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Bellsprout

Celestial Storm / #1/168

Bellsprout

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Celestial Storm
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Masako Yamashita
Source reference
sm7-1

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The Pokémon’s story

Bellsprout prefers warm, humid places where Bug-type Pokémon pass by. Its frail, flexible body lets it bend to avoid an attack, then grab prey with its vines. It can also spit a corrosive liquid. Its bud, which resembles a human face, has inspired comparisons with the mandrake of legend. The Pokédex thus contrasts a delicate silhouette with very rapid movements and a powerful chemical defense.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Omega Ruby credits Bellsprout's fluid with the ability to dissolve iron. Pokémon Y reports a belief connecting it with a mandrake because of its bud. The corrosive effect is described as an ability; the legendary resemblance is a human interpretation.

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Card details

HP
60
Type (source)
Grass
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
69
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.

Description from the source

Its bud looks like a human face. Because of the bud, it is rumored to be a type of legendary mandrake plant.

Attacks

Blot

Cost: Grass · Colorless

Damage: 20

Heal 10 damage from this Pokémon.

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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