Cranidos
A Stage 1 Fighting Pokemon that forces a swap on the opponent's active spot.
What this card does
The card has 100 Hit Points and evolves from Antique Skull Fossil.
It uses two Fighting Energy to attack for 70 damage.
The key effect switches your opponent's Active Pokemon to their Bench.
Push Down
Switch out your opponent's Active Pokémon to the Bench. (Your opponent chooses the new Active Pokémon.) (70 damage)
The Push Down attack lets you choose which of your opponent's Benched Pokemon becomes the new target. This matters because it disrupts their strategy by forcing them to switch away from a powerful or protected Pokemon.
Attacks
Switch out your opponent's Active Pokémon to the Bench. (Your opponent chooses the new Active Pokémon.)
Which deck it belongs in
This card suits decks that want to control the board by removing key threats. It works well in Fighting type strategies that need flexibility during battle.
- •Board control
- •Disruption
- •Fighting type teamwork
- •Weak to Grass types
- •Requires two Energy cards
- •Common rarity means less special treatment
Use this attack when the opponent has a dangerous Pokemon in play that you cannot defeat easily.
Cranidos is a fossil Pokemon with a large, hard skull used to ram through obstacles.
Remember that your child must let their opponent choose which Pokemon comes forward, so they cannot pick a specific weak target.
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