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Kabutops

Fossile / #24/62

Kabutops

Printed language: French · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Fossile
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Ken Sugimori
Source reference
base3-24

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Kabutops swam very fast in warm seas before its species disappeared. It rushed prey and slashed them with long blades, then absorbed their fluids. Some fossils suggest its body was beginning to adapt to land, without explaining why it became extinct. The Pokédex presents a formidable prehistoric predator whose evolution may have opened a new path too late to ensure survival.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Ultra Sun describes Kabutops's body beginning to evolve for life on land. Pokémon Shield admits that the cause of its extinction remains unknown. The observed anatomical change therefore does not suffice to explain the species' end.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
60
Type (source)
Combat
Stage (source)
Niveau 2
Evolves from (printed name)
Kabuto
Pokédex number
141
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Plante ×2

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.

Description from the source

Sa forme élancée lui permet de nager rapidement. Il lacère sa proie avant d'en absorber la vie.

Attacks

Lame-aiguisée

Cost: Combat · Combat

Damage: 30

Vol-vie

Cost: Combat · Combat · Combat · Combat

Damage: 40

Retirez de Kabutops un nombre de marqueurs de dégâts égal à la moitié des dégâts infligés au Pokémon Défenseur (après application de la Faiblesse et de la Résistance) (arrondis à la dizaine la plus proche.) Si le nombre de marqueurs sur Kabutops est inférieur à ce résultat, retirez-les tous.

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • First Edition
  • Normal · Galaxie · Standard
  • Normal · Galaxie · Standard · 1re Édition
  • Normal · Copyright 1999-2000 · Standard

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