EX Forces Cachées / #109/115

Steelix ex

Printed language: French · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): EX Forces Cachées
Rarity (source): Rare
Illustrator: Ryo Ueda
Source reference: ex10-109

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Steelix lives much deeper underground than Onix. As it burrows, it swallows soil containing iron; the Pokédex suggests that this diet may have transformed its body. Underground heat and pressure are thought to have hardened its structure further. Its jaws crush stone while its eyes make out a path in the dim light. Some observations place it more than a kilometre below ground. The account of its origin remains a hypothesis, but its underground lifestyle is written throughout its body.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Sword reports another tradition: Steelix is said to be an Onix more than a hundred years old that has become almost as hard as diamond. This idea is presented as a story, not a measurement of the age of observed Steelix. It extends its association with depth and time.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP: 150
Type (source): Métal
Evolves from (printed name): Onix
Pokédex number: 208
Retreat cost: 5 Energy
Weakness (source): Feu ×2 · Combat ×2
Resistance (source): Plante -30 · Électrique -30

Printed card text — French

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.

Abilities

Résistance au poison

Poké-BODY

Steelix ex ne peut pas être Empoisonné.

Attacks

Attaque métallique

Cost: Métal · Incolore · Incolore

Damage: 70

Placez 1 marqueur de dégât sur Steelix ex.

Coulée de boue

Cost: Combat · Combat · Incolore · Incolore

Défaussez 2 Énergies {F} attachées à Steelix ex et choisissez 1 des Pokémon de votre adversaire. Cette attaque lui inflige 100 dégâts. (Vous ne pouvez pas appliquer la Faiblesse et la Résistance aux Pokémon de Banc.)

Documented variants

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

Holographic
Holo · Standard
Holo · Standard · Hiroki Yano

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