Sandstorm

Arbok SS 29/100

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Arbok SS 29

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read SS 29/100 there. Its illustration is signed Midori Harada.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Sandstorm set, released here on 18 September 2003.

When it came out

Sandstorm landed here on 18 September 2003.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
70
Type
Grass
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
29/100
Set
SandstormSS
Illustrated by
Midori Harada

The Korean text is not available yet. Text shown: English.

Its Ability

Intimidating Fang

As long as Arbok is your Active Pokémon, any damage done to your Pokémon by an opponent's attack is reduced by 10 (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

Its attacks

Toxic

20

The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on the Defending Pokémon between turns.

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

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

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

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,620 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

    Weakness Psychic ×2. Against a Psychic Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,620 tournament lists we have read, 3,343 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 21 Arbok cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Arbok card and its price