Phione

Printed language: German · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Majestätischer Morgen
Rarity (source): Selten
Illustrator: Ken Sugimori
Source reference: dp5-27

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The Pokémon’s story

When the sea warms, Phione inflates the flotation sac on its head. Groups then drift offshore, carried by warm waters. Even when taken far from its starting point, this Pokémon always returns to the place where it was born. Off Hisui's coast, its blue body blends with the ocean. One entry proposes that this color protects it from predators, but presents that role as a deduction rather than an observed fact.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Y states that Phione finds its birthplace despite drifting a long distance. Pokémon X describes groups floating thanks to their head sacs. Pokémon Legends: Arceus cautiously suggests that their blue color provides camouflage in the water.

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Card details

HP: 70
Type (source): Wasser
Stage (source): Basis
Pokédex number: 489
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Elektro +10

Printed card text — German

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

Es lebt in warmen Meeren. Geht es auf Nahrungssuche, füllt es den Beutel auf seinem Kopf mit Luft.

Attacks

Charme

Cost: Farblos

Während des nächsten Zuges deines Gegners wird Schaden, der durch Angriffe des Verteidigenden Pokémon zugefügt wird, um 20 Schadenspunkte reduziert (bevor Schwäche und Resistenz verrechnet werden).

Whirlpool

Cost: Wasser · Wasser

Damage: 30

Wirf 1 Münze. Bei „Kopf“ lege 1 Energiekarte, die am Verteidigenden Pokémon angelegt ist, auf den Ablagestapel deines Gegners.

Documented variants

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Normal
Reverse
Normal · Standard
Reverse · Standard

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