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Vikavolt GX

Guardians Rising / #45/145

Vikavolt GX

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Guardians Rising
Rarity (source)
Ultra Rare
Illustrator
5ban Graphics
Source reference
sm2-45

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Vikavolt darts around opponents until it finds an opening. It generates electricity in its abdomen, concentrates it in its large mandibles and releases it as a beam. Its aerial manoeuvres serve to surprise the enemy before this discharge. The Pokédex also credits it with a reserve strategy: carrying a Charjabug in flight to provide an extra battery. This combination of agility and stored energy makes its attacks difficult to anticipate.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Shield describes Vikavolt carrying a Charjabug as a backup battery. With this reserve, it is said to be able to fire several powerful beams without landing. This cooperation gives its previous evolutionary stage a very concrete role in aerial battles.

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Card details

HP
240
Type (source)
Lightning
Evolves from (printed name)
Charjabug
Pokédex number
738
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fighting ×2
Resistance (source)
Metal -20

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

Charge Beam

Cost: Lightning

Damage: 50

Attach an Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon.

Super Zap Cannon

Cost: Lightning · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 180

Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon.

Gigatron GX

Cost: Lightning · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

This attack does 60 damage to each of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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