Platinum

Carnivine

PL43· Uncommon
Carnivine PL 43

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What the card itself says

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

HP
80
Type
Grass
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
+20
Resistance
-20
Number
43/127
Set
PlatinumPL
Illustrated by
Mitsuhiro Arita

Its attacks

Stretch Vine

Choose 2 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. This attack does 10 damage to each of them. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Absorb

20

Remove 2 damage counters from Carnivine.

Vine Extract

30

If the Defending Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned and Poisoned.

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 is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  2. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,810 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 Fire +20. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 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

Platinum landed here on 11 February 2009.

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 17 Carnivine cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Carnivine card and its price