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Pokémon Power ⇢ Evolutionary Light
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your deck for an Evolution card. Show it to your opponent and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. This power can’t be used if Dark Dragonair is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.
{C}{C}{C} → Tail Strike : 20+
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage; if tails, this attack does 20 damage.
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As is fitting for a legendary Pokémon, it has many strange powers, including the ability to make rain or snow fall.
HEZ
Sees quite a bit of play in 100 card singleton (150) where searching for a specific card is even more important. Poor attack isn’t so bad as it can just find a Dragonite for itself if it’s forced off the bench.
feyblade
When I was a kid, I was always afraid of evolving dragonair, knowing about the 4x ice weakness ,the lack of an electric resistance,and the rock weakness that the flying type would bring to it. I would hesitate to evolve it.
I guess the designers REALLY wanted you to hesitate to evolve it, too: TWICE in a ROW, they released a dragonair that was superior to the dragonite it evolved into. In fact, Giant Tail is overall a worse attack than tail strike, energy costs considered!
Tatu chín đai
Since this card, I don’t think there has ever been another Pokemon Power / Poke-Power / Ability that can search out an evolution Pokemon from the bench.
Future bench-sitting abilities limit your search to Pokemon of a specific type (like BRS Grotle, DRX Gabite) or characteristic (like Rocket’s Persian ex, DCR Team Aqua’s Sharpedo).
Twylis
I don’t know any others off the top of my head, but the other Dark Dragonair from Team Rocket Returns has it too.
Twylis
Wait, nope, you already commented that — I always assumed that one worked from the bench too! Never actually read it closely I guess.
Tatu chín đai
Yeah TRR Dark Dragonair isn’t a bad card at all! Just a step down from this.