Koraidon ex (Scarlet & Violet 125)

Koraidon   コライドンex Koraidon ex

Hyper rare print Illus. aky CG Works

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Koraidon ex Type Fighting HP 230 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Scarlet & Violet Rarity English card no. 125/198 Japanese expansion Scarlet ex Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 050/078 English expansion Scarlet & Violet Rarity English card no. 231/198 Japanese expansion Scarlet ex Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 094/078 English expansion Scarlet & Violet Rarity English card no. 247/198 Japanese expansion Scarlet ex Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 103/078 English expansion Scarlet & Violet Rarity English card no. 254/198 Japanese expansion Scarlet ex Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 106/078 English expansion SVP Black Star Promos English card no. 029 Japanese expansion Shiny Treasure ex Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 114/190 Japanese expansion Shiny Treasure ex Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 114/190 English expansion Paldean Fates Rarity English card no. 245/091 Japanese expansion Shiny Treasure ex Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 360/190 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Koraidon.

Koraidon (Japanese: コライドンex Koraidon ex) is a Fighting-type Basic Pokémon ex card. It was first released as part of the Scarlet & Violet expansion.

Card text

Dino Cry ディノクライ

Once during your turn, you may attach up to 2 Basic Energy cards from your discard pile to your Basic Pokémon in any way you like. If you use this Ability, your turn ends.

Wild Impact ワイルドインパクト 220

During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack.

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

Release information

This card was included as a Regular card, a Full Art ultra rare card, a special illustration rare card, and a gold etched hyper rare card in the Scarlet & Violet expansion, first released in the Japanese Scarlet ex expansion. The Regular, Full Art, and hyper rare prints feature artwork by aky CG Works, while the special illustration rare print features artwork by Ryota Murayama. An oversized version of the Regular print lacking its type, Weakness, Resistance, retreat cost, attack cost, collection number, and references to Energy types in its Ability was available in the Paldea Collection from January 6, 2023.

An oversized version of the actual Regular print featuring the Scarlet & Violet expansion logo on the right side of the artwork was given away with eligible Pokémon Trading Card Game purchases in various countries to celebrate the launch of the set on March 31, 2023. In the United Kingdom, it was given to customers who purchased at least £15 worth of TCG products at participating GAME stores. In the Czech Republic, it was given to customers who purchased at least 399 Kč worth of Scarlet & Violet TCG products at participating JRC or Smarty stores, or from their online shops. In Germany, it was given to customers who purchased at least €20 worth of TCG products at participating duo schreib & spiel stores. In Ireland, it was available with qualifying purchases at GameStop stores. In Italy, it was given to customers who purchased at least €20 worth of TCG products at participating Autogrill, Mondadori, Prenatal, or Mediaworld stores. In Slovakia, it was given to customers who purchased at least €15.99 worth of Scarlet & Violet TCG products at participating BRLOH or Smarty stores, or from their online shops. It was also distributed from April 1, 2023 in the Netherlands and was given to customers who purchased at least €25 worth of TCG products at participating Intertoys stores or from its online shop. Although announced on March 31 alongside several localizations, it was not distributed in France until May 6. From this date until May 20, 2023, it was given to customers who purchased at least €25 worth of TCG products at participating Smyths stores.

The Regular print was reprinted with different artwork by aky CG Works as one of the SVP Black Star Promos and was available in the Paldea Legends Tins from June 9, 2023. On this print, the illustrator is incorrectly shown as 5ban Graphics. This error was corrected on the digital scan of the card. A Jumbo-sized variant of the SVP Black Star Promo was released in the Koraidon ex Collection, released exclusively in Portuguese. The SVP Black Star Promotional print was released in Japan as part of the Shiny Treasure ex subset, with the correct illustrator name.

Gallery

Regular print Illus. aky CG Works	Ultra rare print Illus. aky CG Works	Special illustration rare print Illus. Ryota Murayama
Hyper rare print Illus. aky CG Works	SVP Promotional print Illus. aky CG Works (error)	Paldean Fates Hyper rare print Illus. aky CG Works
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

References

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