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If the Defending Pokémon is a Basic Pokémon, it can’t attack during your opponent’s next turn.
illus. Tomomi Kaneko
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It doesn’t like to be taken care of. It’s difficult to bond with since it won’t listen to its Trainer.
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This is Tomomi Kaneko’s first artwork for the TCG. They are a GAME FREAK staff member (and/or contract employee) who has so far been credited on Pokémon: Let’s Go! (Design Artist), Sword and Shield (Concept Design Planner), Legends Arceus (Concept Artist), and Scarlet/Violet (Concept Artist). I’ve also noticed Kaneko has received credit in the Pokémon anime (2019 series; “Journeys” to the western audience) though this doesn’t necessarily entail any direct work it.
Kaneko’s Piplup is followed some years later by a special artwork of Banette. The timeline of her contributions parallels Fumie Kittaka’s contributions to the TCG, another GAME FREAK employee with a number of in-game credits as an artist for the Pokémon games.