Dark Sandslash (EX Team Rocket Returns 18)

Dark Sandslash   わるいサンドパン Bad Sandpan

Illus. Masakazu Fukuda

Evolution stage Stage 1 Pokémon Evolves from Sandshrew Card name Dark Sandslash Types Fighting/Darkness HP 70 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost None English expansion EX Team Rocket Returns Rarity English card no. 18/109 Japanese expansion Rocket Gang Strikes Back Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 051/084 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Sandslash.

Dark Sandslash (Japanese: わるいサンドパン Bad Sandpan) is a dual-type Fighting/Darkness Stage 1 Pokémon card. It is part of the EX Team Rocket Returns expansion.

Card text

This Pokémon is both type.

Poison Payback

トゲトゲどく

If Dark Sandslash is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if Dark Sandslash is Knocked Out), the Attacking Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Swift

スピードスター

50

This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon.

Trivia

Origin

Swift is a move in the Pokémon games that Sandslash can learn.

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