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Tentacruel

Fossile / #44/62

Tentacruel

Printed language: French · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Fossile
Rarity (source)
Peu Commune
Illustrator
Kagemaru Himeno
Source reference
base3-44

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The Pokémon’s story

Tentacruel hunts with eighty tentacles that extend and retract like a net. It weakens prey with toxins and uses the red orbs on its head to emit ultrasound. Those same orbs flash when it wants to warn its kind. The Pokédex describes a sea hunter whose lights are not decorative: they play a part in capture and group communication.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Ultra Moon describes Tentacruel's red orbs as a signaling system between its kind. Pokémon Sword warns that an intense glow announces ultrasound. Watching these orbs can therefore reveal a social alert or the start of an attack.

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Card details

HP
60
Type (source)
Eau
Stage (source)
Niveau 1
Evolves from (printed name)
Tentacool
Pokédex number
73
Weakness (source)
Électrique ×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

Ses tentacules sont rétractés au repos. En situation de chasse, ils s'allongent.

Attacks

Ultrason

Cost: Eau

Lancez une pièce. Si c'est face, le Pokémon Défenseur est maintenant Confus.

Dard-méduse

Cost: Eau · Eau

Damage: 10

Le Pokémon Défenseur est maintenant Empoisonné.

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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