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Tentacruel
Oracle Text
Attack Poisonous Whip (30): Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned.
Attack Tentacular Panic (90×): Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 90 damage for each heads. If the first flip is tails, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.
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Character Background
Tentacruel from Fossil is a classic control-leaning Water Stage 1 that wins by making the opponent’s turns awkward rather than by raw damage. Supersonic gives you a coin-flip shot at Confusion, which can stall attackers, break momentum, and occasionally force wasted retreat or failed attacks, while Jellyfish Sting is the more reliable pressure tool, tacking on Poison to turn even a modest 10 damage into a steady attrition plan. This makes Tentacruel best in tempo or disruption decks, especially ones that can keep the opponent under pressure while denying clean attacks. It pairs well with energy-efficient Water shells and cards that slow switching or punish status recovery, since its game plan is to keep the Active Pokémon stuck and bleeding over time. In deckbuilding, support it with consistent search for Tentacool and tools that extend survivability, because Tentacruel shines when it can repeatedly reset status pressure rather than trade blows head-on.
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Character Background
Tentacruel from Fossil is a classic control-leaning Water Stage 1 that wins by making the opponent’s turns awkward rather than by raw damage. Supersonic gives you a coin-flip shot at Confusion, which can stall attackers, break momentum, and occasionally force wasted retreat or failed attacks, while Jellyfish Sting is the more reliable pressure tool, tacking on Poison to turn even a modest 10 damage into a steady attrition plan. This makes Tentacruel best in tempo or disruption decks, especially ones that can keep the opponent under pressure while denying clean attacks. It pairs well with energy-efficient Water shells and cards that slow switching or punish status recovery, since its game plan is to keep the Active Pokémon stuck and bleeding over time. In deckbuilding, support it with consistent search for Tentacool and tools that extend survivability, because Tentacruel shines when it can repeatedly reset status pressure rather than trade blows head-on.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-07-31 12:10:45 UTC