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Fossil / #54/62

Muschas

Printed language: German · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Fossil
Rarity (source)
Häufig
Illustrator
Mitsuhiro Arita
Source reference
base3-54

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Shellder closes its sturdy shell to protect the fragile body inside. Opening it makes Shellder vulnerable, but this movement also lets it swim rapidly backward. Sand entering the shell can turn into pearls over time; since they bother it, it spits them out. The Pokédex thus describes essential shelter that is never entirely still: Shellder opens it to escape, feed or remove a cumbersome object.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Ultra Sun explains that Shellder spits out pearls formed from sand inside its shell. Pokémon Sword shows it moving by opening and closing that same shell. What humans find precious may therefore mainly hinder its movements.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
30
Type (source)
Wasser
Stage (source)
Basis
Pokédex number
90
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Elektro ×2

Printed card text — German

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

Seine harte Schale weist jeden Angriff ab. Es ist nur dann verwundbar, wenn seine Schale offen ist.

Attacks

Superschall

Cost: Wasser

Wirf eine Münze. Bei „Kopf“ ist das verteidigende Pokémon jetzt verwirrt.

In Muschel verstecken

Cost: Wasser

Wirf eine Münze. Bei „Kopf“ verhindere allen Schaden, der Muschas während des nächsten Zuges deines Gegners zugefügt wird. (Alle anderen Auswirkungen von Angriffen finden immer noch statt.)

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • First Edition
  • Normal · Galaxie · Standard
  • Normal · Galaxie · Standard · 1. Auflage
  • Normal · Copyright 1999-2000 · Standard

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