Porygon (Base Set 39)

Porygon LV.12
ポリゴン Porygon

Illus. Tomoaki Imakuni

Evolution stage

Card name

HP

30

weakness ×2	resistance -30	retreat cost

English expansion	Base Set
Rarity
English card no.	39/102
Japanese expansion	Expansion Pack
Japanese rarity

TCG GB1 set	Laboratory
TCG GB1 ID	D43
TCG GB2 set	Beginning Pokémon
TCG GB2 ID	A49

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

Porygon (Japanese: ポリゴン Porygon) is a Colorless-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the Base Set.

Card text

Conversion 1

テクスチャー１

If the Defending Pokémon has a Weakness, you may change it to a type of your choice other than Colorless.

Conversion 2

テクスチャー２

Change Porygon's Resistance to a type of your choice other than Colorless.

Pokédex data

Porygon - Virtual Pokémon

No.

137

Height

2′7″ (0.8 m)

Weight

80 lbs. (36.5 kg)

Pokédex entry

A Pokémon that consists entirely of programming code. Capable of moving freely in cyberspace.

最高の科学力をつかい、ついに人工のポケモンをつくることに成功した。

Release information

Gallery

TCG GB1 Laboratory sprite

TCG GB2 Beginning Pokémon sprite

Trivia

All of the artwork for the Base Set cards was made by a group of only three illustrators: Sugimori, Arita, and Kinebuchi, with the exception of this card. However, the style of the artwork of this card strongly resembles Kinebuchi's. Therefore, this illustration does not stand out that much from the other ones in Base Set.

Origin

Conversion 1 is derived from Conversion, a move in the Pokémon games that Porygon can learn. Conversion 2 is a move later introduced in the Generation II Pokémon games that Porygon can learn. This card's English Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Blue, whereas the Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Red and Green.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.