スノーハザード / #021/71

アルクジラ

Printed language: Japanese · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): スノーハザード
Rarity (source): Common
Illustrator: Saya Tsuruta
Source reference: SV2P-021

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Cetoddle's ancestors are said to have left the ocean for land long ago. The Pokédex suggests a possible relationship with Wailmer without presenting it as certain. Today, Cetoddle lives in freezing regions, often in small groups of around five. It seeks minerals contained in snow and ice. Its current habitat therefore does not erase the question of its origin: the entries connect terrestrial life in the cold with a supposed marine past.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Scarlet places Cetoddle's ancestors' departure from the ocean in the distant past and suggests a connection with Wailmer. Pokémon Violet describes its small groups in frozen regions and its attraction to minerals in snow.

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Card details

HP: 100
Type (source): Water
Stage (source): Basic
Pokédex number: 974
Regulation mark: G
Retreat cost: 3 Energy
Weakness (source): Metal ×2

Printed card text — Japanese

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

遥か昔に海から上がって陸地で暮らすようになった。ホエルコに近い種類らしい。

Attacks

ねむる

Cost: Colorless

このポケモンをねむりにする。このポケモンのHPを「60」回復する。

すてみタックル

Cost: Water · Colorless

Damage: 50

このポケモンにも10ダメージ。

Documented variants

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normal · standard

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