Mudkip (Nintendo Promo 18)

Mudkip   ミズゴロウ Mizugorou

Illus. Kagemaru Himeno

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Mudkip Type Water HP 50 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Nintendo Black Star Promos English card no. 18 Japanese expansion ADV-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 019/ADV-P Japanese expansion ADV-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 020/ADV-P For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Mudkip.

Mudkip (Japanese: ミズゴロウ Mizugorou) is a Water-type Basic Pokémon card. It is one of the Nintendo Black Star Promos.

Card text

Surf なみのり 10

Whirlpool うずしお 10

Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon.

Release information

In Japan, this card was released as both a holographic and non-holographic ADV-P Promotional card at participating 7-Eleven stores as part of the Pokémon Fair campaign, which ran from June 25th, 2003 until stocks lasted. Customers who purchased a bottle of Coca-Cola Vanilla, Sprite Classic, Ambasa Sour White, Fanta Fruit Punch, or Fanta Melon Soda were given one of 21 possible cards. The English release was made available at Target snack bars with the purchase of an Icee or Arctic Blast. A holographic version was later available in one of the four EX Deck Tins, released on October 25th, 2004.

Trivia

The holographic version of this card does not have an area for the dot-code strip, whereas the non-holographic version has both its area and a dot-code strip.

Origin

Surf and Whirlpool are both moves in the Pokémon games that Mudkip can learn, the former via HM03.

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