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Unown V

Silver Tempest / #177/195

Unown V

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Silver Tempest
Rarity (source)
Ultra Rare
Illustrator
Toshinao Aoki
Source reference
swsh12-177

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

On ancient tablets, Unown's shapes resemble carved symbols. Yet the Pokédex leaves a question unanswered: did these forms inspire language, or did writing exist before them? Each shape deepens the sense of reading a message without knowing how to decipher it. Unown's story lies in this mystery, somewhere between a living creature and a character from a forgotten alphabet.

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

A detail worth noticing

A lone Unown seems to cause no unusual phenomenon. According to the Pokémon Black Pokédex, a mysterious power appears when several gather together. This difference between being alone and being in a group adds another puzzle to their letter-like forms. The game describes the phenomenon without explaining exactly how it works.

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Card details

HP
180
Type (source)
Psychic
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
201
Regulation mark
F
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Darkness ×2
Resistance (source)
Fighting -30

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.

Attacks

Shady Stamp

Cost: Psychic

Damage: 30

Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.

Victory Symbol

Cost: Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

If you use this attack when you have only 1 Prize card remaining, you win this game.

Documented variants

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

  • Holographic
  • holo · standard

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