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Castform Rainy Form card from the Chilling Reign set
Illustration by sowsow. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Basic Pokémon

Castform Rainy Form

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A Basic Water Pokemon that deals small damage to all enemy Pokemon.

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What this card does

The Weather Reading ability ignores attack costs if you have eight Stadium cards in your discard pile.

The Rainfall attack deals 20 damage to each of the opponent's Pokemon.

Signature ability

Weather Reading

If you have 8 or more Stadium cards in your discard pile, ignore all Energy in this Pokémon's attack costs.

The card allows you to bypass energy costs for its attack, provided you have collected enough Stadium cards. This makes it a reliable way to deal consistent damage across the board once that condition is met.

Attacks

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Rainfall

This attack does 20 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Abilities

AbilityWeather Reading

If you have 8 or more Stadium cards in your discard pile, ignore all Energy in this Pokémon's attack costs.

Which deck it belongs in

This card suits decks that focus on playing many Stadium cards to trigger its special ability. It works best in strategies that can afford to build up resources rather than attacking immediately.

Strengths
  • Bypasses energy costs
  • Damages all opponents
  • Basic Pokemon status
Watch out for
  • Weak to Lightning type
  • Requires eight Stadium cards
  • Low damage output
Pro tip

Focus on playing Stadium cards early to bring out the ability that removes energy costs for attacks.

From the Pokédex

Castform changes its form based on the weather, turning blue and rainy when it is wet outside.

Note for the parent

Your child will need to track how many Stadium cards are in the discard pile to know when this ability is active.

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