Onix (EX Sandstorm 71)

Onix   イワーク Iwark

Illus. Midori Harada

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Onix Type Fighting HP 80 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion EX Sandstorm Rarity English card no. 71/100 Japanese expansion Magma VS Aqua: Two Ambitions Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 049/080 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Onix.

Onix (Japanese: イワーク Iwark) is a Fighting-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the EX Sandstorm expansion.

Card text

Bind しめつける 10

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Rage いかり 10+

Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on Onix.

e-Reader data

Initial prints of this card have the ID I-22-#. The Dot Code strip contains Pokédex information, a TCG glossary snippet, and a brief area summary for Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.

Pokédex data

Onix - Rock Snake Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
???	28'10" (8.8 m)	463.0 lbs. (210 kg)
Pokédex entry
It twists and squirms through the ground. The thunderous roar of its tunneling echoes a long way.

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. Subsequent prints of this card included in the EX Battle Stadium Deck Kit, as well as the Gardevoir EX Master Trainer Deck, lack the e-Reader Dot Code strip and feature a normal border following the cessation of TCG support for the e-Reader starting with the EX Hidden Legends expansion.

Trivia

Origin

Bind and Rage are both moves in the Pokémon games that Onix can learn. This card's e-Reader Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Gold.

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