Crystal Guardians

Swampert ex

CGFR98· Rare
Swampert ex CG 98

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HP
150
Type
Water
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Number
98/100
Set
Crystal GuardiansCG
Illustrated by
Ryo Ueda

Its Ability

Energy RecycleRecyclage d'énergie

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your discard pile for 3 Energy cards and attach them to your Pokémon in any way you like. If you do, your turn ends. This power can't be used if Swampert ex is affected by a Special Condition.Une seule fois lors de votre tour (avant votre attaque), vous pouvez choisir dans votre pile de défausse 3 cartes Énergie et les attacher à vos Pokémon de la façon que vous voulez. Votre tour est alors terminé. Ce pouvoir ne peut pas être utilisé si Laggron ex est affecté par un État Spécial.

Its attacks

Ultra PumpSuper pompe

60+

You may discard 2 cards from your hand. If you do, this attack does 60 damage plus 20 more damage and does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)Vous pouvez défausser 2 cartes de votre main. Cette attaque inflige alors 60 dégâts plus 20 dégâts supplémentaires et 20 dégâts à 1 des Pokémon de Banc de votre adversaire. (Vous ne pouvez pas appliquer la Faiblesse et la Résistance aux Pokémon de Banc.)

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

    150 HP, and nothing in Crystal Guardians goes higher. That is the wall your opponent has to break through before taking a Prize.

  2. A strength

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

  3. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 2,350 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

Crystal Guardians landed here on 30 August 2006.

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 15 Swampert cards on one page, priciest first.

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