Dark Tyranitar · 30th Celebration (30C) #19

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   Squirchampion

   (2 weeks ago)

   There were two Dark Tyranitar during the third generation era of the card game. While the other Dark Tyranitar, which originated from a preconstructed deck, has an unambiguous ‘spiritual successor’ in Team Rocket’s Tyranitar, this Dark Tyranitar, never quite got a definitive follow-up. Pokémon with three attacks/abilities still get printed sometimes, but it seems to be something they don’t like doing, because even deliberate reappearances don’t seem guaranteed to retain all of them. Kangaskhan comes to mind as an example of a card that did get to keep everything, but Ludicolo and Magcargo come to mind as cards that had to lose one of their three attacks/abilities.

   · Grind [おしつぶす] first appeared on Onix D-26 as ‘Crush’; it also appeared on Stormfront Tyranitar and an SV-series Tyranitar ex.

   · Spinning Tail [スピンテール] first appeared on EX2 Steelix; it also appeared on the aforementioned Stormfront Tyranitar, which has two of this Tyranitar’s three attacks, as well as on an SM series Tyranitar.

   · Bite Off [かみちぎる] first appeared on Team Magma’s Mightyena; it also appeared on the aforementioned SM series Tyranitar.

   So that the Stormfront and SM Series Tyranitar both did come close, but it’s taken this reprint for us to get the full Dark Tyranitar once again.

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