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Maractus
Black & White 12/114 • rare
- Set
- Black & White
- Number
- 12/114
- Rarity
- Rare
- Released
- 2011
- Energy type
- grass energy
- Market price
- $0.89
- Artist
- Kouki Saitou
What it does
Flip 3 coins. If 1 of them is heads, this attack does 10 damage. If 2 of them are heads, this attack does 30 damage. If all of them are heads, this attack does 60 damage.
Heal from this Pokémon the same amount of damage you did to the Defending Pokémon.
Arid regions are their habitat. They move rhythmically, making a sound similar to maracas.
Where you can play it
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Where it came from
Released in May 2011 as part of the initial Black & White expansion for the Pokémon Trading Card Game, this card introduced the Grass-type Maractus to the tabletop format. The expansion served as a soft reboot for the game, aligning the card designs with the aesthetic shifts of the fifth generation of Pokémon games, which were set in the Unova region. Maractus was envisioned as a desert-dwelling creature, and its inclusion in the set highlighted the diversity of the new roster introduced at the time.
The illustration was handled by kawayoo, an artist known for their dynamic, painterly approach to Pokémon character design. In this piece, the artist utilized a vibrant color palette to emphasize the cactus-inspired morphology of the subject. While the card is a standard rare rather than an ultra-rare variant, it remains a notable example of the early Black & White era's transition to higher-contrast art styles and updated card frame layouts, which were designed to improve legibility and modernize the overall presentation of the game.
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