Prismatic Evolutions

Sandy Shocks ex

PREFR159· Special illustration rare
Sandy Shocks ex PRE 159

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€10.00

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What the card itself says

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HP
220
Type
Fighting
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
G
Number
159/131
Set
Prismatic EvolutionsPRESet guide
Illustrated by
Tetsu Kayama

Its Ability

Magnetic AbsorptionAbsorption Magnétique

Once during your turn, if your opponent has 4 or fewer Prize cards remaining, you may attach a Basic Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon.Une fois pendant votre tour, s'il reste 4 cartes Récompense ou moins à votre adversaire, vous pouvez attacher une carte Énergie de base de votre pile de défausse à ce Pokémon.

Its attacks

Earthen SpikePiquant Terrestre

200

During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.Pendant votre prochain tour, ce Pokémon ne peut pas attaquer.

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

  2. A strength

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

  3. 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 2,349 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

  6. Keep in mind

    Mark G. It is not among the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J. A legal reprint may still provide an exception.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 2026. TCGdex

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

Prismatic Evolutions landed here on 17 January 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 6 December 2024, under the code SV8a. That is 42 days ahead of us.

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 6 Sandy Shocks cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Sandy Shocks card and its price