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Poké-POWER ⇢ Dig Down
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may look at the top 5 cards of your deck. Choose as many {F} Energy cards as you like, show them to your opponent, and put them into your hand. Put the other cards back on top of your deck. Shuffle your deck afterward. This power can’t be used if Sandslash is affected by a Special Condition.
{F}{C}{C} → Needle : 40
Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed and Poisoned.
illus. Kagemaru Himeno · LV.32
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It curls up, then rolls into foes with its back. Its sharp spines inflict severe damage.
Bidoof king
Great ability, wow
Nos
Fighting is notoriously bad at accelerating energy, while this isn’t accelerating it is a pretty nice way to build up a lot of fighting energy
Charmaster
It’s even more notorious for being behind literally every other type in terms of consistency Abilities in Gym Leader Challenge. I mean, you’ve got Smooth Over on a stage 2 (Seismitoad CEC), and that’s basically it. I mean, if you play Maxie’s Hidden Ball Trick, you could try to tap into Gallade BKT’s Premonition Ability, but that’s a lot to try and pull off.
As unprepared as Standard would have been for the Celebrations reprint of Claydol GE to be legal in modern events, GLC Fighting would have loved it.