Thermopod

Printed language: German · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Glänzendes Schicksal Glitzer-Tresor
Rarity (source): Shiny rare
Illustrator: Shigenori Negishi
Source reference: swsh4.5sv-SV018

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Sizzlipede stores flammable gas inside its body and uses it to generate heat. The yellow part of its abdomen becomes particularly hot. To hunt, it wraps its hot body around prey, then devours them once they are cooked. The Pokédex thus connects how it generates heat with how it feeds. Its abdomen is more than a patch of color: it reveals the area where the temperature can rise highest.

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

A detail worth noticing

Sizzlipede's heat comes from flammable gas stored inside its body, according to Pokémon Sword. Pokémon Shield describes the next stage of the hunt: it squeezes prey against itself, cooks it and then eats it. Its method of capture therefore directly prepares its meal.

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Card details

HP: 70
Type (source): Feuer
Stage (source): Basis
Pokédex number: 850
Regulation mark: D
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Wasser ×2

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

Mit dem entzündlichen Gas in seinem Körper erzeugt es Hitze. Die gelben Stellen an seinem Bauch werden besonders heiß.

Attacks

Biss

Cost: Farblos

Damage: 10

Glühen

Cost: Feuer · Farblos · Farblos

Damage: 50

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