Special Delivery Bidoof (SWSH Promo 177)

Special Delivery Bidoof  
   
Colorless
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Illus. & Direc. The Pokémon Company Art Team
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Special Delivery Bidoof
Type Colorless
HP 70
weakness
Fighting×2
resistance
None
retreat cost
  
Expansion SWSH Black Star Promos
English card no. SWSH177
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Bidoof.

Special Delivery Bidoof is a Colorless-type Basic Pokémon card. It is one of the SWSH Black Star Promos.

Card text

  Happy Delivery
Search your deck for an Item card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
    Rock Smash 30+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 more damage.


Pokédex data

Bidoof - Plump Mouse Pokémon
No. Height Weight
399 1'8" (0.5 m) 44.1 lbs. (20.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
It constantly gnaws on logs and rocks to whittle down its front teeth. It nests alongside water.


Release information

This card was released as a SWSH Black Star Promo to celebrate Bidoof Day. Residents of the United States and Canada with an online Pokémon Center account who were subscribed to the Pokémon Center newsletter received an email invitation to express their interest in the promotion on July 1, 2021. People wishing to do so were required to follow the link in the newsletter before 11:59 PM PDT on July 10, 2021 for a chance to receive a promo code.[1] Codes were emailed in waves to selected entrants, the first of which began on August 19, 2021.[2] Codes could then be used in conjunction with any purchase worth at least $20 USD or CAD (exclusive of taxes) from the US or Canadian Pokémon Center online stores and a copy of the card was included with valid orders.[1] All codes were distributed by September 1, 2021[3] and were valid until 11:59 PM PDT on December 31, 2021.[1]

Trivia

This card was banned from the 2022 World Championships due to not being distributed worldwide.

Origin

Happy Delivery is an attack that first appeared on Delibird from Lost Thunder. Rock Smash is a move in the Pokémon games that Bidoof can learn via HM. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Shining Pearl.

References


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