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Illumise

Sandstorm / #38/100

Illumise

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Sandstorm
Rarity (source)
Uncommon
Illustrator
Kyoko Umemoto
Source reference
ex2-38

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Illumise releases a sweet scent that attracts Volbeat. Once the group gathers, it guides their lights through the night sky, making them draw geometric figures. The Pokédex entries therefore give it a directing role in a display it does not produce alone. They also report that its peers supposedly esteem individuals able to compose the most complex patterns more highly. Its fragrance starts the gathering; its sense of movement shapes what follows.

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

A detail worth noticing

Omega Ruby explains that Illumise attracts Volbeat through scent before leading their luminous formations. Alpha Sapphire reports a more surprising social rule: the most complex compositions in the sky supposedly bring greater respect among its peers.

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Card details

HP
60
Type (source)
Grass
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
314
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.

Abilities

Glowing Screen

Poke-BODY

As long as Volbeat is in play, any damage done to Illumise by attacks from Fighting Pokémon and Darkness Pokémon is reduced by 30. You can't reduce more than 30 damage even if there is more than 1 Volbeat in play.

Attacks

Chaotic Noise

Cost: Colorless

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

Pester

Cost: Grass · Colorless

Damage: 20+

If the Defending Pokémon is affected by a Special Condition, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage.

Documented variants

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

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