Pincurchin (Darkness Ablaze 64)

Pincurchin   バチンウニ Bachinuni

Illus. Shin Nagasawa

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Pincurchin Type Lightning HP 80 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Darkness Ablaze Rarity English card no. 064/189 Japanese expansion S-P Promotional cards Japanese card no. 047/S-P For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Pincurchin.

Pincurchin (Japanese: バチンウニ Bachinuni) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the Darkness Ablaze expansion.

Card text

Double Draw ダブルドロー

Draw 2 cards.

Zing Zap びりびりちくちく 50

Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Pokédex data

Pincurchin - Sea Urchin Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
871	1' (0.3 m)	2.2 lbs. (1.0 kg)
Pokédex entry
It feeds on seaweed, using its teeth to scrape it off rocks. Electric current flows from the tips of its spines.
棘の 先から 電気を 放つ。 鋭い 歯で 岩に ついた 海藻を こそいで 食べる。

Release information

This card was included in the Darkness Ablaze expansion, first released as one of the Japanese S-P Promotional cards. In Japan, it was available as an insert in the May 2020 issue of CoroCoro Ichiban!, released on March 21, 2020. This card features the new CoroCoro Ichiban! logo in the bottom right corner of the artwork following the magazine's rebrand.

Trivia

Origin

Double Draw is an attack that first appeared on Virizion from Noble Victories. Zing Zap is a move in the Pokémon games that Pincurchin can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Sword.

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