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Clefable

Jungle / #17/64

Clefable

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Jungle
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Mitsuhiro Arita
Source reference
base2-17

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The Pokémon’s story

Clefable seeks peaceful mountains and moves away from humans as soon as it senses their presence. Its exceptionally keen hearing is said to detect a needle falling more than a kilometre away, making quiet precious to it. It moves in little hops so light that the Pokédex sometimes describes it walking on water. Stories place it beside lakes on clear moonlit nights. Its discretion explains why these encounters remain rare and so readily acquire a legendary character.

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

A detail worth noticing

A tradition reported in Pokémon Moon promises a happy marriage to anyone who sees a Clefable frolicking. The Pokédex clearly presents this promise as a belief. The rarity of its appearances has fed such stories, while its hearing explains why it often avoids busy places.

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Card details

HP
70
Type (source)
Colorless
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Clefairy
Pokédex number
36
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fighting ×2
Resistance (source)
Psychic -30

Printed card text — English

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Description from the source

A timid Fairy Pokémon that is rarely seen. It will run and hide the moment it senses people.

Attacks

Metronome

Cost: Colorless

Choose 1 of the Defending Pokémon's attacks. Metronome copies that attack except for its Energy costs and anything else required in order to use that attack, such as discarding Energy cards. (No matter what type the Defending Pokémon is, Clefable's type is still Colorless.)

Minimize

Cost: Colorless · Colorless

All damage done by attacks to Clefable during your opponent's next turn is reduce by 20 (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • First Edition
  • normal · standard
  • normal · standard · 1st-edition

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