Dragonite (Pokémon Card GB promo)

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TCG Card Back Japanese.jpg This article is about a Pokémon Trading Card Game card which has not yet been officially released in English. As such, this article may contain translated Japanese terms instead of English terms.

Dragonite LV.41
カイリュー Kairyu
Colorless
File:Dragonitepromo.jpg
Illus. Ken Sugimori
Evolution stage
Dragonair
Stage 2 Pokémon
Evolves from Dragonair
Card name Dragonite
Type Colorless
HP 100
weakness
None
resistance
Fighting-30
retreat cost
  
TCG GB1 set Promotional Card
TCG GB1 ID P16
TCG GB2 set Promotional
TCG GB2 ID P39
Japanese expansion Unnumbered Promotional cards
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Dragonite.

Dragonite (Japanese: カイリュー Kairyu) is a Colorless-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It was released as a Promotional card.

Card text

Pokémon Power:
Healing Wind
いやしのかぜ
 
 
When you put Dragonite into play, remove 2 damage counters from each of your Pokémon. If a Pokémon has fewer damage counter than that, remove all of them from that Pokémon.


   
Slam
たたきつける
30×
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.


Pokédex data (Card GB print)

Dragonite - Dragon Pokémon
No. Height Weight
147 7'3" (2.2 m) 463 lbs. (210.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
It is said that this Pokémon lives somewhere in the sea and that it flies. However, it is only a rumor.
姿を見た人は少ないが実在する海の化身知能も人間に匹敵するらしい。


Pokédex data (Promotional print)

Dragonite - Dragon Pokémon
No. Height Weight
147 7'3" (2.2 m) 463 lbs. (210.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
大きな体格で空を飛ぶ。地球を約16時間で1周してしまう。


Release information

This card was released as a promotional card. In Japan, it was included with Template:Card GB for the Game Boy Color. The card was never released in English.

Trivia

  • This card displays a 'GB' symbol in place of the Expansion symbol, indicating it was originally created exclusively for the Game Boy.
  • This is one of the four Legendary Cards, which are central to the plot of Template:Card GB, and its sequel Template:Card GB 2. It is the only one to be released as an actual card. Similarly, it is only one of three Game Boy-exclusive cards to be made into a card. The others are Tangela and Electrode.

Origin

Slam is a move in the Pokémon games that Dragonite can learn. This card's English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Yellow, whereas the Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Blue. The promotional print Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Green.


  This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.