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Cacnea

Sandstorm / #58/100

Cacnea

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Sandstorm
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Midori Harada
Source reference
ex2-58

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Cacnea lives in deserts and stores enough water in its body to endure long periods without drinking. A yellow flower appears on its head once a year. Its fragrance attracts prey; when they approach, Cacnea fires its spikes or swings its prickly arms. The driest conditions can make its flower even more beautiful and fragrant. The Pokédex presents a hunter adapted to drought that turns its bloom into a trap.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Black gives Cacnea endurance of up to thirty days without water thanks to its reserves. Pokémon Omega Ruby describes its flower's fragrance as bait before a spike attack. A resource for desert survival thus also becomes useful for hunting.

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Card details

HP
50
Type (source)
Grass
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
331
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fire ×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.

Attacks

Poison Sting

Cost: Grass

Damage: 10

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Documented variants

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  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • normal · standard
  • reverse · standard

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