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Castform Snowy Form card from the Chilling Reign set
Illustration by miki kudo. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Basic Pokémon

Castform Snowy Form

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A Basic Water Pokemon that deals big damage if you have many Stadium cards.

Water70 HPBasicBeginner to play

What this card does

Its Weather Reading ability removes attack costs if you have eight or more Stadium cards in your discard pile.

Frosty Typhoon deals 120 damage but stops this Pokemon from using it again next turn.

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.

This card turns a collection of discarded Stadium cards into free energy for its powerful attack. It matters because it allows you to hit hard without spending resources on energy during that specific turn.

Attacks

WWC
Frosty Typhoon120

During your next turn, this Pokémon can't use Frosty Typhoon.

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

It suits decks built around discarding many Stadium cards quickly. It works best in strategies that can sustain the discard pile over several turns.

Strengths
  • High damage output
  • Cost reduction potential
  • Basic Pokemon status
Watch out for
  • Requires specific setup
  • Cannot attack next turn
  • Weak to Metal types
Pro tip

Save your Stadium cards early so they are ready in the discard pile when you need them.

From the Pokédex

Castform changes its form based on the weather, and this snowy version appears during snowstorms.

Note for the parent

You will need eight Stadium cards in the bin to make its ability work, so check your discard pile often.

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