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Jynx LV.23 ルージュラ Rougela
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Expansion
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Base Set 2
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Rarity
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English card no.
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45/130
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For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Jynx.
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Jynx (Japanese: ルージュラ Rougela) is a Psychic-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Base Set.
Card text
Flip 2
coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.
Does 20 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on the Defending Pokémon.
Pokédex data
Merely by meditating, the Pokémon launches a powerful psychic energy attack.
人間のような言葉を話すが、まだ何を言っているのか不明で、現在研究されている。
Release information
This card was released in the English Base Set, first originating from the Japanese Expansion Pack. It was reprinted in the English Base Set 2 and Legendary Collection expansions.
Trivia
- The English version of this card's illustration had the color of Jynx's face changed from black to purple due to the blackface controversy in subsequent reprints.
- The English version of this card was the first to not take its Pokédex entry from any of the prior games.
Origin
Double Slap and Meditate are both moves in the Pokémon games. Jynx can learn Double Slap, though it was incapable of learning Meditate until Generation II, via breeding. This card's Japanese Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Red and Green.