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Gligar

Boundaries Crossed / #80/149

Gligar

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Boundaries Crossed
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Atsuko Nishida
Source reference
bw7-80

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The Pokémon’s story

Gligar clings to cliffs before letting the air carry it silently. As soon as it spots prey, it swoops down and uses its taloned feet and pincers to grip the victim's face. Its poisonous stinger completes the assault. This attack seems to come from nowhere because it glides silently rather than flapping wings like a bird. The Pokédex presents a hunter that turns the terrain into a launching point for an aerial ambush.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Omega Ruby distinguishes Gligar's hind-leg talons from its front-leg pincers: both immobilize a target before the sting. Pokémon X often places it on a cliff. Its attack depends as much on its grip as on its poison.

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Card details

HP
70
Type (source)
Fighting
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
207
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Water ×2
Resistance (source)
Lightning -20

Printed card text — English

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Description from the source

It clamps on to its chosen prey then jabs the stinger on its tail into the prey while it's stunned with surprise.

Attacks

Tail Smack

Cost: Fighting

Damage: 10

Wicked Jab

Cost: Fighting · Colorless

Damage: 20

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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