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Ampharos GX

Team Up / #185/181

Ampharos GX

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Team Up
Rarity (source)
Secret Rare
Illustrator
5ban Graphics
Source reference
sm9-185

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

The light at the end of Ampharos’s tail reaches a great distance. In the past, people used it to exchange long-distance signals, well before more recent means were available. The Pokédex states that its glow can even be seen from space. With such a reach, Ampharos sometimes switches its light off to avoid being spotted. Its tail thus changes from a beacon into a secret it chooses to hide.

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

A detail worth noticing

According to Ultra Moon, sailors have revered Ampharos as a guide since ancient times. Its glowing tail therefore did more than carry messages between people on land. It could also help those at sea find a landmark in the darkness.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
240
Type (source)
Lightning
Evolves from (printed name)
Flaaffy
Pokédex number
181
Retreat cost
3 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fighting ×2
Resistance (source)
Metal -20

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

Power Recharge

Cost: Lightning

Damage: 30

Put all Electropower cards from your discard pile into your hand.

Impact Bolt

Cost: Lightning · Lightning

Damage: 150

Discard all Lightning Energy from this Pokémon.

Electrical GX

Cost: Lightning

Search your deck for up to 7 Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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