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Paras
#85/130 in Base Set 2, Common, 40 HP, Grass, illustrated by Ken Sugimori.
- Set
- Base Set 2
- Card number
- #85/130
- Rarity
- Common
- HP
- 40 HP
- Type
- Grass
- Language
- English
- Release date
- February 24, 2000
- Illustrator
- Ken Sugimori
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Collector Notes
Paras
Paras appears in the English print of Base Set 2, released on February 24, 2000. Paras is a common rarity and 40 HP. The Base Set 2 set contains 130 cards.
Artist Info
This card's illustration was created by Ken Sugimori.
Collector Insights
Paras is a Grass-type Pokémon with 40 HP and a retreat cost of 1 Colorless energy. It features two attacks: Scratch, which costs two Colorless energy to deal 20 damage, and Spore, a Grass-type attack that uses two Grass energy to put the defending Pokémon to sleep. The card’s flavor text describes Paras as a creature that burrows to suck tree roots, with mushrooms on its back growing by drawing nutrients from the bug host. Designed by artist Ken Sugimori, this card is part of the Base Set 2, released in February 2000. It has a weakness to Fire-type attacks, which deal double damage. The card’s theme color is a warm earth tone, matching its Grass typing. With a rarity of Common, Paras is numbered 85 in the set and corresponds to Pokémon number 46 in the Pokédex.
Burrows to suck tree roots. The mushrooms on its back grow by drawing nutrients from the bug host.
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