Primal Clash / #116/160

Bidoof

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Primal Clash
Rarity (source): Common
Illustrator: Akira Komayama
Source reference: xy5-116

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The Pokémon’s story

Bidoof seems in no hurry to worry. It lives near water, gnaws on trunks and stones, and maintains its incisors this way. Its calm can lead it into villages, where houses sometimes become things to nibble. Its tranquility is not always shared by the inhabitants: what seems an ordinary activity to Bidoof can change their surroundings in very concrete ways.

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

A detail worth noticing

A comparison reported in Pokémon Black says Bidoof's incisors grow at the same rate as Rattata's. This connection supplies an unexpected anatomical detail beyond their shared habit of gnawing whatever lies within reach.

Sources for this background

Pokédex — background source

Card details

HP: 70
Type (source): Colorless
Stage (source): Basic
Pokédex number: 399
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Fighting ×2

Printed card text — English

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

It constantly gnaws on logs and rocks to whittle down its front teeth. It nests alongside water.

Attacks

Gnaw

Cost: Colorless

Damage: 10

Scrunch

Cost: Colorless · Colorless

Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks during your opponent's next turn.

Documented variants

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

Normal
normal · standard

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