Welten im Wandel / #79/236

Xatu

Printed language: German · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Welten im Wandel
Rarity (source): Selten
Illustrator: Anesaki Dynamic
Source reference: sm12-79

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Xatu remains motionless for long hours, its eyes turned toward the horizon and the sun's course. Traditions credit it with the power to see the past and future, which has led some people to worship it. Other accounts say it cannot alter what it sees and use this to explain its silence. The Pokédex reports these beliefs without offering proof of its visions. What an observer can be certain of is its persistent posture facing the sky.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Ultra Sun says Xatu supposedly sees the future without being able to change it. Ultra Moon offers a different nuance: it has no intention of changing it. The two entries therefore do not give the same reason for its attitude toward future events.

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Card details

HP: 80
Type (source): Psycho
Stage (source): Rang 1
Evolves from (printed name): Natu
Pokédex number: 178
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Elektro ×2
Resistance (source): Kampf -20

Printed card text — German

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

Dieses Pokémon kann zwar angeblich die Zukunft voraussehen, aber seine Kräfte reichen nicht aus, um diese auch zu ändern.

Attacks

Schauriger Wind

Cost: Psycho

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Lebensentzug

Cost: Psycho · Farblos

Wirf 1 Münze. Lege bei Kopf so lang Schadensmarken auf das Aktive Pokémon deines Gegners, bis seine verbleibenden KP 10 betragen.

Documented variants

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