ポッタイシ

Printed language: Japanese · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): ウルトラムーン
Rarity (source): Common
Illustrator: Mizue
Source reference: SM5M-005

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The Pokémon’s story

Prinplup lives apart from its own kind. The Pokédex explains this solitude through pride: each believes itself superior to the others. Its isolation does not indicate physical weakness, however. A blow from its wings can snap a tree in two. The entries thus connect a personality trait with remarkable strength. Prinplup does not need a group to make its presence felt, but this conviction also deprives it of a shared life with its peers.

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

A detail worth noticing

Omega Ruby describes every Prinplup as convinced it is better than the others, leading it to live alone. Alpha Sapphire gives a concrete measure of its strength: a single strike of its wings can split a tree.

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Card details

HP: 90
Type (source): Water
Stage (source): Stage1
Evolves from (printed name): ポッチャマ
Pokédex number: 394
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Lightning x2

Printed card text — Japanese

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Description from the source

仲間を作らずに暮らす。翼の強烈な一撃は大木を真っ二つにへし折る。

Attacks

バブルこうせん

Cost: Water

Damage: 20

コインを1回投げオモテなら、相手のバトルポケモンをマヒにする。

スプラッシュ

Cost: Water · Colorless

Damage: 40

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