Expedition Base Set

Dragonite EX 43/165

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Dragonite EX 43

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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 EX 43/165 there. Its illustration is signed Kagemaru Himeno.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Expedition Base Set set, released here on 15 September 2002.

When it came out

Expedition Base Set landed here on 15 September 2002.

Every set, with both of its dates

Panorama inspired by the artwork of Dragonite — Poko·Art panorama created by poko.cards artists.

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What the card itself says

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

HP
100
Type
Colorless
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Number
43/165
Set
Expedition Base SetEX
Illustrated by
Kagemaru Himeno

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

Its Ability

Tailwind

Once during your turn (before your attack), if Dragonite is on your Bench, you may reduce your Active Pokémon's Retreat Cost to 0.

Its attacks

Dragon Tail

40×

Flip 2 coins. This attack does 40 damage times the number of heads.

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

    100 HP. Only 4 cards in Expedition Base Set carry more.

  2. A strength

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

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,466 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

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Dragonair to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,466 tournament lists we have read, 1,266 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

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