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Tyranitar

Neo Discovery / #12/75

Tyranitar

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Neo Discovery
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Hironobu Yoshida
Source reference
neo2-12

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Tyranitar travels through mountains looking for opponents strong enough to withstand it. Its strength can destroy rock and alter the places it passes through; it may even bring down a mountain to build its nest. The Pokédex notes that it may ignore a rival it considers too weak. Its journey is therefore a search for a challenge as much as a movement from place to place: the landscape bears the traces of its decisions and battles.

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

A detail worth noticing

After an angry Tyranitar passes through, geographical maps sometimes have to be redrawn: mountains have disappeared and rivers have been buried. Pokémon Black takes the description beyond a simple battle. The event described in the Pokédex affects the entire terrain, with lasting consequences for those navigating it.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
100
Type (source)
Darkness
Stage (source)
Stage2
Evolves from (printed name)
Pupitar
Pokédex number
248
Retreat cost
3 Energy
Resistance (source)
Psychic -30

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

Its body can't be harmed by any sort of attack, so it is very eager to make challenges against enemies.

Attacks

Slam

Cost: Colorless · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 30x

Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 times the number of heads.

Trample

Cost: Darkness · Darkness · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 50

For each Benched Pokémon in play (yours and your opponent's), flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Documented variants

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

  • Holographic
  • First Edition
  • holo · standard
  • holo · standard · 1st-edition

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