Temporal Forces

Grubbin TEF 18/162

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Grubbin TEF 18

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 TEF 18/162 there. Its illustration is signed Kagemaru Himeno.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Temporal Forces set, released here on 22 March 2024.

When it came out

Temporal Forces landed here on 22 March 2024.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 January 2024, under the code SV5K + SV5M. That is 56 days ahead of us.

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
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
H
Number
18/162
Set
Temporal ForcesTEFSet guide
Illustrated by
Kagemaru Himeno

Its attacks

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Search your deck for up to 2 Grubbin and put them onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck.Cherchez dans votre deck jusqu'à 2 Larvibule, puis placez-les sur votre Banc. Mélangez ensuite votre deck.

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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

    Eelektrik runs it in 1 of the 37 lists we have read, seen across 1 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

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

  4. A strength

    Mark H. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,417 tournament lists we have read, 1,251 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 28, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Eelektrik1 of 371TEF 18

The other cards of this Pokémon

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