Garchomp-EX (XY Promo 9)

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Garchomp EX  
ガブリアスEX GaburiasEX
Dragon
GarchompEXXYPromo9.jpg
Illus. Ryo Ueda
Evolution stage Basic Pokémon
Card name Garchomp-EX
Type Dragon
HP 170
weakness
Fairy×2
resistance
None
retreat cost
  
English expansion XY Black Star Promos
English card no. XY09
Japanese expansion XY-P Promotional cards
Japanese card no. 010/XY-P
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Garchomp.

GarchompEX (Japanese: ガブリアスEX GaburiasEX) is a Dragon-type Basic Pokémon-EX card. It is one of the XY Black Star Promos.

Card text

FightingColorless Dual Chop
ダブルチョップ
30×
Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads.
WaterFightingColorless Power Blast
パワーブラスト
120
Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon.
445
Pokémon-EX rule
When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.


Release information

This card was released as both a regular-sized and Jumbo-sized promotional card in the Garchomp-EX Box released April 1, 2014. In Japan, it was released as one of the XY-P Promotional cards and was one of four possible promotional cards given to customers who purchased ¥1000 worth of Pokémon Card Game products at participating stores as part of the Corocoro Presents: XY Super Hot Start-Up Campaign, which launched on December 13, 2013 in celebration of the release of Collection XCollection Y. This card features the campaign logo in the bottom right corner of the artwork.

Trivia

The English version of this card is one of few Pokémon-EX cards to be printed with a matte finish rather than the glossy finish typical of Pokémon-EX cards.

Origin

Dual Chop is a move in the Pokémon games that Garchomp can learn. Power Blast is an attack that first appeared on Butler's Salamence from the Movie Commemoration VS Pack.


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