another on trees and rocks. They bring down their prey with coordinated attacks.

Attacks

Rule of Evil

Cost: Colorless

This attack does 60 damage to each Pokémon that has an Ability (both yours and your opponent’s). (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Slash

Cost: Darkness · Colorless

Damage: 70

Documented variants

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  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • normal · standard
  • reverse · standard

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