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Shiftry
BREAKpoint 73/122 • rare
- Set
- BREAKpoint
- Number
- 73/122
- Rarity
- Rare
- Released
- 2016
- Energy type
- darkness energy
- Market price
- $0.20
- Artist
- TOKIYA
What it does
Flip 3 coins. If any of them are heads, your opponent reveals his or her hand. Then, for each heads, discard a card from your opponent's hand.
Put a Trainer card from your discard pile into your hand.
By flapping its leafy fan, it can whip up gusts of 100 feet per second that can level houses.
Where you can play it
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Where it came from
The Shiftry card from the BREAKpoint expansion was released by The Pokémon Company in early 2016. Part of the XY series, this set introduced the BREAK evolution mechanic, which allowed cards to be placed horizontally atop existing Pokémon to increase their HP and provide new attacks. As a Darkness-type card, this Shiftry reflects the artistic direction of the XY era, which emphasized dynamic, high-energy illustrations and modern card aesthetics to engage a new generation of players while maintaining a connection to the established mechanics of the trading card game.
The illustration for this specific card was crafted to showcase Shiftry's connection to the wind and its forest-dwelling nature. The artwork focuses on the creature's menacing, fan-like hands and expressive face, consistent with the thematic design language of the Hoenn region Pokémon appearing in this set. While the card is not a tournament staple, it serves as a representative example of the rare-tier card design during the middle phase of the XY series, valued by collectors for its clean layout and thematic consistency with the BREAKpoint set's emphasis on evolving power.
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