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Cynthia's Roserade card from the Destined Rivals set
Illustration by En Morikura. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Stage 1 Pokémon

Cynthia's Roserade

A grass type attacker that boosts damage for your Cynthia team.

Grass130 HPStage 1Intermediate to play

What this card does

Cynthia's Roserade is a Stage 1 Pokemon with 130 HP.

It has the ability Cheer On to Glory which adds 30 damage to attacks used by other Cynthia Pokemon.

It can use the attack Leaf Step for 80 damage.

Signature ability

Cheer On to Glory

Attacks used by your Cynthia's Pokémon do 30 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

The key feature is its ability Cheer On to Glory. This effect increases the damage of all your Cynthia Pokemon attacks by 30 points before weakness or resistance calculations apply.

Attacks

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Leaf Step80

Abilities

AbilityCheer On to Glory

Attacks used by your Cynthia's Pokémon do 30 more damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

Which deck it belongs in

This card fits best in a deck built around other Pokemon with the Cynthia designation. It helps those teammates hit harder while providing a reliable secondary attacker itself.

Strengths
  • Damage boost ability
  • Solid attack power
  • Good HP total
Watch out for
  • Weak to fire attacks
  • Requires specific pokemon teamwork
  • Needs evolution setup
Pro tip

Play this card alongside other Cynthia Pokemon to maximise the 30 damage boost from its ability.

From the Pokédex

Roserade is known for carrying a bouquet of thorny roses that it uses to charm and defeat opponents.

Note for the parent

Check that you have enough basic grass energy cards to evolve Roselia into this card and power its attacks.

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