Next up is a powerful and fascinating Pokémon from the Paldea region, Garganacl. This holographic rare card from the modern set Future Flash showcases the final evolution of the Nacli line, a creature literally formed from layers of rock salt. It is a perfect and essential addition to the core geological collection.
Card Details
- Pokémon Name: Garganacl (キョジオーン)
- Set: Future Flash (sv4K)
- Year: 2023
- Card Number: 040-066
- Rarity/Edition: Holo Rare
- Artist: Souichirou Gonnjima
- National Pokédex No.: 0934
Card Text & Attacks
- Type: Fighting
- HP: 160
- Evolves From: Naclstack
- Ability: Energy Rock Salt
- Japanese: エナジーがんえん
- Romaji: Enajī Gan’en
- Effect: Once during your turn, you may choose 1 Basic Fighting Energy card from your discard pile and attach it to 1 of your Pokémon. If you do, heal 30 damage from that Pokémon.
- Attack 1:
- Japanese: ランドクラッシュ
- Romaji: Rando Kurasshu
- English: Land Crash
- Cost: [Fighting][Fighting][Fighting]
- Damage: 140
- Weakness: Grass x2
- Resistance: None
- Retreat Cost: [Colourless][Colourless][Colourless][Colourless]
- Pokédex Entry:
- Japanese: 傷口を 擦りあわせて 塩を ケガした ポケモンに 塗りかけると ひどい 傷も たちまち 治る。
- Romaji: Kizuguchi o kosuri-awasete shio o kega shita pokemon ni nurikakeru to hidoi kizu mo tachimachi naoru.
- English: It rubs its fingertips together and spreads salt on wounded Pokémon. Even severe wounds heal quickly.
Collector’s Notes
This Garganacl is a Holo Rare from the Japanese set Future Flash (sv4K), part of the Scarlet & Violet TCG era. The artwork by Souichirou Gonnjima portrays the Pokémon as an immense, powerful golem, standing stoically amidst a shower of rock and dust. The art perfectly captures its blocky, stratified design, which is inspired by layers of sedimentary rock and crystalline salt formations.
As a pure Rock-type in the video games, Garganacl is a quintessential Geological Pokémon. Its very name is a combination of “gargantuan” and “NaCl,” the chemical formula for sodium chloride, or salt. Its Pokédex entry, which describes its ability to heal with salt, further deepens its connection to the real-world mineralogical properties of its inspiration. In the TCG, as is standard for Rock-types, it is classified under the umbrella of the Fighting type. This card is a fantastic representation of modern Pokémon design, where geological concepts are woven directly into the creature’s biology and lore.
