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Vortente

Platine / #43/127

Vortente

Printed language: French · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Platine
Rarity (source)
Peu Commune
Illustrator
Mitsuhiro Arita
Source reference
pl1-43

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Carnivine clings to trees in marshes and waits for prey to pass below. Its saliva gives off an appealing scent that brings the prey close enough to grab and bite. The meal can last a long time: the Pokédex estimates that swallowing its catch completely takes a day. Its apparent stillness thus hides a hunt based on patience, fragrance and a trap suspended above damp ground.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Black places Carnivine hanging from trees in marshes. Pokémon X explains that its scented saliva attracts prey and that swallowing can take a whole day. The wait before capture therefore continues into a very slow meal.

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Card details

HP
80
Type (source)
Plante
Stage (source)
Base
Pokédex number
455
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Feu +20
Resistance (source)
Eau -20

Printed card text — French

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

Longue Liane

Cost: Plante

Choisissez 2 des Pokémon de Banc de votre adversaire. Cette attaque inflige 10 dégâts à chacun. (Vous ne pouvez pas appliquer la Faiblesse et la Résistance aux Pokémon de Banc.)

Vol-vie

Cost: Incolore · Incolore

Damage: 20

Retirez à Vortente 2 marqueurs de dégât.

Extrait de plante

Cost: Plante · Plante

Damage: 30

Si le Pokémon Défenseur possède déjà des marqueurs de dégât, il est maintenant Brûlé et Empoisonné.

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • Normal · Standard
  • Reverse · Standard

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