Destined Rivals / #197/182

Rotom

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Destined Rivals
Rarity (source): Illustration rare
Illustrator: Taiga Kayama
Source reference: sv10-197

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Rotom's plasma body can slip into an electrical appliance and take control of it. The entries associate these intrusions with its pranks, while researchers consider using it as the power source for an unusual motor. It moves from one machine to another without ceasing to be itself. The appliance changes its behaviour; Rotom retains its electrical nature and its taste for mischief.

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

A detail worth noticing

Research into Rotom has gone beyond simply observing its pranks. Pokémon Sword explains that a young man's invention inspired the development of several machines that use its abilities. This Pokédex entry does not name the inventor, but it clearly connects a human idea with new uses for the Pokémon.

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Card details

HP: 60
Type (source): Lightning
Stage (source): Basic
Pokédex number: 479
Regulation mark: I
Retreat cost: 1 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.

Attacks

Astonish

Cost: Lightning

Damage: 20

Choose a random card from your opponent's hand. Your opponent reveals that card and shuffles it into their deck.

Gadget Show

Cost: Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 30×

This attack does 30 damage for each Pokémon Tool attached to all of your Pokémon.

Documented variants

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

Holographic
holo · standard

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