Brilliant Stars / #074/172

Trapinch

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Brilliant Stars
Rarity (source): Common
Illustrator: zig
Source reference: swsh9-074

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Trapinch prepares its hunt by shaping the sand. Its funnel-shaped pit becomes a trap where it waits patiently for prey to slide in. Stones encountered during digging do not stop it: its powerful jaws crush them. At nightfall, it buries itself to sleep, continuing a life in which shelter, rest and the search for food are built in the same environment.

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

A detail worth noticing

On Trapinch swsh9-074, its attack deals 10 damage and may add 10 on heads. Trapinch sm7.5-32 by Naoyo Kimura deals 20 but also damages each of your Benched Pokémon for 10. Here, only the bonus depends on the coin; your Bench takes no damage.

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Card details

HP: 60
Type (source): Fighting
Stage (source): Basic
Pokédex number: 328
Regulation mark: F
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Grass ×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 nest is a sloped, bowl-like pit in the desert. Once something has fallen in, there is no escape.

Attacks

Rising Lunge

Cost: Fighting

Damage: 10+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage.

Documented variants

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

Normal
Reverse
normal · standard
reverse · standard

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