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Empoleon

BW Black Star Promos / #BW56/101

Empoleon

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
BW Black Star Promos
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Shin Nagasawa
Source reference
bwp-BW56

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Empoleon cuts through water at a speed the Pokédex compares with a speedboat. Its sharp wings can split a drifting block of ice. Within a group, the three horns on its beak signal its strength: the leader’s are the most imposing. It also fiercely defends its honour and reacts violently when it feels humiliated. Its majestic bearing thus rests on real power in water and on ice.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Y connects the size of Empoleon’s beak horns with the leader’s rank. Pokémon X explains that its wings can split a block of ice. The signs of its authority therefore accompany physical abilities that can be assessed in its environment.

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Card details

HP
140
Type (source)
Water
Stage (source)
Stage2
Evolves from (printed name)
Prinplup
Pokédex number
395
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Lightning ×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

If anyone were to hurt its pride, it would slash them with wings that can cleave through an ice floe.

Attacks

Fury Attack

Cost: Water

Damage: 30

Flip 3 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.

Cold Crush

Cost: Water · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 70

You may discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. If you do, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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