Helioptile (Guardians Rising 43)

Helioptile   エリキテル Erikiteru

Illus. Masakazu Fukuda

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Helioptile Type Lightning HP 60 weakness ×2 resistance -20 retreat cost English expansion Guardians Rising Rarity English card no. 43/145 Japanese expansion Islands Await You Japanese rarity 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

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

Helioptile - Generator Pokémon

No.

694

Height

1'08" (0.5 m)

Weight

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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