Zekrom GX

Printed language: German · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): SM Promokarten
Rarity (source): Promo
Illustrator: 5ban Graphics
Source reference: smp-SM138

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Zekrom spins its tail like an immense generator and releases lightning around itself. It can wrap its body in an electric cloud before soaring through Unova’s sky. Legends attribute to it the power to strike the world with lightning, but also a choice: it is said to support people who pursue their ideals. Another tradition relates that it would punish a country that had lost its sense of justice. Its electricity therefore carries a moral story as well as physical force.

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

A detail worth noticing

The Pokémon Sword entry compares Zekrom’s tail to an engine: its rotation generates lightning that flashes through the surroundings. In Pokémon Shield, its power becomes the subject of legend, as an unjust country is said to risk being reduced to ashes.

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Card details

HP: 180
Type (source): Elektro
Stage (source): Basis
Pokédex number: 644
Retreat cost: 3 Energy
Weakness (source): Kampf ×2
Resistance (source): Metall -20

Printed card text — German

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

Hakentreffer

Cost: Farblos

Damage: 10+

Wenn das Aktive Pokémon deines Gegners ein Pokémon-GX oder ein Pokémon-EX ist, fügt diese Attacke 60 Schadenspunkte mehr zu. Der Schaden dieser Attacke wird durch Schwäche nicht verändert.

Turboblitzschlag

Cost: Elektro · Elektro · Elektro · Farblos

Damage: 80+

Wirf 2 Münzen. Diese Attacke fügt 60 Schadenspunkte mehr pro Kopf zu.

Turboblitzschlag

Cost: Elektro · Elektro · Elektro · Farblos

Damage: 200

Wirf 2 Münzen. Diese Attacke fügt 60 Schadenspunkte mehr pro Kopf zu.

Documented variants

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Holographic
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