Carnivine

Carnivine

Carnivine appears in the English print of HS—Triumphant, released on November 3, 2010. Carnivine is a rare rarity and 80 HP. The HS—Triumphant set contains 103 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by Ryo Ueda.

Collector Insights

Carnivine is a Grass-type Pokémon with 80 HP, part of the HeartGold & SoulSilver series released in the HS—Triumphant set on November 3, 2010. It has a Rare rarity and was illustrated by Ryo Ueda. The card features a flavor text describing its behavior of using tentacles to ambush prey by dangling from tree branches. Carnivine can retreat using two Colorless Energy, and its resistances include a -20 penalty to Water-type attacks. It has two attacks: Saliva Lure, which costs one Colorless Energy to switch the defending Pokémon with an opponent’s Benched Pokémon, and Stick and Absorb, requiring two Grass and one Colorless Energy to deal 30 damage while removing three damage counters from itself and preventing the defending Pokémon from retreating during the opponent’s next turn. The card’s weaknesses make it vulnerable to Fire-type attacks, which deal double damage. Its design emphasizes strategic interaction through its abilities, balancing offensive and defensive capabilities within the game’s mechanics.

It walks around on its tentacles in search of a tree branch where it can dangle down and ambush prey.

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