Unbroken Bonds / #32/214

Blacephalon

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Unbroken Bonds
Rarity (source): Rare
Illustrator: kawayoo
Source reference: sm10-32

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Blacephalon is an Ultra Beast from an Ultra Wormhole. It moves toward people with a swaying motion, then explodes its own head. The surprise lets it exploit its opponents' confusion to drain their vitality. The Pokédex does not describe this explosion as its end: it forms part of its attack method. Its winding approach and sudden flash create a two-stage tactic whose spectacle diverts attention from the real danger.

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 Blacephalon's head exploding after it approaches people. Pokémon Ultra Moon specifies what follows: the Ultra Beast exploits the surprise to steal the enemy's vitality. The detonation therefore serves its hunt, not merely its appearance.

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Card details

HP: 120
Type (source): Fire
Stage (source): Basic
Pokédex number: 806
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Water ×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

It slithers toward people. Then, without warning, it triggers the explosion of its own head. It's apparently one kind of Ultra Beast.

Attacks

Blazer

Cost: Fire

Damage: 10+

Turn 1 of your face-down Prize cards face up. If it’s a Fire Energy card, this attack does 50 more damage. (That Prize card remains face up for the rest of the game.)

Fireball Circus

Cost: Fire · Fire · Fire

Damage: 50×

Discard any number of Fire Energy cards from your hand. This attack does 50 damage for each card you discarded in this way.

Documented variants

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Normal
normal · standard

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