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Charjabug

Sun & Moon / #51/149

Charjabug

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Sun & Moon
Rarity (source)
Uncommon
Illustrator
Naoki Saito
Source reference
sm1-51

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The Pokémon’s story

Charjabug often stays motionless beneath fallen leaves. It digests plant matter and stores the electricity produced in a pouch inside its body. Its shell protects it from attack; if an enemy persists, it responds with a discharge, particularly from the tips of its mandibles. The Pokédex shows an inconspicuous Pokémon whose food becomes a defensive reserve. Stepping on its shelter can trigger an immediate response.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Moon locates Charjabug's electricity production in its digestion. Pokémon Shield notes that fallen leaves fuel this process, and Pokémon Sword places the current at its mandible tips. Its electrical defense therefore begins with what it eats.

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Card details

HP
90
Type (source)
Lightning
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Grubbin
Pokédex number
737
Retreat cost
3 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fighting ×2
Resistance (source)
Metal -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

From the food it digests, it generates electricity, and it stores this energy in its electric sac.

Attacks

Shocking Jaws

Cost: Lightning · Colorless

Damage: 20

Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Electric Ball

Cost: Lightning · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 50

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • normal · standard

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