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Tapu Koko V card from the Battle Styles set
Illustration by AKIRA EGAWA. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Basic Pokémon

Tapu Koko V

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A powerful Lightning type that scales its damage based on the opponent's setup.

Lightning210 HPBasicBeginner to play

What this card does

The card has 210 HP and requires Lightning energy to attack.

Electro Ball deals a fixed 40 damage.

Spiral Thunder deals 20 base damage plus 40 extra for each Energy attached to all of your opponent's Pokémon.

Signature attack

Electro Ball

No game text. (40 damage)

Spiral Thunder becomes much stronger if the opponent has many Energy cards attached to their Pokemon. This means you can deal huge damage by forcing the other player to build up their resources.

Attacks

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Electro Ball40
LLC
Spiral Thunder20+

This attack does 40 more damage for each Energy attached to all of your opponent's Pokémon.

Which deck it belongs in

This card suits a deck that uses Lightning energy and wants to punish opponents who attach multiple energies. It works best when you can protect it from Fighting type weaknesses.

Strengths
  • High damage potential
  • Scales with opponent's setup
  • Basic Pokemon status
Watch out for
  • Weak to Fighting types
  • Requires specific energy costs
  • Needs opponent to have energy attached
Pro tip

Try to keep your opponent from attaching too much Energy if you want to avoid taking a lot of damage from their cards.

From the Pokédex

Tapu Koko is known as the Guardian Deity of Melemele Island and controls lightning.

Note for the parent

Ask your child if they have enough Lightning energy cards in their deck to use the powerful attack effectively.

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