SM Black Star Promos

Alolan Sandslash GX

SMPSM236· Promo
Alolan Sandslash GX SMP SM236

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What the card itself says

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HP
200
Type
Water
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Number
SM236/248
Set
SM Black Star PromosSMP
Illustrated by
5ban Graphics

Its Ability

Spiky Shield

If this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent’s attack (even if this Pokémon is Knocked Out), put 3 damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon.

Its attacks

Frost Breath

120

Spiky Storm GX

This attack does 100 damage to each of your opponent’s Pokémon that has any damage counters on it. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)

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, Spiky Shield. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    Weakness Metal ×2. Against a Metal Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 529 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.

When it came out

SM Black Star Promos landed here on 3 February 2017.

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 24 Sandslash cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Sandslash card and its price