Sandstorm / #28/100

Anorith

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Sandstorm
Rarity (source): Uncommon
Illustrator: Ken Sugimori
Source reference: ex2-28

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The Pokémon’s story

Anorith lived in warm seas about a hundred million years ago. Restored today from a fossil, it swims using eight small wings like oars. Its large claws grasp prey. Yet returning to the present ocean does not erase elapsed time: one entry explains that Anorith released into the sea fare poorly because the water's composition has changed. Its ancient form was adapted to an environment no longer exactly present.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Shield compares Anorith's eight wings with oars propelling it underwater. Pokémon Ultra Sun notes that a restored individual does not necessarily thrive in the modern sea, whose composition differs from that of its era.

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Card details

HP: 80
Type (source): Fighting
Stage (source): Stage1
Evolves from (printed name): Claw Fossil
Pokédex number: 347
Retreat cost: 2 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

Slash

Cost: Fighting

Damage: 20

Double Scratch

Cost: Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 40×

Flip 2 coins. This attack does 40 damage times the number of heads.

Documented variants

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

Normal
Reverse
normal · standard
reverse · standard

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