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Anorith

Legend Maker / #29/92

Anorith

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Legend Maker
Rarity (source)
Uncommon
Illustrator
Atsuko Nishida
Source reference
ex12-29

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Anorith lived in warm seas about a hundred million years ago. Restored today from a fossil, it swims using eight small wings like oars. Its large claws grasp prey. Yet returning to the present ocean does not erase elapsed time: one entry explains that Anorith released into the sea fare poorly because the water's composition has changed. Its ancient form was adapted to an environment no longer exactly present.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Shield compares Anorith's eight wings with oars propelling it underwater. Pokémon Ultra Sun notes that a restored individual does not necessarily thrive in the modern sea, whose composition differs from that of its era.

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Card details

HP
70
Type (source)
Fighting
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Claw Fossil
Pokédex number
347
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Grass ×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

Influence

Cost: Colorless

Search your deck for Omanyte, Kabuto, Aerodactyl, Lileep, or Anorith and put up to 2 of them onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. Treat the new Benched Pokémon as Basic Pokémon.

Stretch Claws

Cost: Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 20

If Anorith has any React Energy cards attached to it, this attack does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • normal · standard
  • normal · standard · set-logo

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