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Cards/Porygon-Z GX
Porygon-Z GX card from the SM Black Star Promos set
Illustration by PLANETA Tsuji. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Stage 2 Pokémon

Porygon-Z GX

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A high damage Stage 2 Pokemon that trades its own health for power and offers massive deck searching.

Colorless240 HPStage 2Advanced to play

What this card does

Porygon-Z GX has 240 HP and uses Colorless Energy to attack.

The Abnormal Overheating attack deals 160 damage but burns the Pokemon.

The Critical Error GX attack lets you search your deck for up to ten cards and then shuffle them back in.

Signature ability

Troubleshooting

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard a Special Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, heal 80 damage from it.

The key feature is the Critical Error GX attack. It allows you to find any ten cards from your deck, which helps set up powerful moves or resources quickly. This makes it a strong support card for building a winning strategy.

Attacks

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Abnormal Overheating160

This Pokémon is now Burned.

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Critical Error GX

Search your deck for up to 10 cards and discard them. Then, shuffle your deck. (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)

Abilities

AbilityTroubleshooting

Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard a Special Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, heal 80 damage from it.

Which deck it belongs in

This card suits aggressive decks that aim to deal heavy damage early. It works well in Colorless based teams where searching for specific Energy or attackers is crucial.

Strengths
  • High damage output
  • Massive deck search
  • Good healing ability
Watch out for
  • Burned status penalty
  • Fighting weakness
  • One-time GX use
Pro tip

Use the Troubleshooting ability to heal 80 damage before the burn effect reduces its HP further.

From the Pokédex

Porygon-Z is a virtual Pokemon that was upgraded with experimental software, allowing it to travel through cyberspace at high speeds.

Note for the parent

Remind your child they can only use the GX attack once per game, so save it for when it will make the biggest difference.

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