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Brock's Sandslash

Gym Heroes / #23/132

Brock's Sandslash

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Gym Heroes
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Ken Sugimori
Source reference
gym1-23

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About the species

Sandslash climbs trees with its claws, then may drop onto prey with its spines raised. These points break easily but regrow quickly, sometimes by the next day. Their hardness varies with its habitat's dryness. The Pokédex also shows a less combative side: it drops Berries for Sandshrew waiting below the tree. Its armor, movement and care for the smaller Pokémon form a richer portrait than defense alone.

This account describes the species in the video games. It does not describe its Trainer’s history or that of this copy, and does not identify the depicted form or sex.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Ultra Sun says Sandslash's broken spines can be used as tools for digging soil. Pokémon Shield shows it dropping Berries to Sandshrew. Its claws therefore serve more than attacking or climbing.

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Card details

HP
60
Type (source)
Fighting
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Sandshrew
Pokédex number
28
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Grass x2
Resistance (source)
Lightning -30

Printed card text — English

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Attacks

Needles

Cost: Fighting · Fighting

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed and Poisoned.

Sandstorm

Cost: Fighting · Fighting

Damage: 20

If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing.

Documented variants

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  • Normal
  • First Edition
  • normal · standard
  • normal · standard · 1st-edition

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