Sandstorm

Cacturne

SS2· Holo Rare
Cacturne SS 2

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What the card itself says

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HP
80
Type
Grass
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
2/100
Set
SandstormSS
Illustrated by
Atsuko Nishida

Its Ability

Poison Payback

If Cacturne is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if Cacturne is Knocked Out), the Attacking Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Its attacks

Feint Attack

Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 40 damage to that Pokémon. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies or any other effects on that 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

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

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 914 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

Sandstorm landed here on 18 September 2003.

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 13 Cacturne cards on one page, priciest first.

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