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Quilava

Unseen Forces / #45/115

Quilava

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Unseen Forces
Rarity (source)
Uncommon
Illustrator
Hajime Kusajima
Source reference
ex10-45

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The Pokémon’s story

Before battle, Quilava turns its back on its opponent. This is not retreat: it displays the flames erupting from its back and announces that it is preparing to attack with them. The Pokédex presents this signal as a show of power. An attitude that might seem reckless thus becomes a way to warn and intimidate. To understand what it will do, one must watch its flames rather than the direction of its gaze.

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

A detail worth noticing

Seeing Quilava present its back at the start of a confrontation does not mean it is giving up. The Pokémon X and Y entries instead associate this movement with displaying its back flames just before an attack.

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Card details

HP
70
Type (source)
Fire
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Cyndaquil
Pokédex number
156
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Water ×2

Printed card text — English

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Attacks

Smokescreen

Cost: Fire · Colorless

Damage: 20

If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing.

Tackle

Cost: Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 40

Documented variants

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  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • normal · standard
  • reverse · standard · set-logo

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