Dark Tyranitar (EX Team Rocket Returns 20)

Dark Tyranitar   わるいバンギラス Bad Bangiras

Illus. Kyoko Koizumi

Evolution stage Stage 2 Pokémon Evolves from Dark Pupitar Card name Dark Tyranitar Types Fighting/Darkness HP 120 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost Expansion EX Team Rocket Returns Rarity English card no. 20/109 Japanese Deck Kit Black Deck Kit Japanese card no. 011/020 Japanese Deck Kit Black Deck Kit Japanese card no. 012/020 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Tyranitar.

Dark Tyranitar (Japanese: わるいバンギラス Bad Bangiras) is a dual-type Fighting/Darkness Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is part of the EX Team Rocket Returns expansion.

Card text

This Pokémon is both type

Sand Damage すなおこし

As long as Dark Tyranitar is your Active Pokémon, put 1 damage counter on each of your opponent's Benched Basic Pokémon between turns. You can't use more than 1 Sand Damage Poké-Body between turns.

Second Strike きずをえぐる 50+

If the Defending Pokémon already has at least 2 damage counters on it, this attack does 50 damage plus 20 more damage.

Release information

A Holofoil print was available in the Jessie Theme Deck in English, and as a separately numbered card to its Non Holofoil counterpart in the Black Deck Kit in Japan.

Trivia

Origin

Sand Damage's Japanese name is that of Sand Stream, an Ability in the Pokémon games that Tyranitar can have.

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