グラードン

Printed language: Japanese · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): ストームエメラルダ
Rarity (source): Rare
Illustrator: Nisota Niso
Source reference: M6-039

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Groudon is said to have slept in underground magma after an ancient struggle with Kyogre. It is regarded as the embodiment of continents: the heat it releases is said to have driven back water and expanded the land. Other accounts relate that the two rivals fought over nature’s energy. In the Pokédex, its sleep therefore does not erase its power. It marks a pause in a story where land and sea continually answer each other.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Alpha Sapphire describes Groudon’s Primal Reversion as a return to an original appearance through natural energy. Pokémon X attributes the evaporation of water that is said to have expanded the continents to its heat. These are accounts of its power, not geological measurements.

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Card details

HP: 150
Type (source): Fighting
Stage (source): Basic
Pokédex number: 383
Regulation mark: J
Retreat cost: 4 Energy
Weakness (source): Grass x2

Printed card text — Japanese

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

高熱で水を蒸発させて大地を広げたと言われている。カイオーガと激しく戦った。

Attacks

かいりき

Cost: Fighting · Colorless

Damage: 40

あらぶるだいち

Cost: Fighting · Fighting · Colorless

Damage: 100+

名前に「伝説」とつくスタジアムが場に出ているなら、170ダメージ追加。

Documented variants

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Holographic
holo · standard

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