Move card

Sand Tomb

Stats and effect
Ground Physical
Power 35
Accuracy 85%
PP 15
Priority 0
Effect

Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns.

Target: Selected target Introduced: Generation III (Hoenn) Effect chance: 100% Learned by 99 Pokémon
Changes between games

Some moves had different values in earlier games. Below you can see what changed and from which game the value you see now applies.

Changes to move values between game releases.
Game Prop­erty Before
Black/White Power 15
Black/White Accuracy 70%
  • Power 35 now
  • Accuracy 85% now

Each row is one change in one game. The Property column says what changed, Before shows the value that applied before that game, and Now is the value today. In Black/White, “Accuracy” was 70%; it is now 85%.

Machines that teach this move
  • TM49 Sword/Shield
  • TM176 Scarlet/Violet, Scarlet/Violet: The Teal Mask

The same move has different numbers in different games — check the number for your version before going after the machine.

Pokémon that learn this move (99)

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The tiles cover all games at once. “From Lv.” is the level from the latest game in which that species learns this move by level-up — hover over the number to see which game. No number means it never learns the move by level-up.