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Scraggy

Plasma Storm / #85/135

Scraggy

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Plasma Storm
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Kouki Saitou
Source reference
bw8-85

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Scraggy pulls its loose skin up around its neck to cushion blows. It lives in groups and readily provokes those who meet its gaze with abrupt headbutts. The weight of its head sometimes throws it off balance, without diminishing its boldness. Within its group, longer skin commands greater respect. The Pokédex thus shows a physical defence that has also become a sign of rank, while its growth signals an approaching evolution.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Ultra Moon connects the length of Scraggy’s skin with the respect it commands. Pokémon Shield states that skin which can no longer stretch signals that evolution is approaching. These “baggy trousers” protect its body, but also reveal its status and development.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
60
Type (source)
Darkness
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
559
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fighting ×2
Resistance (source)
Psychic -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

Proud of its sturdy skull, it suddenly headbutts everything, but its weight makes it unstable, too.

Attacks

Headbutt

Cost: Darkness

Damage: 10

Low Kick

Cost: Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 20

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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