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Typhlosion

HGSSHGSS09· Promo
Typhlosion HGSS HGSS09

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What the card itself says

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HP
140
Type
Fire
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Number
HGSS09/25
Illustrated by
Wataru Kawahara

Its Ability

Afterburner

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your discard pile for a Fire Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Pokémon. If you do, put 1 damage counter on that Pokémon. This power can't be used if Typhlosion is affected by a Special Condition.

Its attacks

Flare Destroy

70

Discard an Energy card attached to Typhlosion and discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon.

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

    140 HP. Only 1 cards in HeartGold SoulSilver carry more.

  2. A strength

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

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,611 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 a Stage 2. You have to come through Quilava to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,611 tournament lists we have read, 1,465 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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.

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 27 Typhlosion cards on one page, priciest first.

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