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Eisenrad-ex

Karmesin & Purpur / #233/198

Eisenrad-ex

Printed language: German · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Karmesin & Purpur
Rarity (source)
Ultra Selten
Illustrator
5ban Graphics
Source reference
sv01-233

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Iron Treads has been seen in recent times, yet its silhouette already recalls an object described in an old expedition journal. A paranormal magazine gives it a very different story: it claims that it resembles a scientific weapon sent to Earth by aliens. The Pokédex reports this comparison without making extraterrestrial origin a fact. This gap between modern observations, an expedition archive, and a science-fiction account leaves the Pokémon's true nature open.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Scarlet attributes the extraterrestrial hypothesis to a paranormal magazine rather than a verified observation. Pokémon Violet mentions recent encounters as well as a similar object in an older expedition journal.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
220
Type (source)
Metall
Stage (source)
Basis
Pokédex number
990
Regulation mark
G
Retreat cost
3 Energy
Weakness (source)
Feuer ×2
Resistance (source)
Pflanze -30

Printed card text — German

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

Dreifachlaser

Cost: Farblos · Farblos · Farblos

Diese Attacke fügt 3 Pokémon deines Gegners 30 Schadenspunkte zu. (Wende Schwäche und Resistenz bei Pokémon auf der Bank nicht an.)

Kybernetische Räder

Cost: Metall · Metall · Metall · Farblos

Damage: 160

Tausche dieses Pokémon gegen 1 Pokémon auf deiner Bank aus.

Documented variants

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

  • Holographic
  • Holo · Standard

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