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Kabuto

Legendary Collection / #48/110

Kabuto

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Legendary Collection
Rarity (source)
Uncommon
Illustrator
Ken Sugimori
Source reference
lc-48

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The Pokémon’s story

Kabuto is known from fossils that made its restoration possible. Underwater, it hides and watches its surroundings with the eyes on its back. Its shell strengthens when it molts, an event the Pokédex places every three days. The entries do not unanimously present it as entirely extinct: one mentions encounters in a particular area. Between fossil discoveries and reported observations, its history remains tied to the search for an ancient species.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Sword describes Kabuto molting every three days, hardening its shell. Pokémon Let's Go, Eevee! specifies the position of its dorsal eyes while it hides underwater. Pokémon Shield notes that encounters may be possible despite its reputation as an extinct species.

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Card details

HP
30
Type (source)
Fighting
Stage (source)
Stage1
Pokédex number
140
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Grass ×2

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

A Pokémon that was resurrected from a fossil found in what was once the ocean floor eons ago.

Abilities

Kabuto Armor

Pokemon Power

Whenever an attack (even your own) does damage to Kabuto (after applying Weakness and Resistance), that attack does only half the damage to Kabuto (rounded down to the nearest 10). (Any other effects of attacks still happen.) This power stops working while Kabuto is affected by a Special Condition.

Attacks

Scratch

Cost: Colorless

Damage: 10

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • reverse · standard
  • normal · standard

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