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Gardevoir

Legendary Treasures / #RC10/113

Gardevoir

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Legendary Treasures
Rarity (source)
Uncommon
Illustrator
Atsuko Nishida
Source reference
bw11-RC10

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The Pokémon’s story

Gardevoir can sense danger before it becomes visible. The Pokédex credits it with seeing the future and links this ability to protecting a Trainer to whom it is attached. Its power reaches its peak when it tries to defend them. This bond gives its abilities a purpose: foresee a threat, then respond on someone else's behalf, even at the risk of its own life.

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

A detail worth noticing

To defend its Trainer, Gardevoir can expend its mental power to the point of creating a small black hole, according to Pokémon Shield. This detail shows the scale of the risk it accepts to protect someone. The Pokédex presents this as an exceptional ability; it should not be confused with the attacks printed on all of its cards.

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Card details

HP
120
Type (source)
Psychic
Stage (source)
Stage2
Evolves from (printed name)
Kirlia
Pokédex number
282
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Psychic ×2

Printed card text — English

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Description from the source

To protect its Trainer, it will expend all its psychic power to create a small black hole.

Attacks

Psybeam

Cost: Psychic · Colorless

Damage: 40

The Defending Pokémon is now Confused.

Eternal Radiance

Cost: Psychic · Psychic

Move all damage counters from this Pokémon to the Defending Pokémon. This Pokémon can't use Eternal Radiance during your next turn.

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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