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Shaymin

Platinum / #38/127

Shaymin

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Platinum
Rarity (source)
Rare
Illustrator
Kouki Saitou
Source reference
pl1-38

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Shaymin responds to affection and gratitude: the flowers on its body may open when it is gently stroked. The Pokédex also credits it with dissolving toxins in the air, to the point of turning barren land into a field of flowers. These changes give visible form to what it receives and what it gives back. Around it, both a gesture of appreciation and a polluted environment can become the starting point for a bloom.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Black links the opening of Shaymin's flowers to the gratitude it senses. Pokémon X credits it with purifying the air and turning a desert into a field of flowers. The Pokédex therefore ties its plant-related power to the environment as well as to emotions.

Sources for this background

Card details

HP
80
Type (source)
Grass
Stage (source)
Basic
Pokédex number
492
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Fire +20
Resistance (source)
Water -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

It lives in flower patches and avoids detection by curling up to look like a flowering plant.

Attacks

Energy Blow

Damage: 10+

Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to Shaymin.

Aromatherapy

Cost: Grass · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 40

Remove 2 damage counters from each of your Pokémon.

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • Holographic
  • normal · standard
  • holo · standard
  • reverse · standard

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