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Tyranitar

Darkness Ablaze / #88/189

Tyranitar

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Darkness Ablaze
Rarity (source)
Holo Rare
Illustrator
nagimiso
Source reference
swsh3-88

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Tyranitar travels through mountains looking for opponents strong enough to withstand it. Its strength can destroy rock and alter the places it passes through; it may even bring down a mountain to build its nest. The Pokédex notes that it may ignore a rival it considers too weak. Its journey is therefore a search for a challenge as much as a movement from place to place: the landscape bears the traces of its decisions and battles.

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

A detail worth noticing

After an angry Tyranitar passes through, geographical maps sometimes have to be redrawn: mountains have disappeared and rivers have been buried. Pokémon Black takes the description beyond a simple battle. The event described in the Pokédex affects the entire terrain, with lasting consequences for those navigating it.

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Card details

HP
180
Type (source)
Fighting
Stage (source)
Stage2
Evolves from (printed name)
Pupitar
Pokédex number
248
Regulation mark
D
Retreat cost
4 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.

Description from the source

Its body can't be harmed by any sort of attack, so it is very eager to make challenges against enemies.

Attacks

Bedrock Breaker

Cost: Fighting · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 120

Discard a Stadium in play.

Mountain Swing

Cost: Fighting · Fighting · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 250

Discard the top 5 cards of your deck.

Documented variants

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

  • Reverse
  • Holographic
  • holo · standard
  • reverse · standard

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