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Cacturne
BREAKthrough 88/162 • uncommon
- Set
- BREAKthrough
- Number
- 88/162
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Released
- 2015
- Energy type
- darkness energy
- Market price
- $0.26
- Artist
- match
What it does
Discard a Special Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Flip 3 coins. This attack does 40 damage times the number of heads.
Packs of them follow travelers through the desert until the travelers can no longer move.
Where you can play it
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Where it came from
The Cacturne card, numbered 88/162, was released in the XY—BREAKthrough expansion of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, which debuted in late 2015. This set served as the introduction of the BREAK evolution mechanic, a novel gameplay feature where cards were printed with a gold-bordered, horizontal aesthetic that layered over the base Pokémon to boost HP and grant new abilities. As an uncommon darkness-type card, this Cacturne reflects the set's focus on the generation VI era, blending established Pokémon designs with the specific mechanical and visual identity of the BREAK series.
The illustration for this specific entry was created by artist Kouki Saitou, who has contributed extensively to the Pokémon Trading Card Game franchise. Saitou’s work on this card leans into the prickly, somewhat menacing aesthetic of Cacturne, utilizing the dark typing to emphasize the creature's desert-dweller reputation. Within the context of the BREAKthrough set, the card served as a functional mid-tier deck filler designed for players to utilize the type advantages inherent to the expanded darkness roster of that release cycle.
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