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Grundset / #39/102

Porygon

Printed language: German · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Grundset
Rarity (source)
Ungewöhnlich
Illustrator
Tomoaki Imakuni
Source reference
base1-39

CARDEX BACKGROUND

The Pokémon’s story

Porygon was created from computer programs. It can convert its body into data to enter cyberspace, where it is sometimes used to detect suspicious information. Its designers also dreamed of seeing it travel into space, but the Pokédex explains that this aim has never been achieved. Its story therefore follows two directions: success in digital worlds and a physical travel project that remains beyond its reach.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Omega Ruby states that Porygon can return to program form and resists illegal copying. Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! adds that no Porygon has yet completed the space journey its creators hoped for.

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Card details

HP
30
Type (source)
Farblos
Stage (source)
Basis
Pokédex number
137
Retreat cost
1 Energy
Weakness (source)
Kampf ×2
Resistance (source)
Psycho -30

Printed card text — German

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

Ein Pokémon, das vollständig aus Programmiercodes besteht. Kann sich im Cyberspace frei bewegen.

Attacks

Umwandlung 1

Cost: Farblos

Falls das verteidigende Pokémon eine Schwäche hat, kannst Du sie auf einen Typ Deiner Wahl (außer Farblos) ändern.

Umwandlung 2

Cost: Farblos · Farblos

Ändere Porygons Resistenz auf einen Typ Deiner Wahl (außer Farblos).

Documented variants

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

  • Normal
  • First Edition
  • Normal · unbegrenzt · Standard
  • Normal · schattenlos · Standard · 1. Auflage
  • Normal · schattenlos · Standard
  • Normal · Copyright 1999-2000 · Standard

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