Larvitar (Expedition 116)

Larvitar   ヨーギラス Yogiras

Illus. Yukiko Baba

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Larvitar Type Fighting HP 50 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Expedition Base Set Rarity English card no. 116/165 Japanese expansion Base Expansion Pack Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 024/128 Expansion EX Dragon Frontiers Rarity English card no. 51/101 Japanese Theme Deck Shockwave! Tyranitar ex Constructed Standard Deck Japanese card no. 009/024 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Larvitar.

Larvitar (Japanese: ヨーギラス Yogiras) is a Fighting-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Expedition Base Set.

Card text

Bite

かみつく

10

Mud Slap

どろかけ

20

e-Reader data

The Expedition Base Set print includes a Dot Code strip for use with the e-Reader, and has the card ID B-22-#. The short strip contains Pokédex information and a brief card summary. There is no long strip for this card.

Pokédex data

Larvitar - Rock Skin Pokémon

No.

246

Height

2'00" (0.6 m)

Weight

159.0 lbs. (72.0 kg)

Pokédex entry

Born deep underground, this Pokémon becomes a pupa after eating enough dirt to make a mountain.

じめんふかくで　うまれ　やまほどの　つちを　たべおわると　からだを　つくるため　さなぎになる。

Construction: Melody Box

The long strip contains sound data for the Construction: Melody Box application.

Release information

This card was included in the Expedition Base Set, first released in the Base Expansion Pack in Japan. It was reprinted in the EX Dragon Frontiers expansion, having originated from the Japnaese Shockwave! Tyranitar ex Constructed Standard Deck.

Trivia

This is one of only four cards in EX Dragon Frontiers which isn't a Delta Species. The others are Ralts, Kirlia and Pupitar.

Origin

Bite and Mud-Slap are both moves in the Pokémon games that Larvitar can learn, the former via level-up and the latter via TM31 (in Generation II) or Move Tutor (in Generation III and IV). This card's e-Reader Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Crystal.

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