Shiftry (Next Destinies 72)

Shiftry (Japanese: ダーテング Dirteng) is a Darkness-type Stage 2 Pokémon card. It is part of the Next Destinies expansion.

Shiftry
ダーテング Dirteng

Illus. match

Evolution stage

Stage 2 Pokémon
Evolves from Nuzleaf

Card name

130

weakness ×2	resistance -20	retreat cost

English expansion	Next Destinies
Rarity
English card no.	72/99
Japanese expansion	Psycho Drive
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	040/052

For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Shiftry.

Card text

Giant Fan
きょだいなうちわ

When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon, you may flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. Your opponent shuffles that Pokémon and all cards attached to it into his or her deck.

	Whirlwind ふきとばし	60

Your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon.

Pokédex data

Darkness Darkness Shiftry - Wicked Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
275	4'03" (1.3 m)	131.4 lbs. (59.6 kg)
Pokédex entry
By flapping its leafy fan, it can whip up gusts of 100 ft/second that can level houses.
はっぱの　うちわを　あおぐと　ふうそく30メートルの　とっぷうが　まきおこり　みんかを　ふきとばす。

Trivia

Although it never saw competitive play during its lifespan in the Standard format, this card was temporarily banned from all official Pokémon events in the Expanded format on September 1st, 2015. This is due to Forest of Giant Plants making it possible to use its Ability, Giant Fan, multiple times in one turn, potentially clearing the opponent's field and defeating them before they could do anything in that match; this combination of cards created an undesirable playing environment, prompting the ban.

The ban was lifted on August 18th, 2017, due to Forest of Giant Plants being banned from the Expanded format on the same date.

Origin

Whirlwind is a move in the Pokémon games that Shiftry can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Black and White.

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