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Pokémon (Poliwhirl) › Stage 1 : Evolves from Misty’s Poliwag and into Misty’s Poliwrath · is: Misty’s
{W}{C} → Rapids : 20
If the Defending Pokémon has any Energy cards attached to it, flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of those Energy cards and discard it.
{C}{C}{C} → Water Punch : 30+
Flip a number of coins equal to the number of {W} Energy attached to Misty’s Poliwhirl. This attack does 30 damage plus 10 damage for each heads.
illus. Ken Sugimori · LV.37
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Following comments made on Dark Feraligatr and Shining Steelix, this card’s first attack is part of the “Hyper Beam” (re:”Destruction Beam”) family of moves. The original name of the attack, [はかいのうず 𝐇𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐢 𝐧𝐨 𝐮𝐳𝐮] could’ve been translated as “Destruction Whirlpool” (or something like that..) to be a bit more accurate, or else “Hyper Whirlpool” so English players would have a better chance of picking up on the “Hey, this is supposed to remind you of all the Hyper Beam attacks that also discard Energy.”
There are a couple other cards in this set with the same thing going on; Lt. Surge’s Magnemite (G1 50) and Sabrina’s Venonat both have Energy-removing 𝐇𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐢 attacks that don’t try to evoke the “Hyper” of the localized “Hyper Beam”, and aren’t consistent with the “Crushing” of (some of the) later 𝐇𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐢 attacks.