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burma
I believe that the numbering of cards in this set is mis-listed. For instance this card is listed as “3” instead of “2.”
JP
They mention it on X ( https://twitter.com/scavvvvv/status/1480313188038160391 ) and if you go back to earlier posts like https://twitter.com/scavvvvv/status/1471686220598374401 you’ll see they say they did the art for cards that have the “tetsuya koizumi” credit.
I’m unsure if these sorts of changes are announced in a central place like the Japanese Pokemon website or their social media… my guess is, probably not. I guess the easiest way to try and find other instances of this is hope that someone has put it in e.g. Bulbapedia.
mattymims
Very interesting, did the artist post this somewhere? I’m curious how you found out about this because I’ve wondered this about other artists.
Guzma
I know. I’m saying I feel they missed the opportunity when they decided on the trio’s attack costs 12 years ago. Is it just me or are Grass and Fire disproportionately represented in Dragon attack costs?
Natural Harmonia Gropius
Giratina was already a GRASS + PSYCHIC Dragon type tho
rubus
nice 130 HP vmax lmaoo
Guzma
Palkia is finally getting a new solo Dragon card that uses 2 energy types in Surging Sparks…and it’s still Grass & Water. I really think they missed an opportunity to have these 3 form a perfect trinity of
Dialga: Metal + Water (it’s blue)
Palkia: Water + Psychic (it’s purple)
Giratina: Psychic + Metal (it’s grey and the mascot of PLATINUM)
Guzma
This art and Bramblin/Brambleghast in general make me think of that viral video from like a decade ago where a woman is driving through a tumbleweed storm and starts freaking out about the tumbleweeds attacking them.
GeneralTeng09
Woah you can attach two of these to Garbodor VMAX and make your garbage more garbage.
tfw
because weakness stacks, if a pokemon with two weaknesses is hit by a dual type pokemon of those two types, damage will be applied as x4 instead. the amount of weakness is still considered x2 though, so if you had a weakness modifier that increased the amount of weakness in play like BCR vileplume’s allergy panic ability, you could be hitting for 8 times the amount of damage you were originally doing. this board state is possible in the legacy format and you can have a rayquaza & deoxys legend use ozone buster on another rayquaza & deoxys legend with vileplume in play for 1200 base damage
tfw
this raichu was partially mistranslated, the word “power” in the english printing of this card’s poke-body reads correctly as “body” in the japanese printing. however, it is unique in that it’s the only poke-body ever printed with the “this can’t be used if (pokemon) is affected by a special condition.” clause. we don’t know whether or not link lightning was intended to be a power early on in the design process (it’s possible either way, honestly, because link lightning would work the exact same as either a poke-power or a poke-body) and if that’s just a leftover piece of text some card designer forgot to remove, but it ended up being better for raichu anyways because the environment of 2009 and 2010’s formats were much less kind to poke-powers
tfw
while this card and its counterpart pluspower had a weird & ancient wotc-like effect of attaching themselves to a pokemon in play without being a tool, pluspower was issued an errata in 2011 with the release of black and white base set to match the text of the new printing to reflect modern era card design (with similar effects to the updated pluspower being reused on new cards in recent years, like electropower and power tablet). defender remained untouched, with the exception of a small fix regarding self-damaging attacks, as it didn’t receive any new printings past this one in HS undaunted. defender is the very last non-tool card ever released to be attachable to pokemon in this way, alongside the last of the old technical machines, which ended in rising rivals
burma
One technique is to actually harm your own Pokémon to set up Hisuian Zoroark VSTAR as an attacker!
burma
As a big multi-prize bench sitter who buffs the active ‘mon, this guy does a similar job as Iron Crown ex. Very good for buffing your active “Iron Hands ex” for example.
burma
Well, Regieleki was the final VMAX in a “regular” set. Hatterene did indeed show up in S12a (“VSTAR Universe” aka “Crown Zenith”, the final special set of the Sw/Sh era)
burma
I love using Eri to flush this card out of my opponent’s deck. With Pal Pad gone, then all “Boss’s Orders” your opponent has are 1x use only.
Sam
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Rory
This card could actually be better than some of your other basic support search cards like Gloria in certain GLC decks. There aren’t many stage 1’s that have 60 or less HP, but you can get the Pidgey-Pidgeotto draw support out all in 1 with this card.
matty
@Ambassador wow those are sick!
burma
I bet this price spikes eventually