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Pokémon Power ⇢ Reel In
When you play Dark Slowbro from your hand, choose up to 3 Basic Pokémon and/or Evolution cards from your discard pile and put them into your hand.
{P}{P} → Fickle Attack : 40
Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.
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It loves nothing better than to be left alone, and so sometimes ends up being manipulated by unscrupulous people.
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Abilities that activate upon the Pokemon being played from the hand have been solid parts of the meta (probably most famously in Dedenne GX). The first abilities of this nature appeared here in Team Rocket.
On Pokemon-Powers (2000 to 2002): https://pkmncards.com/?s=has%3Apokemon-power+text%3A%22when+you+play%22&sort=date&ord=rev&display=images
On Poke-Powers (2003 to 2010): https://pkmncards.com/?s=has%3Apoke-power+text%3A%22when+you+play%22&sort=date&ord=rev&display=images
On Abilities (2012 to present): https://pkmncards.com/?s=has%3Aability+text%3A%22when+you+play%22&sort=date&ord=rev&display=images