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Cards/Beedrill V
Beedrill V card from the Astral Radiance set
Illustration by Ayaka Yoshida. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Basic Pokémon

Beedrill V

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A grass-based powerhouse that scales its damage with how many Beedrill you have.

Grass210 HPBasicBeginner to play

What this card does

Twineedle flips two coins to deal 40 damage for each head.

Swarming Sting deals 50 damage to one opponent's Pokemon for every Beedrill V you control.

Signature attack

Twineedle

Flip 2 coins. This attack does 40 damage for each heads. (40× damage)

This card gets stronger as you play more copies of itself. Swarming Sting allows it to deal significant damage by counting your team size rather than relying on coin flips.

Attacks

G
Twineedle40×

Flip 2 coins. This attack does 40 damage for each heads.

GGC
Swarming Sting

This attack does 50 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon for each of your Beedrill V in play. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Which deck it belongs in

It suits a deck that focuses on playing multiple copies of Beedrill V quickly. It works well in strategies that can protect its grass energy supply.

Strengths
  • Scales with team size
  • High damage potential
  • Basic Pokemon
Watch out for
  • Weak to Fire attacks
  • Requires multiple copies
  • Grass energy dependent
Pro tip

Play three or four Beedrill V cards to make Swarming Sting very threatening.

From the Pokédex

Beedrill is known for its aggressive nature and sharp stingers.

Note for the parent

The parent should help their child count how many Beedrill cards are in play before using the Swarming Sting attack.

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