Alolan Sandslash (SM Promo 127)

Alolan Sandslash   アローラサンドパン Alolan Sandpan

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Evolution stage Stage 1 Pokémon Evolves from Alolan Sandshrew Card name Alolan Sandslash Type Metal HP 120 weakness ×2 resistance -20 retreat cost English expansion SM Black Star Promos English card no. SM127 Japanese expansion SM-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 217/SM-P For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Sandslash.

Alolan Sandslash (Japanese: アローラサンドパン Alolan Sandpan) is a Metal-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It is one of the SM Black Star Promos.

Card text

Metal Claw メタルクロー 20

Tumbling Attack ローリングアタック 80+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 40 more damage.

Pokédex data

Sandslash - Mouse Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
028	3'11" (1.2 m)	121.3 lbs. (55.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
鋼の針を 氷が おおう。 刺さると 深い 傷と 一緒に 凍傷にも なってしまうぞ。

Release information

This card was released as one of the SM Black Star Promos included in the Sun & Moon Trainer Kit: Alolan Sandslash & Alolan Ninetales as both a Water Web Holofoil and Non Holofoil card, made available on June 1, 2018. Both prints bear a gray circle with a number in at the bottom right of the card. The Holo card is numberd 30 while the Non Holo is numbered 16. In Japan, this card was one of seven possible SM-P Promotional cards available in promotional packs awarded to participants of Pokémon Card Gym tournaments during March and April 2018. This print features the Pokémon Card Gym logo.

Trivia

Origin

This card features the Alolan form of Sandslash. Metal Claw is a move in the Pokémon games that Alolan Sandslash can learn. Tumbling Attack is an attack that first appeared on Giovanni's Nidoking from Gym Challenge. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Moon.

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