Arbok (EX Sandstorm 29)

Arbok   アーボック Arbok

Illus. Midori Harada

Evolution stage Stage 1 Pokémon Evolves from Ekans Card name Arbok Type Grass HP 70 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion EX Sandstorm Rarity English card no. 29/100 Japanese expansion Magma VS Aqua: Two Ambitions Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 002/080 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Arbok.

Arbok (Japanese: アーボック Arbok) is a Grass-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It is part of the EX Sandstorm expansion.

Card text

Intimidating Fang いかくのキバ

As long as Arbok is your Active Pokémon, any damage done to your Pokémon by an opponent's attack is reduced by 10 (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

Toxic どくどく 20

The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on the Defending Pokémon between turns.

e-Reader data

This card's ID is I-34-#. The Dot Code strip contains Pokédex information, a TCG glossary snippet, and a brief area summary for Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.

Pokédex data

Arbok - Cobra Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
???	11'06" (3.5 m)	143.0 lbs. (65.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
Transfixing prey with the face-like pattern on its belly, it binds and poisons the frightened victim.

Release information

This card is one of the 46 cards first released in September 2003 in the English EX Sandstorm expansion before the release of their Japanese prints. The Japanese print was later released on October 24 in the Magma VS Aqua: Two Ambitions expansion.

Trivia

Origin

Toxic is a move in the Pokémon games that Arbok can learn via TM06. This card's e-Reader Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Gold.

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