Expedition Base Set / #119/165

Mareep

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Expedition Base Set
Rarity (source): Common
Illustrator: Sumiyoshi Kizuki"Big Mama" Tagawa
Source reference: ecard1-119

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Mareep’s fleece invites people to approach, but its softness conceals electrical activity. The fibres rub together and build up a static charge, while the light at the end of its tail grows brighter. Its body thus provides a visible sign of what is developing inside. The woolly Pokémon’s calm appearance is accompanied by energy that continues to accumulate.

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

A detail worth noticing

Mareep’s wool needs special treatment before it can be used to make clothing. Pokémon Ultra Sun explains that it readily builds up static electricity. A property useful to the Pokémon therefore becomes a problem to solve for those using its fleece.

Sources for this background

Pokédex — background source

Card details

HP: 40
Type (source): Lightning
Stage (source): Basic
Pokédex number: 179
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Fighting x2

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

Thundershock

Cost: Lightning

Damage: 10

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

Documented variants

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Normal
Reverse
normal · standard
reverse · standard

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