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Cards/Team Aqua's Walrein
Team Aqua's Walrein card from the Double Crisis set
Illustration by Hitoshi Ariga. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Stage 2 Pokémon

Team Aqua's Walrein

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A powerful Water type that scales its damage with more energy cards.

Water140 HPStage 2Advanced to play

What this card does

It uses Blow to deal 30 damage for each Energy attached to it.

It uses Dual Blizzard to discard two Water energies and deal 80 damage to two of your opponent's Pokemon.

Signature attack

Power Blow

This attack does 30 damage times the amount of Energy attached to this Pokémon. (30× damage)

The key feature is the Blow attack which multiplies its damage by the number of energy cards attached. This means the more resources you spend on it, the harder it hits.

Attacks

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Power Blow30×

This attack does 30 damage times the amount of Energy attached to this Pokémon.

WWWC
Dual Blizzard

Discard 2 {W} Energy attached to this Pokémon. This attack does 80 damage to 2 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Which deck it belongs in

This card suits decks that can attach many Water energies quickly to boost its damage output. It also works well in strategies that aim to hurt multiple targets at once.

Strengths
  • High potential damage
  • Affects two targets
  • Scales with resources
Watch out for
  • Weak to Metal types
  • Requires many energies
  • Discard requirement for big attack
Pro tip

Attach as many Water energy cards as possible before using the Blow attack to maximise the damage.

From the Pokédex

Walrein are known for their thick blubber that protects them from freezing temperatures in the Arctic.

Note for the parent

Watch how your child counts the energy cards on this Pokemon before they declare their attack power.

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