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Steelix EX

Steam Siege / #67/114

Steelix EX

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Steam Siege
Rarity (source)
Ultra Rare
Illustrator
Eske Yoshinob
Source reference
xy11-67

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Steelix lives much deeper underground than Onix. As it burrows, it swallows soil containing iron; the Pokédex suggests that this diet may have transformed its body. Underground heat and pressure are thought to have hardened its structure further. Its jaws crush stone while its eyes make out a path in the dim light. Some observations place it more than a kilometre below ground. The account of its origin remains a hypothesis, but its underground lifestyle is written throughout its body.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Sword reports another tradition: Steelix is said to be an Onix more than a hundred years old that has become almost as hard as diamond. This idea is presented as a story, not a measurement of the age of observed Steelix. It extends its association with depth and time.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
180
Type (source)
Metal
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
208
Retreat cost
4 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fire ×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.

Attacks

Wild Edge

Cost: Metal · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 80+

You may do 50 more damage. If you do, this Pokémon does 20 damage to itself.

Iron Tail

Cost: Metal · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 100×

Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 100 damage times the number of heads.

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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