Empoleon V (Battle Styles 40)

Empoleon

エンペルトV EmperteV

Battle Styles Full Art print
Illus. Ayaka Yoshida

Evolution stage

Card name

HP

210

weakness ×2	resistance None	retreat cost

English expansion	Battle Styles
Rarity
English card no.	040/163
Japanese expansion	Rapid Strike Master
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	026/070

English expansion	Battle Styles
Rarity
English card no.	145/163
Japanese expansion	Rapid Strike Master
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	073/070

English expansion	Battle Styles
Rarity
English card no.	146/163
Japanese expansion	Rapid Strike Master
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	074/070

English expansion	SWSH Black Star Promos
English card no.	SWSH108
Japanese expansion	S-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no.	184/S-P

Japanese Deck	Start Deck 100
Japanese card no.	100/414

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Empoleon.

Empoleon (Japanese: エンペルトV EmperteV) is a Water-type Basic Pokémon V card. It was first released as part of the Battle Styles expansion.

Card text

Emperor's Eyes
エンペラーアイ

As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, your opponent's Basic Pokémon in play have no Abilities, except for Pokémon with a Rule Box (Pokémon V, Pokémon-GX, etc. have Rule Boxes).

	Swirling Slice らせんぎり	130

Move an Energy from this Pokémon to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

V rule
When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Release information

This card was included as a Regular card, a Full Art card, and a Special Full Art card in the Battle Styles expansion, first released in the Japanese Rapid Strike Master expansion. The Regular and Full Art prints feature artwork by Ayaka Yoshida, while the Special Full Art print features artwork by chibi. It was reprinted as one of the SWSH Black Star Promos with artwork by PLANETA Mochizuki and was available in the V Strikers Tins from May 21, 2021. In Japan, this print was released as a S-P Promotional card and was included in the Gengar VMAX & Inteleon VMAX High-Class Deck Double Box, released on May 28, 2021. The Battle Styles Regular print was later printed as a Mirror Holofoil card in the Japanese Start Deck 100.

Gallery

Battle Styles Regular print
Illus. Ayaka Yoshida

Battle Styles Full Art print
Illus. Ayaka Yoshida

Battle Styles Special Full Art print
Illus. chibi

SWSH Promotional print
Illus. PLANETA Mochizuki

Trivia

Origin

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