Arceus Prism Star · Forbidden Light (FLI) #96

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   Psykicked

   (8 years ago)

   You could combo this with Rising Rivals Kecleon and Ho-Oh-EX for a fully equipped Ho-Oh-EX on Turn 1 or 2 (Depending on if you win the coin flip) and have a maximum of 140 damage on your opponent’s Active in a casual/unlimited match, deck permitting. I remember why I like unlimited now.

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     CharmasterPsykicked

     (1 year ago)

     Well, players in 2018 didn’t have Rising Rivals Kecleon, but they COULD pair it with White Kyurem LOT (A strong attacker that paired well with Trinity Star and Wishful Baton), Zebstrika LOT (A solid draw engine), and Pheromosa FLI (Which was a free retreat pivot for when you played Guzma or lost your Active Pokémon).
     You can see the deck in action in this video, if you’d like. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGudEY1llyM&t=12s Credit to whimsicast for the retro tabletop content!

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   Foon-Gus Fring

   (4 years ago)

   This ability re-appears in this generation as “Unaware” and “Defensive Scales.”

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     Warnock 2022Foon-Gus Fring

     (4 years ago)

     It’s also a built-in GE Unown GUARD “Pokémon tool”!

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   Twylis

   (4 years ago)

   I do wonder why this card went with Grass, Water, and Lightning for the types linked to its effect. Grass, Water, and Fire or Lightning, Water, and Fire are much more common type trios, and Water, Metal, and Psychic would’ve had it match up with the Sinnoh legends with which Arceus is associated.
   I suppose these types could abstractly represent “life”, though Lightning is a little bit of a stretch there since while many living organisms do rely on electricity for neural signals, it’s not exactly readily apparent.

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     AmbassadorTwylis

     (4 years ago)

     The best guess I’ve had is that this was less about flavor for Arceus and more about Arceus Prism Star as a card in SM5+, which featured the following cards;
     · A {G}-type print of Snover (FLI Snover) – which was a counterpart of a previous Snover with a different type ( the {W} type UPR Snover)
     · A {L}-type print of Magnemite (FLI Magnemite) – which was a counterpart of a previous Magnemite with a different type (the {M} type UPR Magnemite)
     · SM5+ also featured a {W} Dewpider (FLI Dewpider) – but it’s not a *direct* counterpart to the {G} Dewpider in UPR, so I’ve never been completely happy with this as the solution.

     It could also be a meta thing – e.g. perhaps {G}, {W}, {L} were weaknesses of popular Pokémon-GX at the time, or the type of popular Pokémon GX at the time. This is apparently what dictated the release order of the Silvally-associated memory cards, and discussing Silvally isn’t a complete tangent from discussing Arceus.

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       TwylisAmbassador

       (4 years ago)

       I believe the most dominant attackers at the time were Zoroark GX (F-weak), Buzzwole GX (P-weak), Guardians Rising Garbodor (P-weak), Necrozma GX (P-weak), and Rayquaza GX (Y-weak), so the meta angle doesn’t really work either. And SM5+ had retyped reprints of other types too (including the much more thematic Palkia GX and Dialga GX), so that’s unconvincing as well.
       I almost suspect they simply didn’t have a good reason for it and picked the types arbitrarily :v

       Also worth noting is that both SM5 and SM5+ had the first two Unit Energy cards, which grouped Fire, Water, and Grass for one and Lighting, Metal, and Psychic for the other. So type groupings were already on their mind, and there were already two options that made more sense, and they still did something else.

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         AmbassadorTwylis

         (4 years ago)

         Last guess – pointlessly vague reference to BKP Ho-Oh EX?

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