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Appletun

Surging Sparks / #211/191

Appletun

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Surging Sparks
Rarity (source)
Illustration rare
Illustrator
MINAMINAMI Take
Source reference
sv08-211

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Appletun appeared after an Applin ate a sweet apple. Its body gives off a nectar scent that attracts the Bug-type Pokémon it feeds on. The sweetness extends beyond the smell: its skin, especially on its back, is covered in nectar. The Pokédex even recounts that children used to taste it. Behind an unthreatening appearance, Appletun therefore uses the appeal of this sugar to draw prey closer, while its own body can seem appetizing to others.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Sword connects Appletun's evolution with a sweet apple and specifies that its fragrance attracts Bug-type Pokémon. Pokémon Shield adds a more unusual fact: the especially sweet skin on its back was once eaten by children.

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Card details

HP
90
Type (source)
Dragon
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Applin
Pokédex number
842
Regulation mark
H
Retreat cost
3 Energy

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.

Attacks

Melting Sweetness

Cost: Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 50

During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't attack.

Wild Tackle

Cost: Grass · Fire

Damage: 130

This Pokémon also does 20 damage to itself.

Documented variants

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

  • Holographic
  • holo · standard

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