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Barbaracle
◇ Missing
EN Fates Collide · 2 May 2016 · 23/129

Barbaracle

ガメノデス Collective Pokémon
Water Rare Stage 1
100HP
≈S$1est. to buy
1 / 7 Barbaracle cards owned 0 / 2 in XY

Barbaracle collection

1 / 7 collected

14% complete
Owned1 Missing6 TrackedS$0.36 Missing est.≈S$2

Gameplay profile

Unlimited: Legal Expanded: Legal
Ability

Hand Block

If you have a Stadium card in play, your opponent can't attach any Special Energy cards from his or her hand to his or her Pokémon.

Attack

Claw Slash

70
2 Water • Colorless

Evolution line

Versions & finishes

Barbaracle — Normal missing
Normal not owned ≈ S$0.55
Barbaracle — Reverse Holo missing
Reverse Holo not owned ≈ S$0.85

Artwork is identical across finishes; the holo or reverse shimmer is indicative.

Story & meaning

Barbaracle is the evolved form of Binacle and is known as the Collective Pokémon, representing seven individual barnacle-like creatures (Binacles) that fuse together to act as a single body. With an eye on each palm, it can keep watch in…

“Barbaracle's legs and hands have minds of their own, and they will move independently. But they usually follow the head's orders.”

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History

Barbaracle is the evolved form of Binacle and is known as the Collective Pokémon, representing seven individual barnacle-like creatures (Binacles) that fuse together to act as a single body. With an eye on each palm, it can keep watch in all directions, and its limbs can move and act independently to overwhelm an opponent. It is a Rock/Water-type introduced in Generation VI (Kalos region), inspired by gooseneck barnacles and crabs clustered on rocks along the shore.

Name & meaning

The Japanese name ガメノデス (Gamenodesu) appears to combine 亀 (kame, 'turtle' or 'tortoise'), likely also evoking 'game' from a barnacle/marine creature, with possibly フジツボ-related crustacean imagery, capped by デス (desu, 'death'), suggesting a menacing tone. The romaji is commonly rendered 'Gamenodesu.' The English name 'Barbaracle' is a portmanteau of 'barnacle' (the clustering crustaceans it's based on) and 'barbaric' or 'tabernacle,' reflecting its menacing, collective nature.

Your Barbaracle cards

1 owned

The Barbaracle cards already in your collection.

All Barbaracle cards across sets

7 shown

Every Barbaracle print in the catalogue, including promos and cards from other series.