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EX Smaragd / #36/106

Moorabbel

Printed language: German · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
EX Smaragd
Rarity (source)
Ungewöhnlich
Illustrator
Atsuko Nishida
Source reference
ex9-36

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The Pokémon’s story

Marshtomp moves with particular ease in mud. Life on slippery ground has strengthened its legs; it can stand firmly there and burrow into the earth to sleep. A thin, sticky film also covers its body, allowing it to live out of water. When the sea retreats, it plays in beach mud. The Pokédex even describes it as faster in mud than while swimming, thanks to its developed hindquarters.

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

A detail worth noticing

Alpha Sapphire directly compares Marshtomp's movements: it travels faster through mud than by swimming. Omega Ruby specifies that a thin slimy layer protects its life on land and shows it on beaches at low tide.

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Card details

HP
70
Type (source)
Wasser
Stage (source)
Rang 1
Pokédex number
259
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Pflanze ×2

Printed card text — German

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Attacks

Super Hypno Wave

Cost: Farblos

Damage: 10

The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

Surf

Cost: Wasser · Wasser · Farblos

Damage: 50

Documented variants

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