Iron Thorns

Iron Thorns

Iron Thorns appears in the English print of Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos, released on January 1, 2023. Iron Thorns is a promo rarity and 140 HP. The Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos set contains 225 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by Tonji Matsuno.

Collector Insights

Iron Thorns is a Lightning-type Pokémon with 140 HP. It requires three Colorless Energy to retreat and has a converted retreat cost of 3. The card features two attacks: Destructo-Press, which costs one Lightning and one Colorless Energy, deals 70× damage, and instructs the player to reveal the top five deck cards, dealing 70 damage for each Future card found before discarding them and reshuffling the rest. Megaton Lariat costs three Lightning and one Colorless Energy, dealing fixed 140 damage. The card’s flavor text references an object described in an expedition journal with matching features. It belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series, released as part of the Scarlet & Violet Black Star Promos set on January 1, 2023. The card is classified as a Promo rarity and carries the regulation mark H. Its design is attributed to artist Tonji Matsuno.

Some of its notable features match those of an object named within a certain expedition journal as Iron Thorns.

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