Paradox Rift

Sandy Shocks ex

PAR250· Special illustration rare
Sandy Shocks ex PAR 250

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What the card itself says

Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.

HP
220
Type
Fighting
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
G
Set
Paradox Rift (PAR)

Its Ability

Magnetic Absorption

Once during your turn, if your opponent has 4 or fewer Prize cards remaining, you may attach a Basic Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon.

Its attacks

Earthen Spike

200

During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    It has an Ability, Magnetic Absorption. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  4. Keep in mind

    It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 2,021 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

  6. Keep in mind

    Mark G. It is not among the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J. A legal reprint may still provide an exception.

Standard format: source checked on September 8, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

Paradox Rift landed here on 3 November 2023.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 27 October 2023, under the code SV4K + SV4M. That is 7 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 6 Sandy Shocks cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Sandy Shocks card and its price