Guardians Rising / #19/145

Alolan Sandshrew

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Guardians Rising
Rarity (source): Common
Illustrator: Mizue
Source reference: sm2-19

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About this Pokémon form

After fleeing a volcanic eruption, Sandshrew found refuge in Alola's snowy mountains. Its regional form wears an icy shell with steel-like hardness. This protection comes with a constraint, however: its body has become too rigid to curl into a ball. The small snow Pokémon has therefore lost this familiar action of the species.

Background on this form in the video games; this card’s attacks, edition and finish remain distinct.

A detail worth noticing

Alolan festivities preserve an old competition involving Sandshrew. Participants slide it over ice, trying to send it as far as possible. The Pokédex presents this game as a local tradition still practiced.

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Card details

HP: 60
Type (source): Water
Stage (source): Basic
Pokédex number: 27
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Metal ×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

It lives on snowy mountains. Its steel shell is very hard—so much so, it can't roll its body up into a ball.

Attacks

Defense Curl

Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks during your opponent’s next turn.

Ice Ball

Cost: Water · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 30

Documented variants

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

Normal
normal · standard

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