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You may discard all Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 150 more damage.
· VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.
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Red having a Gigamax Pikachu is also a thing in Pokémon Masters. Did the mainline games do something to canonize this? It sounds like this is more thought than they’d actually care to put into it, but it’d be cute if Pikachu originating from the Virtual Console releases and/or FRLG were auto-assigned the ability to gigamax.
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Not as far as I know — both Masters and the TCG frequently do original trainer pairings without any “canon” precedent.
As an aside, I think people view the main series games with too much reverence as far as canon is concerned. Pokemon is a multimedia franchise, and all components of it influence the rest. Another Masters example is Cynthia getting Kommo-o in an alternate outfit, and then later having a Kommo-o in her next anime appearance. Masters has a surprisingly expansive influence — I suspect it’s also why we got Rosa in the TCG, and are soon getting her as a Serperior character rare.