Knapfel

Printed language: German · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Glänzendes Schicksal Glitzer-Tresor
Rarity (source): Shiny rare
Illustrator: otumami
Source reference: swsh4.5sv-SV012

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Applin settles inside an apple from birth and grows by eating its flesh. The fruit is both shelter and food. When a bird Pokémon approaches, it can pass for an ordinary apple to escape its natural predator. The Pokédex adds that the fruit's flavor affects its evolution. The choice of apple therefore matters far beyond camouflage: it accompanies Applin throughout its growth and shapes the next stage of its life.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Shield connects Applin's evolution with the flavor of the apple in which it grew. Pokémon Sword gives the fruit another role: it lets Applin hide from bird Pokémon by looking like an ordinary apple.

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Card details

HP: 40
Type (source): Pflanze
Stage (source): Basis
Pokédex number: 840
Regulation mark: D
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Feuer ×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

Es verbringt sein ganzes Leben im Inneren eines Apfels. Um sich vor Vogel-Pokémon, seinen Fressfeinden, zu schützen, imitiert es einen Apfel.

Attacks

Panzerschutz

Cost: Farblos

Wirf 1 Münze. Verhindere bei Kopf während des nächsten Zuges deines Gegners allen Schaden, der diesem Pokémon durch Attacken zugefügt wird.

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