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Iron Hands

Temporal Forces / #061/162

Iron Hands

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Temporal Forces
Rarity (source)
Uncommon
Illustrator
Souichirou Gunjima
Source reference
sv05-061

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Iron Hands strongly resembles a cyborg reportedly mentioned only in a paranormal magazine. This account claims that the machine is the transformed state of a certain athlete, but the Pokédex reports the story without confirming it. Another entry compares the Pokémon with an object named Iron Hands in an expedition journal. The accounts thus describe resemblances, while the athlete's identity and the reality of the transformation remain beyond reach.

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

A detail worth noticing

The athlete transformed into a cyborg belongs to a paranormal magazine story cited by Scarlet. Violet gives another reference, an expedition-journal object. Neither entry establishes that Iron Hands was once a human being.

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Card details

HP
140
Type (source)
Lightning
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
992
Regulation mark
H
Retreat cost
3 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fighting ×2

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.

Description from the source

This Pokémon shares many similarities with Iron Hands, an object mentioned in a certain expedition journal.

Attacks

Volt Wave

Cost: Lightning · Colorless

Damage: 30

Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Superalloy Hands

Cost: Lightning · Lightning · Colorless

Damage: 80+

If your opponent's Active Pokémon is a Pokémon ex or Pokémon V, this attack does 80 more damage.

Documented variants

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

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

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