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This background is hipnotic.
it is so beautiful am I right
There are some nice Bodies you may use: Minun, Plusle, Tyranitar, Forretress, Flygon ex and Raikou (Secret Wonders SW 16) · 2 days ago
Raichu LV.X (Stormfront SF 99) had the same error but in reverse. Though it was a Poke-Body, it had the obscure Special Condition clause that halted Powers in that era. Raikou’s Power here could easily be a Body, especially how it is one of the only Power’s you can use as an Active Pokemon WITH a Special Condition.
I think it is a Power because it is optional. Bodies happen automatically.
Was this meant to be a Poke-Body? It doesn’t have the text at the end that stops it if it has a Special Condition.
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I like how the artwork on the character seems like it’s breaking the card! Really cool!
Hola buenas tengo esa misma carta pero con el fondo holografica cuesta esa más?
Its weird how u have to have the other half to use it
its moves are on the other half tho
it doesn’t even say it on the other half (i think)
This doesn’t actually have text saying it gives up 2 Prize cards. Shouldn’t that be removed?
It’s almost evolving
it looks almost exactly like manaphy
thats a lot of retreat cost
EX – FireRed/LeafGreen released August of 2004, so it only just missed being legal for the very end of the 2004 Standard Format (also known as the 2003-2004 Modified Format). It is possible they had intended there to be a larger overlap, or that the Japanese releases of the cards included such clarifications, so they kept it while translating.
Plus, the Unlimited Format was still a thing. I know it technically still is even now, but the difference is many more people played it back then, a…
Ah, looks like we finally found something to disagree on, SPIRE_FAN. XD
I wouldn’t hold up MtG or YGO as good alternatives to Pokémon myself, but this is a bad place to explain that. XD
I believe Baby Pokémon would have already rotated by the time this was printed since the last Babies were printed in Skyridge & the format would be Ruby & Sapphire on at this point; all “Baby Pokémon” at that time wouldn’t be specially designated as so instead only bearing the “Baby Evolution” Poképower. Interesting to see this restriction all the way in Fire Red & Leaf Green.
I like your way of thinking, I kind of wish the other 2 big TCG’s (Magic and Yugioh) did something to alarm the Pokemon TCG team for potentially losing their playerbase numbers to them. Because no matter the opinions on current Magic and Yugioh and their meta’s, they always think and bring in new ideas, mechanics, and archetypes. Something the Pokemon TCG has been lacking (the Urshifu stuff coming out is at least something I’ll give them that.) But the IP of Pokemon alone will net enough profit…
Evolving Pokémon also get the short end of the stick too often. I think the powers-that-be were onto something with the original approach to Pokémon-EX. There were still balance issues, but it was a way for high-powered Pokémon only “balanced” in the video games by their rarity and how late in the game you received them, to be at least somewhat balanced in the PTCG. I also wonder how great would Mewtwo-EX (NXD) have been without Double Colorless Energy? Darkrai-EX (DEX) without Dark Patch? …
Pokemon has always had a problem with staying consistent with power scaling Basics/Stage 1’s/Stage 2’s, I think Gen 3 and 4 was the closest we have got to a healthy balance (this is also in part to the design philosophy of “working for your damage” and more attack/ability slots on each card to increase utility.)
The Rampardos from Platinum is a perfect example of a fully Evolved Stage 2 that was a bit overbuffed compared to other Stage 2’s to compensate for being from a Fossil card…… but…
Think carefully about what you are saying, Nosredna… and remember that is the path the powers-that-be seem to take all. the. time. It can be hard to believe, but Basics haven’t always been the best Stage; indeed, there was a stretch where one assumed unevolving Basics were filler, and that something needed to be a Stage 1 or Stage 2 to have a chance.
I want a well-balanced metagame, and I believe (but do not know for certain) that such an outcome is most likely achieved through making the…
Yeah out of all the sub-categories of Pokemon (Starters, Ultra Beasts, Fossils, Legendaries) Ultra Beasts got a net-plus while Fossils always have had a net-loss when it comes to their category. A lot of this is also like what you said, there’s simply a lack of commitment to really binding Fossil Pokemon together as a sub-group with cards that unify the archetype more (like Beast Ring/Ultra Space.) But even with that, Pokemon needs to stop the illogical “Aerodactyl EVOLVES from a fossil” stuff …
I’m honestly okay with how they evolve from fossils, I just wish they made them more powerful compared to other stage 2 Pokemon. Not only are they competing with standard evolution cards that come from easy to search basics, they also have to compete with the actual backbone of the current format of unreasonably giant basic Pokemon. Giving this Bastiodon an extra 20 HP (or more) and a better attack would make it far more appealing of a card. Granted, Rampardos from this set is actually really g…