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Araquanid

Burning Shadows / #15/147

Araquanid

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Burning Shadows
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Naoki Saito
Source reference
sm3-15

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The Pokémon’s story

Araquanid makes bubbles with its legs to enclose prey before eating. If not hungry, it may also keep a meal in a bubble for later. Yet it gently uses this same shelter to protect small, fragile Dewpider and leave them leftovers. The Pokédex says it likes storing precious things there, sometimes even trying to place its own Trainer inside.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Shield describes Araquanid protecting young Dewpider in its bubble and sharing meal leftovers with them. Pokémon Sword shows bubbles used as prey traps. Their purpose therefore depends on whom it encloses inside.

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Card details

HP
100
Type (source)
Grass
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Dewpider
Pokédex number
752
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fire ×2

Printed card text — English

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Description from the source

It delivers headbutts with the water bubble on its head. Small Pokémon get sucked into the bubble, where they drown.

Attacks

Bubble Net

Cost: Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 30

Energy can’t be attached to the Defending Pokémon from your opponent’s hand during their next turn.

Sharp Fang

Cost: Grass · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 80

Documented variants

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

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

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