Impoleon

Printed language: German · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Platin
Rarity (source): Selten
Illustrator: Mitsuhiro Arita
Source reference: pl1-26

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Empoleon cuts through water at a speed the Pokédex compares with a speedboat. Its sharp wings can split a drifting block of ice. Within a group, the three horns on its beak signal its strength: the leader’s are the most imposing. It also fiercely defends its honour and reacts violently when it feels humiliated. Its majestic bearing thus rests on real power in water and on ice.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Y connects the size of Empoleon’s beak horns with the leader’s rank. Pokémon X explains that its wings can split a block of ice. The signs of its authority therefore accompany physical abilities that can be assessed in its environment.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP: 130
Type (source): Wasser
Stage (source): Rang 2
Evolves from (printed name): Pliprin
Pokédex number: 395
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Elektro +30

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

Würde jemand seine Ehre verletzen, so würde es mit Flügeln angreifen, die Eis zerschneiden können.

Attacks

Abschlag

Cost: Wasser · Farblos

Damage: 40

Wähle 1 Karte von der Hand deines Gegners (ohne sie vorher anzusehen) und lege sie auf seinen Ablagestapel.

Schmetterdüse

Cost: Wasser · Farblos · Farblos

Wähle 1 Pokémon deines Gegners. Dieser Angriff fügt dem gewählten Pokémon 70 Schadenspunkte zu. (Wende Schwäche und Resistenz bei Pokémon auf der Bank nicht an.) Impoleon kann Schmetterdüse in deinem nächsten Zug nicht einsetzen.

Documented variants

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

Normal
Reverse
Normal · Standard
Reverse · Standard

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