The Alolan Sandshrew Pokémon card (UPR #28) from the 2018 Ultra Prism set, a Water-type Basic card featuring the dynamic Fury Swipes attack.
2018 • Pokémon • Ultra Prism
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Raw / Ungraded
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Featured
Alolan Sandshrew
Game
Pokémon
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Common
Shin Nagasawa
Card Stock
English
60
Water
Basic
Sandslash
Metal ×2
1
27
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Attack: Fury Swipes (10×)
Flip 3 coins. This attack does 10 damage for each heads.
An ancient tradition of Alolan festivals, still carried on to this day, is a competition to slide Sandshrew across ice as far as one can.
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