Empoleon V (Battle Styles 40)

Empoleon   エンペルトV EmperteV

Battle Styles Regular print Illus. Ayaka Yoshida

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Empoleon V Type Water HP 210 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Battle Styles Rarity English card no. 040/163 Japanese expansion Rapid Strike Master Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 026/070 English expansion Battle Styles Rarity English card no. 145/163 Japanese expansion Rapid Strike Master Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 073/070 English expansion Battle Styles Rarity English card no. 146/163 Japanese expansion Rapid Strike Master Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 074/070 English expansion SWSH Black Star Promos English card no. SWSH108 Japanese expansion S-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 184/S-P Japanese Deck Start Deck 100 Japanese card no. 100/414 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Empoleon.

Empoleon (Japanese: エンペルトV EmperteV) is a Water-type Basic Pokémon V card. It was first released as part of the Battle Styles expansion.

Card text

Emperor's Eyes エンペラーアイ

As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, your opponent's Basic Pokémon in play have no Abilities, except for Pokémon with a Rule Box (Pokémon V, Pokémon-GX, etc. have Rule Boxes).

Swirling Slice らせんぎり 130

Move an Energy from this Pokémon to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

V rule When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Release information

This card was included as a Regular card, a Full Art card, and a Special Full Art card in the Battle Styles expansion, first released in the Japanese Rapid Strike Master expansion. The Regular and Full Art prints feature artwork by Ayaka Yoshida, while the Special Full Art print features artwork by chibi. It was reprinted as one of the SWSH Black Star Promos with artwork by PLANETA Mochizuki and was available in the V Strikers Tins from May 21, 2021. In Japan, this print was released as a S-P Promotional card and was included in the Gengar VMAX & Inteleon VMAX High-Class Deck Double Box, released on May 28, 2021. The Battle Styles Regular print was later printed as a Mirror Holofoil card in the Japanese Start Deck 100.

Gallery

Battle Styles Regular print Illus. Ayaka Yoshida	Battle Styles Full Art print Illus. Ayaka Yoshida	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Battle Styles Special Full Art print Illus. chibi	SWSH Promotional print Illus. PLANETA Mochizuki	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori
Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori	Diamond & Pearl print Illus. Ken Sugimori

Trivia

Origin

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