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Kingdra card from the Paradox Rift set
Illustration by Tonji Matsuno. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Stage 2 Pokémon

Kingdra

Rotated Out

A high risk water attacker that deals massive damage if you get lucky with your deck draw.

Water150 HPStage 2Advanced to play

What this card does

The Whirltide attack reveals six cards from the top of your deck.

It deals 60 damage for every Water Energy card found in those six cards.

You discard any Energy cards found and shuffle the rest back into your deck.

Signature attack

Hydro Splash

No game text. (120 damage)

This card relies on finding Water Energy cards to deal extra damage. If you find two or more, you can defeat a strong opponent quickly but you lose those energy cards for future turns.

Attacks

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Whirltide

Reveal the top 6 cards of your deck. This attack does 60 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon for each Energy card you find there. Then, discard those Energy cards and shuffle the other cards back into your deck. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

WC
Hydro Splash120

Which deck it belongs in

It suits decks built around searching for and discarding Water Energy cards. It works best when you have ways to recover energy after using the attack.

Strengths
  • High damage potential
  • Deck filtering
  • Stage 2 power
Watch out for
  • Unreliable damage
  • Loses energy cards
  • Weak to Lightning
Pro tip

Check the top six cards before attacking to see if it is worth the risk.

From the Pokédex

Kingdra is a Water and Dragon type Pokemon that lives in deep oceans.

Note for the parent

Ask your child how many Water Energy cards are in their deck before they play this card.

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