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Paras
Journey Together 004/159 • common
- Set
- Journey Together
- Number
- 004/159
- Rarity
- Common
- Released
- 2025
- Energy type
- grass energy
- Market price
- $0.13
- Artist
- Ayako Ozaki
What it does
Heal from this Pokémon the same amount of damage you did to your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Burrows under the ground to gnaw on tree roots. The mushrooms on its back absorb most of the nutrition.
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Where it came from
The Paras card from the Journey Together expansion arrived as part of the broader Pokémon Trading Card Game, which originated in Japan during the mid-1990s as a strategic extension of the popular video game series. This particular set was designed to capture the collaborative spirit of the franchise, emphasizing the relationship between trainers and their Pokémon in the wild. The card draws on the original creature design by Ken Sugimori, whose minimalist aesthetic has defined the series since its inception, ensuring the art remains consistent with the established biological lore of the creature.
As a common-rarity grass-type, this card is part of the foundational structure of the game, intended to introduce players to the mechanics of the Pokémon ecosystem. The artwork focuses on the distinctive symbiotic relationship between the Paras and the mushrooms growing on its back, a design choice meant to reflect the creature's lore as a parasitic organism. Like many cards in the common tier, its reception among players is rooted in its utility for deck building and its role as a representative of the series' extensive bestiary rather than as a collectible rarity.
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