超電ブレイカー / #053/106

ニャスパー

Printed language: Japanese · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): 超電ブレイカー
Rarity (source): Common
Illustrator: Natsumi Yoshida
Source reference: SV8-053

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The Pokémon’s story

Espurr seems to watch the world without changing its expression. Yet that fixed face hides a constant effort to contain devastating psychic power. Its ears cover the organ that produces it, limiting energy leaks. Stillness then becomes a sign of an inner struggle: this little Pokémon does not lack strength; it mainly struggles to stop that strength from exceeding its intentions.

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

A detail worth noticing

Espurr's power far exceeds its small size. Pokémon Y describes psychic energy capable of sending objects flying within a radius of roughly a hundred meters, though Espurr struggles to control it. Its closed ears take on another meaning: they help restrain a force that could escape.

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Card details

HP: 60
Type (source): Psychic
Stage (source): Basic
Pokédex number: 677
Regulation mark: H
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Darkness x2
Resistance (source): Fighting -30

Printed card text — Japanese

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Description from the source

無表情だが内面ではサイコパワーを抑えこむのに必死になっているのだ。

Attacks

みすかす

Cost: Colorless

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サイコショット

Cost: Psychic · Colorless

Damage: 20

Documented variants

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