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Spearow

Expedition Base Set / #130/165

Spearow

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Expedition Base Set
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Kyoko Umemoto
Source reference
ecard1-130

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The Pokémon’s story

Spearow cannot sustain long flights with its small wings. It therefore travels quickly through its territory at low altitude, searching tall grass for Bug-type Pokémon. Its appetite makes it useful to farmers whose fields are infested. Despite its size, it boldly defends its space, even against a larger opponent. The Pokédex shows a bird poorly suited to high altitude but highly effective on the short trips where it hunts and keeps watch.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Moon says farmers care for Spearow because they eat insects in crops. Pokémon Ultra Sun notes that they sometimes confront larger opponents to protect their territory. Their small size therefore does not prevent them from providing an agricultural service.

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Card details

HP
40
Type (source)
Colorless
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
21
Trainer type (source)
Supporter
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Lightning x2
Resistance (source)
Fighting -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

Razor Wind

Cost: Colorless

Damage: 20

Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.

Documented variants

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

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

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