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Cards/Rayquaza C
Rayquaza C card from the Supreme Victors set
Illustration by kawayoo. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Basic Pokémon

Rayquaza C

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A powerful Basic Pokemon that trades energy for massive damage or disrupts opponents.

Colorless100 HPBasicBeginner to play

What this card does

Trash Burst lets you discard up to five Energy cards from your hand to deal 10 plus 10 more damage for each discarded card.

Twister costs four Colorless Energy and flips two coins to potentially discard Energy attached to the opposing Pokemon.

Signature attack

Twister

Flip 2 coins. If both are tails, this attack does nothing. For each heads, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. (50 damage)

This card uses its own resources as ammunition. You sacrifice Energy from your hand to boost the damage of Trash Burst, making it a high risk high reward move that relies on having plenty of Energy cards available.

Attacks

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Trash Burst10+

You may discard up to 5 Energy cards from your hand. If you do, this attack does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy card you discarded.

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Twister50

Flip 2 coins. If both are tails, this attack does nothing. For each heads, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.

Which deck it belongs in

It suits decks that play with many Energy cards in hand and can afford to discard them for offensive power. It works well in strategies that want to quickly overwhelm an opponent before they can set up defenses.

Strengths
  • High damage potential
  • Disruptive effect
  • Basic Pokemon status
Watch out for
  • Requires discarding resources
  • Coin flip risk
  • Colorless weakness
Pro tip

Save Energy cards in hand specifically to activate Trash Burst when you need a big hit.

From the Pokédex

Rayquaza lives in the ozone layer and is said to circle the globe continuously.

Note for the parent

Explain to your child that discarding Energy is a strategic choice because it reduces the Pokemon's ability to use other attacks later.

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