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Registeel

Ancient Origins / #51/98

Registeel

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Ancient Origins
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Kouki Saitou
Source reference
xy7-51

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Registeel has a body made of unknown material, tougher than known metals yet flexible enough to change shape. Analyses describe it as hollow without explaining what it eats. The Pokédex also recalls that humans once imprisoned it. Its origin remains disputed: some stories place its metal on another planet, while another entry mentions its birth in the Earth's mantle.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Alpha Sapphire proposes an extraterrestrial origin for Registeel's metal. Pokémon Shield instead reports a birth in the Earth's mantle. Both explanations coexist in the Pokédex; neither justifies presenting its origin as established.

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Card details

HP
120
Type (source)
Metal
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
379
Retreat cost
3 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fire ×2
Resistance (source)
Psychic -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

Its body is said to be harder than any kind of metal. A study has revealed that its body is hollow.

Attacks

Iron Head

Cost: Metal · Colorless

Damage: 30×

Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.

Forbidden Iron Hammer

Cost: Metal · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 70

If your opponent's Active Pokémon is a Pokémon-EX, discard an Energy attached to that Pokémon.

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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