Dewgong

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Skyridge
Rarity (source): Holo Rare
Illustrator: Kouki Saitou
Source reference: ecard3-H06

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The Pokémon’s story

Dewgong glides through cold waters with a body adapted to swimming. It travels the sea looking for fish such as Wishiwashi, then rests on ice or a beach after eating. The sun's warmth aids its digestion, even though icy water remains its preferred domain. Long ago, a sailor supposedly mistook its silhouette sleeping on a glacier for a mermaid. The Pokédex thus connects a marine way of life with an old human misunderstanding.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Ultra Sun credits Dewgong with a speed of eight knots when searching for prey. Pokémon Omega Ruby reports a sailor mistaking it for a mermaid on the ice. Its streamlined body thus inspires both a speed measurement and a story.

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Card details

HP: 80
Type (source): Water
Stage (source): Stage1
Evolves from (printed name): Seel
Pokédex number: 87
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Metal x2

Printed card text — English

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Attacks

Freeze Lock

Cost: Water · Colorless

Damage: 20

Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent can't attach Energy cards from his or her hand to his or her Active Pokémon during his or her next turn.

Crushing Ice

Cost: Water · Water · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 40+

This attack does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Colorless Energy in the Defending Pokémon's Retreat Cost. Damage is calculated using the Defending Pokémon's Retreat Cost after applying effects to the Retreat Cost.

Documented variants

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Holographic
holo · standard

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