Iron Thorns

Iron Thorns's origin

An Occulture magazine article describes Iron Thorns as bearing a strong resemblance to Tyranitar, speculated to be what a Tyranitar would look like a billion years in the future, coolheaded and prone to avoiding unnecessary fights. It is based on Tyranitar and the idea of mecha kaiju, and may nod to the mechanical Tyranitar of the Big Monster movies at Pokestar Studios in Black 2 and White 2.

Iron Thorns on cards

Iron Thorns has an SVP Black Star promo by Tonji Matsuno, and Temporal Forces gave it a Rare by Takeshi Nakamura. Twilight Masquerade then introduced both a Double Rare and an Ultra Rare Iron Thorns ex, both illustrated by PLANETA Mochizuki, and Prismatic Evolutions added a further Double Rare ex.

Cards to know

• Iron Thorns (Temporal Forces #062)

  Iron Thorns's earliest non-promo card, a Rare from Temporal Forces illustrated by Takeshi Nakamura.

• Iron Thorns ex (Twilight Masquerade #077)

  A Double Rare Iron Thorns ex from Twilight Masquerade, illustrated by PLANETA Mochizuki.

• Iron Thorns ex (Twilight Masquerade #196)

  An Ultra Rare Iron Thorns ex from the same set.

• Iron Thorns ex (Prismatic Evolutions #032)

  A Double Rare Iron Thorns ex from Prismatic Evolutions, also illustrated by PLANETA Mochizuki.