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Pupitar

Prismatic Evolutions / #048/131

Pupitar

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Prismatic Evolutions
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Shigenori Negishi
Source reference
sv08.5-048

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
90
Type (source)
Fighting
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Larvitar
Pokédex number
247
Regulation mark
H
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Grass ×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.

Attacks

Sand Spray

Cost: Colorless

Damage: 20

Hammer In

Cost: Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 60

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • normal · standard
  • reverse · standard
  • reverse · pokeball · standard
  • reverse · masterball · standard

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