- ↓ 3.90
- ꩜ 6.40
- ↑ 750.00
{P}{P}{C} → Teleport Blast : 30
You may switch Dark Alakazam with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. (Do the damage before switching the Pokémon.)
{P}{P}{P} → Mind Shock : 40
Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for this attack. (Any other effects that would happen after applying Weakness and Resistance still happen.)
illus. Ken Sugimori
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Almost as if it were being controlled by something else, it never changes expressions, even in the middle of battle.
Nos
“Almost as if it were being controlled by something else, it never changes expressions, even in the middle of battle.” I love the custom flavor text for the Dark Pokémon in this set. I wish we got more interesting entries that strayed away from just copying the current Pokédex entry for that Pokémon.
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Did WOTC come up with the unique flavor texts for the TR set? Or are these all from the original Japanese?
Ambassador
This one looks like a translation and I assume most of the TR translations are.
Post-WOTC, I never cared about it enough to catalog it so I can’t give examples, but I think there are times the original JP card will grab the Pokédex entry for a Pokémon from a given game, but the English card grabs the Pokédex entry from a different game. But I don’t think there’s ever been a case where the EN card came up with wholly original flavor text independent from the original Japanese or a source game (loose paraphrasing at the worst).
Twylis
These absolutely aren’t the work of WotC, though I don’t know what their origin is. The notion of Alakazam being expressionless in battle can be traced back to the original Japanese Pokedex book, from which the original games’ dex entries were often sourced from (but changed due to character limits).
Alakazam’s entry is as follows:
“Disdainful of physical attacks, they adeptly wield extrasensory powers to defeat their foes. While they are believed to be Kadabra’s evolution, no one has proven it conclusively. In battle, Alakazam remain expressionless throughout.”
https://lavacutcontent.com/1996-creatures-pokedex-translation-7/