Strafe
Cost: Colorless · Colorless
Damage: 30
You may switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Lost Thunder / #85/214
Tapu Koko
Printed language: English · Pokémon
- Set (printed edition)
- Lost Thunder
- Rarity (source)
- Rare
- Illustrator
- kawayoo
- Source reference
- sm8-85
CARDEX BACKGROUND
The Pokémon’s story
Tapu Koko is the guardian of Melemele Island and a master of lightning. It can summon thunderclouds to build up electricity in its body. Curious by nature, it sometimes appears before humans and observes its surroundings. Its protection does not mean constant benevolence, however: entries say it can be cruel to those who have offended it. Its anger flares quickly, then it sometimes forgets the cause. This unpredictable temperament accompanies its power as a guardian deity.
Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.A detail worth noticing
Pokémon Moon relates that Tapu Koko can forget almost immediately why it became angry. This trait contrasts with its role as Melemele Island’s guardian: Pokémon Ultra Sun warns that it can be cruel to a human or Pokémon that has offended it.
Sources for this background
Card details
- HP
- 120
- Type (source)
- Lightning
- Stage (source)
- Basic
- Pokédex number
- 785
- Retreat cost
- 1 Energy
- Weakness (source)
- Fighting ×2
- Resistance (source)
- Metal -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
It confuses its enemies by flying too quickly for the eye to follow. It has a hair-trigger temper but forgets what made it angry an instant later.Attacks
Flashing Bolt
Cost: Lightning · Lightning · Colorless
Damage: 120
This Pokémon can’t use Flashing Bolt during your next turn.Documented variants
Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.
- Normal
- normal · standard
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