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Cryogonal

Plasma Freeze / #30/116

Cryogonal

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Plasma Freeze
Rarity (source)
Uncommon
Illustrator
5ban Graphics
Source reference
bw9-30

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Cryogonal is said to have been born from a snow cloud. It catches prey with chains made of frost crystals, then encloses them in intense cold. Its own form depends on temperature: when too warm, it dissipates into vapor and becomes hard to observe; cooling restores its icy body. The Pokédex thus describes a hunter whose weapon and existence depend on the same heat-sensitive material.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Black explains that Cryogonal turns to vapor as its temperature rises and regains its shape in the cold. Pokémon Shield connects this with its apparent rarity in summer. A seasonal absence can therefore hide a change of state rather than a departure.

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Card details

HP
80
Type (source)
Water
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
615
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Metal ×2

Printed card text — English

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Description from the source

They are composed of ice crystals. They capture prey with chains of ice, freezing the prey at -148° F.

Attacks

Call Sign

Cost: Colorless

Search your deck for a Water Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Cryofreeze

Cost: Water

Damage: 10

Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. The Defending Pokémon can't attack during your opponent's next turn.

Documented variants

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  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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