Team Rocket Returns / #12/109

Kingdra

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Team Rocket Returns
Rarity (source): Rare
Illustrator: Kagemaru Himeno
Source reference: ex7-12

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Kingdra lives deep inside underwater caves and in waters where few other creatures survive. It conserves energy in the depths, then rises when the weather worsens. Old stories attribute whirlpools to its yawns and storms to its awakening. At the surface, it may even battle Dragonite. The Pokédex thus combines observations of a deep-sea inhabitant with legends inspired by the ocean’s movements.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Shield states that scales shed by Kingdra shine brightly enough to be offered to royal families. This detail concerns material it sheds naturally. It contrasts with the tales of whirlpools and storms surrounding this Pokémon of the depths.

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Card details

HP: 120
Type (source): Water
Stage (source): Stage2
Evolves from (printed name): Seadra
Pokédex number: 230
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Lightning ×2

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.

Abilities

Dragon Veil

Poke-BODY

As long as Kingdra is in play, each of your Active Pokémon has no Weakness.

Attacks

Hyper Whirlpool

Cost: Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 20

Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon.

Aqua Sonic

Cost: Water · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 50

This attack's damage is not affected by Resistance.

Documented variants

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

Reverse
Holographic
holo · standard
reverse · standard · set-logo

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