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- ↓ 0.50
- ꩜ 1.86
- ↑ 2.42
{C} → Bulk Up : 30
During your next turn, each of Lucario’s attacks does 30 more damage to the Defending Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
{F}{F} → Magnum Punch : 50
illus. Kouki Saitou
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It’s said that no foe can remain invisible to Lucario, since it can detect auras, even foes it could not otherwise see.
Twylis
This set has a rather incoherent visual identity, in large part because it’s a hodgepodge of numerous sources with no direct Japanese equivalent — some cards are holdovers from Japan’s previous HeartGold and SoulSilver sets, some are from Japan’s forthcoming Reviving Legends set, and a large bulk are derived from various Japanese theme decks.
A recurring visual motif in this set are these strange banners, each corresponding to Electric, Grass, Water, or Fire types. These cards all originated from Japan’s Battle Starter Decks:
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Battle_Starter_Decks_(TCG)
The reason Lucario and Riolu feature off-type banners is because they come from the Raichu deck, which is the only one of the four to feature multiple types.
Twylis
An additional quirk of these decks I’m now noticing is that they’re each illustrated by a specific artist — all pokemon in the Torterra deck are illustrated by match, the Magmortar deck by Hajime Kusajima, Blastoise deck by Masakazu Fukuda, and Raichu deck by Kouki Saitou.
While featuring various illustrators, the odd CG artwork in this set likewise can all be sourced from theme decks, in that case the Leafeon vs Metagross Expert Decks:
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Leafeon_vs_Metagross_Expert_Deck_(TCG)
These decks were released alongside a CD-ROM for the Pokemon Card Game Online, and the unique “digital world” setting of the cards was likely intended to tie into this.