Giratina ex
A powerful but fragile Psychic-type Pokemon that trades its own health for energy advantage.
What this card does
Giratina ex has 150 HP and costs three Psychic Energy and one Colorless Energy to attack.
Its Broken-Space Bellow ability lets you move an Energy from your zone to it, but this ends your turn immediately.
The Chaotic Impact attack deals 130 damage but also causes Giratina to take 20 damage itself.
Broken-Space Bellow
Once during your turn, you may take a {P} Energy from your Energy Zone and attach it to this Pokémon. If you use this Ability, your turn ends.
The key feature is the Broken-Space Bellow ability which allows you to recycle an Energy card from your discard pile back into play. This helps keep the Pokemon powered up for big attacks, although using it means you must stop playing for that turn.
Attacks
This Pokémon also does 20 damage to itself.
Abilities
Once during your turn, you may take a {P} Energy from your Energy Zone and attach it to this Pokémon. If you use this Ability, your turn ends.
Which deck it belongs in
This card suits a deck focused on recycling Energy cards quickly to fuel its high damage output. It works best when paired with other cards that can protect it or recover from self-damage.
- •High damage potential
- •Energy recycling
- •Basic Pokemon status
- •Suffers self-damage
- •Turn ends after ability use
- •Takes extra Prize cards on knockout
Use the ability only when you have no other moves to make, as it forces your turn to end right away.
Giratina is known as the Renegade Pokemon and lives in a distorted world called the Reverse World.
Remind your child that using the ability ends their turn, so they should plan their next move carefully before clicking it.
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