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Rayquaza V card from the Crown Zenith set
Illustration by PLANETA Mochizuki. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Basic Pokémon

Rayquaza V

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A high risk high reward Dragon type with massive damage potential.

Dragon210 HPBasicBeginner to play

What this card does

Dragon Pulse deals 40 damage but requires you to discard the top two cards of your deck.

Spiral Burst can deal huge damage by discarding Energy from Rayquaza itself to add 80 damage for each card.

Signature attack

Dragon Pulse

Discard the top 2 cards of your deck. (40 damage)

Spiral Burst is a powerful attack that lets you sacrifice your own Energy cards to deal extra damage. This means you can win quickly if you manage your resources well, but you lose those Energy cards permanently.

Attacks

L
Dragon Pulse40

Discard the top 2 cards of your deck.

FL
Spiral Burst20+

You may discard up to 2 basic Fire Energy or up to 2 basic Lightning Energy from this Pokémon. This attack does 80 more damage for each card you discarded in this way.

Which deck it belongs in

This card suits aggressive decks that focus on dealing lots of damage in one turn. It works best with other cards that help you find or use Lightning and Fire Energy.

Strengths
  • High damage output
  • Basic Pokemon status
  • Flexible energy usage
Watch out for
  • Destroys own Energy
  • Discards deck cards
  • Requires specific Energy types
Pro tip

Use Spiral Burst only when you have enough Energy left to survive the next turn.

From the Pokédex

Rayquaza lives in the ozone layer and is said to circle the globe for a month without ever landing.

Note for the parent

Explain to your child that using Spiral Burst removes Energy from the game, so they should only use it when they are close to winning.

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