Ability Spiky Shield: If this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent’s attack (even if this Pokémon is Knocked Out), put 3 damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon.
Attack Frost Breath (120)
Attack Spiky Storm GX: This attack does 100 damage to each of your opponent’s Pokémon that has any damage counters on it. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)
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Alolan Sandslash GX
Oracle Text
Ability Spiky Shield: If this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent’s attack (even if this Pokémon is Knocked Out), put 3 damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon.
Attack Frost Breath (120)
Attack Spiky Storm GX: This attack does 100 damage to each of your opponent’s Pokémon that has any damage counters on it. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) (You can’t use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)
Card Details
Character Background
Alolan Sandslash GX fits best as a control-to-tempo pivot, using punishment and spread pressure to make every attack from the opponent feel costly. Spiky Shield is the real identity piece here: if they swing into your Active Sandslash, they still eat 3 damage counters even if they take it down, which makes it excellent for deterring reckless attacks and softening key threats before they can snowball. Frost Breath’s 120 damage is a solid midgame strike, but the deck usually wants to engineer a board full of damaged Pokémon so Spiky Storm GX can sweep for 100 to each injured target and swing prize trades hard. Pair it with sources of chip damage like spread attackers or pingers, and consider switch support so you can keep Sandslash in the Active Spot at the right moments. The card rewards patience, board math, and careful setup rather than all-in aggression.
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Character Background
Alolan Sandslash GX fits best as a control-to-tempo pivot, using punishment and spread pressure to make every attack from the opponent feel costly. Spiky Shield is the real identity piece here: if they swing into your Active Sandslash, they still eat 3 damage counters even if they take it down, which makes it excellent for deterring reckless attacks and softening key threats before they can snowball. Frost Breath’s 120 damage is a solid midgame strike, but the deck usually wants to engineer a board full of damaged Pokémon so Spiky Storm GX can sweep for 100 to each injured target and swing prize trades hard. Pair it with sources of chip damage like spread attackers or pingers, and consider switch support so you can keep Sandslash in the Active Spot at the right moments. The card rewards patience, board math, and careful setup rather than all-in aggression.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 04:10:46 UTC