Spiral Drain
Cost: Water
Damage: 30
Heal 30 damage from this Pokémon.
151 / #134/165
Vaporeon
Printed language: English · Pokémon
- Set (printed edition)
- 151
- Rarity (source)
- Rare
- Illustrator
- kirisAki
- Source reference
- sv03.5-134
CARDEX BACKGROUND
The Pokémon’s story
Vaporeon frequents shores and clear water. The structure of its cells resembles water, allowing it to blend in until it disappears from an observer’s view. Its gills and fins let it live below the surface, where it sometimes waits for prey to pass. When danger approaches, it dives to hide. The Pokédex links this concealment to its adaptation to aquatic environments, rather than a simple illusion produced by the water.
Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.A detail worth noticing
The fins on Vaporeon’s head react to moisture in the air. Pokémon Ultra Moon explains that their trembling can signal rain in a few hours. This weather sign comes from the same sensitivity to water that lets it hide almost perfectly below the surface.
Card details
- HP
- 130
- Type (source)
- Water
- Stage (source)
- Stage1
- Evolves from (printed name)
- Eevee
- Pokédex number
- 134
- Regulation mark
- G
- 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.
Description from the source
It lives close to water. Its long tail is ridged with a fin, which is often mistaken for a mermaid's.Attacks
Fighting Whirlpool
Cost: Water · Colorless · Colorless
Damage: 90+
If your opponent's Active Pokémon is a Pokémon ex or Pokémon V, this attack does 90 more damage.Documented variants
Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.
- Reverse
- Holographic
- holo · standard
- reverse · standard
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