Dark Tyranitar (EX Team Rocket Returns 19)

Dark Tyranitar   わるいバンギラス Bad Bangiras

Illus. Nakaoka

Evolution stage Stage 2 Pokémon Evolves from Dark Pupitar Card name Dark Tyranitar Type Darkness HP 120 weakness ×2 resistance -30 retreat cost English expansion EX Team Rocket Returns Rarity English card no. 19/109 Japanese expansion Rocket Gang Strikes Back Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 070/084 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Tyranitar.

Dark Tyranitar (Japanese: わるいバンギラス Bad Bangiras) is a Darkness-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is part of the EX Team Rocket Returns expansion.

Card text

Grind

おしつぶす

10+

Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy attached to Dark Tyranitar.

Spinning Tail

スピンテール

Does 20 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

Bite Off

かみちぎる

70+

If the Defending Pokémon is Pokémon-ex, this attack does 70 damage plus 50 more damage.

Trivia

This is the only single-type Dark Pokémon in EX Team Rocket Returns that wouldn't be a Colorless Pokémon under normal circumstances, as well as the only one whose single type is the same as its normal TCG type.

Origin

Grind is an attack that first appeared as Crush on Onix from Aquapolis. Spinning Tail is an attack that first appeared on Steelix from EX Sandstorm.

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