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No Removal Gym · Gym Heroes (G1) #103

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No Removal Gym
Trainer › Stadium

A player must discard 2 cards from his or her hand in order to play an Energy Removal or Super Energy Removal card.

· Stadium rule: This card stays in play when you play it. Discard this card if another Stadium card comes into play.
illus. Keiji Kinebuchi
Gym › Gym Heroes (G1) › #103/132 : Rare · ↘ Aug 14, 2000
Formats: Other: 1999–2001 · Modified: 2002
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Rating

Overall: 77.50% (31 wins, 9 losses)

Within Set & Formats:

  • Gym Heroes: n/a (0 wins, 0 losses)
  • BS-on (1999–2001): 83% (5 wins, 1 loss)
  • RO-on (Modified 2002): 100% (3 wins, 0 losses)

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12 comments

    • MarxForeverCurtis

      Modified wasn’t big in Japan, if there even was such a thing at all there.
      That’s why this card was made in the first place, Removals were still super popular. That’s also why Neo Destiny had Dark Crobat but their hadn’t been a Dark Golbat since Team Rocket. Leaving the card orphaned in America, since Pokemon Breeder had also been long since rotated out.

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      • Mantidactyle MarxForever

        Pokémon Breeder was playable in Modified shortly after Dark Crobat was printed, with Legendary Collection.

        Japan had a Restriction list. Like the previous DP-on Extended format, you couldn’t have more than a total of 4 stars in your deck

        4 Stars
        None

        3 Stars
        Blastoise (Base)
        Wigglytuff (Jungle)
        Dark Vileplume (Team Rocket)
        Sneasel (Neo Genesis)
        Erika’s Jigglypuff (Gym Challenge)

        2 Stars
        Electabuzz (Base)
        Hitmonchan (Base)
        Chansey (Base)
        Super Energy Removal (Base)
        Dowsing Machine (Base)
        Double Colorless Energy (Base)
        Clefable (Jungle)
        Scyther (Jungle)
        Magmar (Fossil)
        Muk (Fossil)
        Imposter Oak’s Revenge (Team Rocket)
        The Rocket’s Trap (Gym Heroes)
        Rocket’s Zapdos (Gym Challenge)
        Chaos Gym (Gym Challenge)
        Magcargo (Neo Revelation)

        1 Star
        Energy Removal (Base)
        Lass (Base)
        Aerodactyl (Fossil)
        Mr.Mime (Jungle)
        Misty’s Wrath (Gym Heroes)
        Feraligatr (Downpour, Neo Genesis)
        Cleffa (Neo Genesis)
        Pichu (Neo Genesis)
        Gold Berry (Neo Genesis)
        Darkness Energy (Neo Genesis)
        Metal Energy (Neo Genesis)
        Tyrogue (Neo Discovery)

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          • Mantidactyle jelze

            Yeah the list has some oddities, it should have been 1 star and no more. I guess they wanted to reduce the amount of donks or something like that

          • MarxForeverMantidactyle

            That system actually sounds pretty neat to me. With some tweaking it could really prevent powerful cards from being over used without having to ban them out right, while encouraging verity and creative deck making.

          • MarxForeverjelze

            Erika’s Jigglypuff was fairly well regarded at the time. After all 40 damage for two colorless, on a basic, was pretty nuts back then. With Gust of Wind you could really start to throw down some damage quick while powering up your bench. And on lucky flip it could one shot babies. And some Oaks and Power Plus meant it could even one shot something with 70 as well.

    • C.Ezra.MChuck Rancor

      At the start of the X & Y series, existing Pokémon Catcher cards received an erratum, stating that the effect only takes place after a successful coin flip.

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