Lechonk (Scarlet & Violet 154)

Lechonk   グルトン Gourton

Illus. Teeziro

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Lechonk Type Colorless HP 60 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Scarlet & Violet Rarity English card no. 154/198 Japanese expansion Scarlet ex Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 066/078 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Lechonk.

Lechonk (Japanese: グルトン Gourton) is a Colorless-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the Scarlet & Violet expansion.

Card text

Repelling Odor てきよけスメル

Switch out your opponent's Active Pokémon to the Bench. (Your opponent chooses the new Active Pokémon.)

Stampede ふむ 20

Pokédex data

Lechonk - Hog Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
0915	1'8" (0.5 m)	22.5 lbs. (10.2 kg)
Pokédex entry
It searches for food all day. It possesses a keen sense of smell but doesn't use it for anything other than foraging.
一日中 エサを 探す。 優れた 嗅覚を 持つが エサ探し 以外に 使わない。

Release information

This card was included in the Scarlet & Violet expansion, first released in the Japanese Scarlet ex expansion. Two Parallel Holofoil versions of this card with different stamps in the bottom right corner of the artwork were given away with eligible Pokémon Trading Card Game purchases at participating stores in various countries starting March 31, 2023. Variants featuring a red GameStop logo were available at GameStop stores in the United States and Canada with a $15 minimum purchase.

Variants featuring the Scarlet & Violet expansion logo were available at retailers WHSmith, Smyths, Waterstones, or Toymaster in the United Kingdom, as well as specific local game stores such as Toys & Games Of Worcester and Tigeroo Toys with a purchase of £15 or more; and at Eason stores or Smyths stores in Ireland with at least a €15 purchase. Game Mania stores in the Netherlands; retailers Game Mania, DreamLand, Jactal, and MediaMarkt in Belgium; King Jouet stores in France; and select locations in Germany all gave away a copy of this variant with purchases worth at least €20. In Italy, it was available with purchases worth at least €25 at retailers GameStop, Games Academy, Cidiverte/GameLife, Finiper, Coop Italia, Iper La grande i, Aspiag, Mornati Paglia, SME, or Il Gigante, as well as local stores such as Funside Campania.

In Switzerland, the Scarlet & Violet logo variant was available from Card Maniac with at least a CHF 20 purchase. It was also available at several retailers in Nordic territories, including BR Toys stores in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden; XS Toys stores in Finland and Sweden; Ringo stores in Norway; and Lekia stores in Norway and Sweden. The distribution method in these territories varied, with some stores giving away this variant to the first number of customers to make a TCG purchase rather than of a specific value. Participating stores in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, as well as those in Hong Kong selling English localizations of the TCG, gave away this variant with the purchase of more than two Scarlet & Violet booster packs. Copies were also distributed in Australia and New Zealand from April 6 to April 20, 2023 with at least a $15 purchase at participating EB Games stores or through their online shop.

Trivia

Origin

This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Scarlet.

References

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