SWSH Black Star Promos / #SWSH274/307

Cranidos

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): SWSH Black Star Promos
Rarity (source): Promo
Illustrator: Not specified
Source reference: swshp-SWSH274

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Cranidos roamed jungles about a hundred million years ago. Its iron-hard skull helped it knock down opponents or break trees blocking its path. It could then eat their ripe Berries. Individuals also clashed heads with one another; in Hisui, the impact of these duels rang like a bell. The Pokédex portrays a prehistoric animal whose forehead was a weapon, a feeding tool, and a means of confrontation among its own kind.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Moon notes that fossilized trunks broken in two appear in the same layers as Cranidos fossils. Pokémon Sun describes its headbutts against Aerodactyl. Pokémon Legends: Arceus compares the sound of its duels with a bell.

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Card details

HP: 90
Type (source): Fighting
Stage (source): Stage1
Evolves from (printed name): Unidentified Fossil
Pokédex number: 408
Regulation mark: F
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Grass ×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

Its hard skull is its distinguishing feature. It snapped trees by headbutting them, and then it fed on their ripe berries.

Attacks

Ram

Cost: Fighting

Damage: 20

Stone Edge

Cost: Fighting · Fighting

Damage: 40+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 more damage.

Documented variants

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

Holographic
holo · cosmos · standard

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