Rising Rivals

Trapinch RR 84/111

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Trapinch RR 84

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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 RR 84/111 there. Its illustration is signed Atsuko Nishida.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Rising Rivals set, released here on 16 May 2009.

When it came out

Rising Rivals landed here on 16 May 2009.

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
50
Type
Fighting
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
+10
Resistance
-20
Number
84/111
Set
Rising RivalsRR
Illustrated by
Atsuko Nishida

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

Its Ability

Gather Sand

Once during your turn (before your attack), if Trapinch is your Active Pokémon, you may search your discard pile for a basic Fighting card and attach it to Trapinch.

Its attacks

Grind

10×

Does 10 damage times the amount of Energy attached to Trapinch.

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

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

  3. A strength

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

  4. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,427 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

    Weakness Water +10. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,427 tournament lists we have read, 2,185 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.