Bad News
Cost: Darkness
If the number of cards in your opponent's hand is at least 6, choose a number of cards there, without looking, until your opponent has 5 cards left. Have your opponent discard the cards you chose.
Dragon / #1/97
Absol
Printed language: English · Pokémon
- Set (printed edition)
- Dragon
- Rarity (source)
- Holo Rare
- Illustrator
- Naoyo Kimura
- Source reference
- ex3-1
CARDEX BACKGROUND
The Pokémon’s story
Absol has long suffered from confusion between announcing a disaster and causing it. Because its appearance sometimes precedes catastrophe, humans have held it responsible. Yet the Pokédex mainly describes its ability to perceive signs of danger. The mountain-dwelling loner thus bears a reputation that turns its talent for anticipation into a reason for fear among those who encounter it.
Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.A detail worth noticing
Absol’s curved horn contributes to this perception. Pokémon Sword describes it as extremely sensitive to signs heralding natural disasters. Its remarkable shape is therefore more than a feature of its silhouette: it is linked to its role as a sentinel.
Sources for this background
Card details
- HP
- 70
- Type (source)
- Darkness
- Stage (source)
- Basic
- Pokédex number
- 359
- Retreat cost
- 1 Energy
- Weakness (source)
- Fighting x2
- Resistance (source)
- Psychic -30
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
Prize Count
Cost: Darkness · Colorless
Damage: 20+
If you have more Prize cards left than your opponent, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage.Documented variants
Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.
- Reverse
- Holographic
- holo · standard
- reverse · standard
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