Tyranitar ex (POP Series 1 17)

Tyranitar ex バンギラス ex Bangiras ex

Illus. Hisao Nakamura

Evolution stage Stage 2 Pokémon Evolves from Pupitar Card name Tyranitar ex Type Darkness HP 150 weakness resistance -30 retreat cost English expansion POP Series 1 Rarity English card no. 17/17 Japanese expansion T Promotional cards Japanese card no. 021/T For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Tyranitar.

Tyranitar ex (Japanese: バンギラス ex Bangiras ex) is a Darkness-type Stage 2 Pokémon-ex card. It is part of POP Series 1.

Card Text

When Pokémon-ex has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Scratch ひっかく 20

Critical Crush デスクラッシュ 80

Discard 2 basic Energy cards attached to Tyranitar ex or this attack does nothing.

Release information

In Japan, this card was one of three cards available as inserts in Volume 20 of Pokémon Card Trainers magazine, released in January 2003. A Cosmos Holofoil version of the English print was one of two cards available in the Value Box, released in October 2006. It was later available in the international versions of the 2007 Spring Collector's Tins, released in March 2007.

Trivia

This was the first Pokémon-ex card released to feature a 2D drawing instead of 3D computer-generated artwork.

Origin

Scratch is a move in the Pokémon games, however, Tyranitar cannot learn it.

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