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Drifloon

Ultra Prism / #51/156

Drifloon

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Ultra Prism
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Asako Ito
Source reference
sm5-51

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The Pokémon’s story

Drifloon looks like an invitation to play, but the stories surrounding it mix attraction with unease. It approaches children, perhaps seeking company, then sometimes flees when they treat it roughly. Other stories attribute far darker intentions to it. Its balloon-like silhouette thus exists between an almost familiar encounter and the interpretations local people give its passage.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Legends: Arceus takes care to call the rumours linking Drifloon with reincarnated souls and missing children unconfirmed. This caution from the narrator matters: an unsettling Pokédex story should not automatically become a certainty.

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Card details

HP
60
Type (source)
Psychic
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
425
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Lightning ×2
Resistance (source)
Fighting -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.

Description from the source

If for some reason its body bursts, its soul spills out with a screaming sound.

Attacks

Creepy Wind

Cost: Psychic

Your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Confused.

Hang Down

Cost: Colorless

Damage: 10

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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