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Dhelmise VMAX card from the Shining Fates set
Illustration by PLANETA Mochizuki. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Basic Pokémon

Dhelmise VMAX

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A heavy hitting Grass type that grows stronger with more energy cards attached.

Grass330 HPBasicBeginner to play

What this card does

This card has 330 hit points and evolves from Dhelmise V.

The Swinging Chain attack deals 30 damage for every Grass Energy attached to it.

The Max Anchor attack deals 240 damage but stops this Pokémon from using that specific move next turn.

Signature attack

Max Anchor

During your next turn, this Pokémon can't use Max Anchor. (240 damage)

The power of Swinging Chain scales directly with your resources. You need to attach many Grass Energy cards to make this attack deal significant damage to the opponent.

Attacks

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Swinging Chain

This attack does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon for each Grass Energy attached to this Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

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Max Anchor240

During your next turn, this Pokémon can't use Max Anchor.

Which deck it belongs in

This card suits a deck focused on rapidly attaching multiple Grass Energy cards. It works best when you have other cards that help place energy quickly.

Strengths
  • High damage potential
  • Large hit point total
  • Scales with resources
Watch out for
  • Weak to Fire attacks
  • Max Anchor cannot be used consecutively
  • Requires many energy attachments
Note for the parent

Keep an eye on how many energy cards are attached to Dhelmise VMAX during play as this determines its attack strength.

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