Fates Collide

Barbaracle FCO 23/124

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Barbaracle FCO 23

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

Versions of this card

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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 FCO 23/124 there. Its illustration is signed Shin Nagasawa.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Fates Collide set, released here on 2 May 2016.

When it came out

Fates Collide landed here on 2 May 2016.

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
100
Type
Water
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Number
23/124
Set
Fates CollideFCO
Illustrated by
Shin Nagasawa

Its Ability

Hand BlockBlocage Manuel

If you have a Stadium card in play, your opponent can't attach any Special Energy cards from his or her hand to his or her Pokémon.Si vous avez une carte Stade en jeu, votre adversaire ne peut pas attacher de carte Énergie spéciale de sa main à ses Pokémon.

Its attacks

Claw SlashTranch'Griffe

70

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

  2. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,417 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 Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,417 tournament lists we have read, 3,426 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 7 Barbaracle cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Barbaracle card and its price