Mimikyu ex · Scarlet & Violet Promos (SVP) #004

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   Ambassador

   (1 year ago)

   I guess this is the first Pokémon ex card of Gen IX to be available in international markets?

   · As far as whether Gen IX’s Pokémon ex are meant as more of the same Pokémon-ex of Gen III (or their own, separate thing, like Gen V’s Pokémon EX), there’s a fair amount of clerical work to get through here. In Generation III’s English TCG, while a Pokémon-ex might have an unhyphenated name of “Electabuzz ex”, and its attacks might refer to its as “Electabuzz ex”, anything speaking more broadly about Pokémon-ex did hypenate that term, such as in the rulebox of all of them. (As a quick, go to example that shows deliberate consistency about this, Electrode ex’s Power refers to itself as an unhyphenated Electrode ex, but talks about all Pokémon of the same group as hyphenated Pokémon-ex.)

   That’s the English/international edition. What about the main game? Well, there wasn’t a hyphen. I’ve dropped the stylization in the last paragraph to make it a little easier to follow along, but I’ll bring it back here. A card like the JP version of Electabuzz ex was エレブー𝒆𝒙, but when talking about Pokémon in that category, a different type/case was used for the “ex” bit – obviously, the comments section isn’t set up with html to let me emulate the Rodin/Shin Go typeface here, so I’ll approximate and say it used ポケモンｅｘ when referring to the two-prize cards in question.

   So if Gen IX’s two-Prizers are meant to be understood as direct continuation and in the exact same category of Gen III’s cards, I’m of the opinion we’d probably expect them to also be referred to as ポケモンｅｘin the ruleboxes, and so forth. But we’re seeing them use 𝒆𝒙 in both the name and the ruleboxes/when referring to Pokémon in question. You could make a convicing argument that this is an update for consistency’s sake and yes indeed, these new Pokémon are in the exact same category as the originals but I think the jury is, and will forever remain out – since there’s no real-world, sanctioned format where a player will ask and get an official ruling on things like “can I attach Double Rainbow Energy to Mimikyu ex or not?” so it comes down to house rules. (While it goes unsaid I’d probably roll my eyes at any comment almost anyone from TPCi might make on the matter, I’d go so far as to say that even if someone did coax a “ruling” out of someone peripherally involved with PCL, I wouldn’t necessarily be convinced of it either.)

   · Insofar as being the first of a new format of multi-prize card, we’re seeing a very boring, safe introduction to the mechanic. Both of Mimikyu’s attacks have existed before – Void Return just recently debuted on Hisuian Zoroark V (Gen VIII), and Energy Burst is a long-extant move that first showed up on SK Starmie (Gen II). We might see more overt callouts to Gen III as Gen IX progresses, but so far it’s non-committal.

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     TwylisAmbassador

     (1 year ago)

     [TPCi voice] Since Mimikyu ex is a Basic Pokemon, and Double Rainbow Energy can only be attached to Evolved Pokemon, it’s not possible to attach Double Rainbow Energy to it ;)

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       AmbassadorTwylis

       (1 year ago)

       Yep, as usual, I overlook the obvious when rambling on about the intricacies. I trust the reader to know what I was getting at, but for those confused – how about “Can I pick Mimikyu ex with Mr. Briney’s Compassion?”

       (Oh, hey. Look at the comments of that card! We’ve gone full circle.)

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