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Wash Rotom

Rising Rivals / #RT5/111

Wash Rotom

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Rising Rivals
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Hiroki Fuchino
Source reference
pl2-RT5

CARDEX BACKGROUND

About Rotom and its appliances

Rotom's plasma body can slip into an electrical appliance and take control of it. The entries associate these intrusions with its pranks, while researchers consider using it as the power source for an unusual motor. It moves from one machine to another without ceasing to be itself. The appliance changes its behaviour; Rotom retains its electrical nature and its taste for mischief.

This background from the video games describes Rotom in its appliances; the abilities specific to this form remain those of the card.

A detail worth noticing

Research into Rotom has gone beyond simply observing its pranks. Pokémon Sword explains that a young man's invention inspired the development of several machines that use its abilities. This Pokédex entry does not name the inventor, but it clearly connects a human idea with new uses for the Pokémon.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
90
Type (source)
Lightning
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
479
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Darkness +20
Resistance (source)
Colorless -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.

Abilities

Wash Shift

Poke-POWER

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may use this power. Wash Rotom's type is Water until the end of your turn.

Attacks

Cleanse Away

Cost: Colorless · Colorless

Remove 3 damage counters from each of your Benched Pokémon.

Drain Wash

Cost: Water · Colorless

Damage: 30

Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, choose 1 card from your opponent's hand without looking and discard it.

Documented variants

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

  • Reverse
  • reverse · cracked-ice · standard

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