ズルッグ

Printed language: Japanese · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): ひかる伝説
Rarity (source): Common
Illustrator: Sekio
Source reference: SM3p-051

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Scraggy pulls its loose skin up around its neck to cushion blows. It lives in groups and readily provokes those who meet its gaze with abrupt headbutts. The weight of its head sometimes throws it off balance, without diminishing its boldness. Within its group, longer skin commands greater respect. The Pokédex thus shows a physical defence that has also become a sign of rank, while its growth signals an approaching evolution.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Ultra Moon connects the length of Scraggy’s skin with the respect it commands. Pokémon Shield states that skin which can no longer stretch signals that evolution is approaching. These “baggy trousers” protect its body, but also reveal its status and development.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP: 60
Type (source): Darkness
Stage (source): Basic
Pokédex number: 559
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Fighting x2
Resistance (source): Psychic -20

Printed card text — Japanese

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

皮を首まで引き上げて防御の姿勢。ゴムのような弾力でダメージを減らす。

Attacks

なかまをよぶ

Cost: Darkness

自分の山札にあるたねポケモンを1枚、ベンチに出す。そして山札を切る。

ずつき

Cost: Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 20

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