Guard Press
Cost: Metal
Damage: 20
During your opponent’s next turn, this Pokémon takes 20 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
Team Up / #103/181
Ferrothorn
Printed language: English · Pokémon
- Set (printed edition)
- Team Up
- Rarity (source)
- Rare
- Illustrator
- Hasuno
- Source reference
- sm9-103
CARDEX BACKGROUND
The Pokémon’s story
Ferrothorn clings to cave walls and ceilings with its thorny feelers. It can let prey pass beneath it before striking with its steel spikes. These same spikes help it crack rocks, from which it then absorbs nutrients. Its strength is therefore not limited to defense: it allows it to move and feed in a mineral environment. The Pokédex connects its armor with its entire way of life.
Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.A detail worth noticing
Pokémon Sword explains that Ferrothorn splits rocks to reach the nutrients they contain. Pokémon Shield notes that it plants its spikes in walls to move along them. Its weapons therefore also serve as footholds and feeding tools.
Sources for this background
Card details
- HP
- 120
- Type (source)
- Metal
- Stage (source)
- Stage1
- Evolves from (printed name)
- Ferroseed
- Pokédex number
- 598
- 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
They attach themselves to cave ceilings, firing steel spikes at targets passing beneath them.Attacks
Thorn Pod Throw
Cost: Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
Damage: 80
This attack does 20 damage times the amount of Metal Energy attached to this Pokémon to 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon. You can’t do more than 100 damage to a Benched Pokémon in this way. (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
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