Kakuna

Kakuna

Kakuna appears in the English print of Rising Rivals, released on May 16, 2009. Kakuna is a common rarity and 80 HP. The Rising Rivals set contains 120 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by Midori Harada.

Collector Insights

Kakuna is a Grass-type Pokémon with 80 HP and a retreat cost of two Colorless energy. It features the Exoskeleton ability, which reduces any damage done to it by attacks by 20 after applying Weakness and Resistance. The card’s attack, Dangerous Evolution, requires one Grass energy and inflicts Poison on the defending Pokémon. It also allows the player to search their deck for an Evolution card that evolves from Kakuna, count it as evolving, and shuffle their deck afterward. Kakuna’s flavor text describes it as hiding from predators under leaves and in tree branches while awaiting evolution. The card is part of the Platinum series, released in the Rising Rivals set on May 16, 2009. It has a rarity of Common and is numbered 66 in the set. The card is designed by artist Midori Harada and has no resistances, though it is weak to Fire attacks with a 20-point multiplier.

While awaiting evolution, it hides from predators under leaves and in nooks of branches.

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