Helioptile (Guardians Rising 43)

Helioptile  
エリキテル Erikiteru
Lightning
HelioptileGuardiansRising43.jpg
Illus. Masakazu Fukuda
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Helioptile
Type Lightning
HP 60
weakness
Fighting×2
resistance
Metal-20
retreat cost
 
English expansion Guardians Rising
Rarity Common
English card no. 43/145
Japanese expansion Islands Await You
Japanese rarity C
Japanese card no. 020/050
Japanese Deck Tapu Bulu-GX Enhanced Starter Set
Japanese card no. 006/021
Japanese Deck Lightning Raichu-GX Deck
Japanese card no. 040/131
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Helioptile.

Helioptile (Japanese: エリキテル Erikiteru) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Guardians Rising expansion.

Card text

Lightning
Thunder Shock
でんきショック
10
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Pokédex data

694
1'08" (0.5 m)
13.2 lbs. (6.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
They make their home in deserts. They can generate their energy from basking in the sun, so eating food is not a requirement.
砂漠で 生活する。 太陽の 光を 浴びて 発電すれば エサを 食べなくても 平気なのだ。

Release information

This card was included in the Guardians Rising expansion, first released in the Japanese Islands Await You expansion. In Japan, it was reprinted in the Tapu Bulu-GX Enhanced Starter Set and the Lightning Raichu-GX Deck.

Trivia

Origin

Thunder Shock is a move in the Pokémon games that Helioptile can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon X.


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