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{P} → Triple Poison
Your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. Put 3 damage counters instead of 1 on that Pokémon between turns.
{C}{C}{C} → Surprise Strike : 60+
If this Pokémon was on the Bench and became your Active Pokémon this turn, this attack does 60 more damage.
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Both its legs became wings, and as a result, it can’t move well on the ground. All it can do is crawl around.
quiarados
While this has been Crobat’s “thing” for twenty years now, I do find it funny that power creep has required seemingly every single card that inflicts poison to throw in a “oh, this is SUPER DUPER POISON that does 3 damage each turn” now.
Nos
If poison (and other special conditions) shut off abilities like they did Poke-Powers, they wouldn’t need as much buffing. They’d still be underpowered but it would be something
Shoopuf
The OG Nidoking was the original “super duper poison” before Crobat though. Loved using him against Mr Mime decks. Only guy who could OHKO them. Now guys like Galarian Slowking VMAX puts 12 damage counters during checkup. Oh how the times have changed.