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Deerling

Black & White / #13/114

Deerling

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Black & White
Rarity (source)
Common
Illustrator
Atsuko Nishida
Source reference
bw1-13

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Deerling's coat changes color and scent with the seasons. Temperature and humidity can also influence this transformation, so its coloring does more than identify the month. In mountain meadows, these variations help it blend among grasses. If it senses hostility, it hides there. Yet residents watch its colors to track the seasons. The same coat therefore serves as both protection and a living calendar.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Black connects Deerling's coat with mountain grasses and describes it fleeing into vegetation when threatened. Pokémon White says humans use its changing appearance to identify seasons; Black 2 adds humidity's influence.

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Card details

HP
60
Type (source)
Grass
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
585
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fire ×2
Resistance (source)
Water -20

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

The color and scent of their fur changes to match the mountain grass. When they sense hostility, they hide in the grass.

Attacks

Double Kick

Cost: Colorless

Damage: 10

Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.

Leech Seed

Cost: Grass · Colorless

Damage: 20

Heal 10 damage from this Pokémon.

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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