Buggy Turbo
Ability
Once during your turn, you may flip a coin. If heads, attach up to 4 Basic Energy cards from your discard pile to this Pokémon. If tails, discard an Energy from this Pokémon.
Paradox Rift / #144/182
Porygon-Z
Printed language: English · Pokémon
- Set (printed edition)
- Paradox Rift
- Rarity (source)
- Rare
- Illustrator
- hatachu
- Source reference
- sv04-144
CARDEX BACKGROUND
The Pokémon’s story
Porygon-Z results from a software update applied to Porygon2. The program was meant to let it travel between dimensions, but its behavior became unstable and the objective was not achieved. Entries mention design errors and even debate the status of this transformation. Behind its digital appearance is therefore an experiment whose results elude its creators. The Pokédex describes an intelligence changed in unexpected ways rather than a technical success.
Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.A detail worth noticing
Pokémon Shield says scientists disagree over whether Porygon-Z truly counts as an evolution. Pokémon Moon links its strange behavior to software intended for dimensional travel. Even its biological status remains under discussion after this update.
Sources for this background
Card details
- HP
- 150
- Type (source)
- Colorless
- Stage (source)
- Stage2
- Evolves from (printed name)
- Porygon2
- Pokédex number
- 474
- Regulation mark
- G
- Retreat cost
- 2 Energy
- Weakness (source)
- Fighting ×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.
Description from the source
Some say an additional program made this Pokémon evolve, but even academics can't agree on whether Porygon-Z is really an evolution.Abilities
Attacks
Energized Attack
Cost: Colorless
Damage: 40×
This attack does 40 damage for each Energy attached to this Pokémon.Documented variants
Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.
- Reverse
- Holographic
- holo · standard
- holo · cosmos · standard
- reverse · standard
Price history
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