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Plinfa

Strahlende Sterne / #035/172

Plinfa

Printed language: German · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Strahlende Sterne
Rarity (source)
Häufig
Illustrator
Atsushi Furusawa
Source reference
swsh9-035

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The Pokémon’s story

Piplup moves with a pride that does not depend on its balance. Even when it falls while walking, it can get back up and puff out its chest as though the incident did not matter. It struggles to accept human help, especially food. Beneath its endearing appearance is a little character attached to its independence, making trust less immediate than one might imagine.

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

A detail worth noticing

On Piplup swsh9-035, Bubble always deals 10 damage for one Water Energy. Heads adds Paralysis to the opponent's Active Pokémon; tails leaves the damage without that Special Condition. Atsushi Furusawa illustrated this printing: the flip decides only Paralysis rather than the numerical hit.

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Card details

HP
60
Type (source)
Wasser
Stage (source)
Basis
Pokédex number
393
Regulation mark
F
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Elektro ×2

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

Es ist sehr stolz und nimmt daher kein Futter von anderen an. Seine dicken Daunen schützen vor Kälte.

Attacks

Blubber

Cost: Wasser

Damage: 10

Wirf 1 Münze. Bei Kopf ist das Aktive Pokémon deines Gegners jetzt paralysiert.

Documented variants

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  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • Normal · Standard
  • Reverse · Standard

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