Lycanroc-GX
Guardians Rising

#156 Lycanroc-GX - Guardians Rising (sm2)

Lycanroc-GX is a Fighting-type Pokémon with 200 HP. It features the ability Bloodthirsty Eyes, which allows switching an opponent's Benched Pokémon with their Active one when evolving a Pokémon during your turn. The card includes two attacks: Claw Slash, which costs Fighting and two Colorless energies to deal 110 damage, and Dangerous Rogue-GX, a powerful move that inflicts 50 damage per Benched Pokémon the opponent has. The GX attack also requires a single Fighting and Colorless energy and has a game rule limiting its use to once per game. Lycanroc-GX has a retreat cost of two Colorless energies and is weak to Grass-type attacks with double damage. It belongs to the Sun & Moon series, specifically the Guardians Rising set, released on May 5, 2017. The card was illustrated by 5ban Graphics and is classified as a Rare Rainbow card. Its design emphasizes evolutionary mechanics and strategic interaction with the opponent's bench.