Rocket’s Poké Ball · Team Rocket Returns (TR) #89

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   jelze

   (10 years ago)

   Did not know this existed. Assumed the The Boss’ Way was a good option for a Rocket deck. How wrong I was

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   Blob Takeshi

   (7 years ago)

   I like the custom evil team Poké Balls.

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   Lycan

   (3 years ago)

   Could this be used to search Darkrai in unlimited

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     NosrednaLycan

     (3 years ago)

     I’m pretty sure recent cards that say things like “Search your deck for a card with Ball in its name” have been ruled to search only for cards with the word “Ball” so you can’t get something such as “Bursting Balloon”. So I assume it can only get a Pokemon with the actual word Dark and not one where dark is a piece of the whole name.

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       OtakuNosredna

       (3 years ago)

       I can no longer find the ruling – Team Compendium’s website recently changed its setup – but yes, it was ruled they must have the full word “Dark”, parsed in that manner and in the correct place. Originally, players were asking about a Legendary Pokémon, but not Darkrai.

       Instead, years earlier, players asked about Rocket’s Zapdos (Gym Challenge) and card effects with a similar name requirement. If that sounds odd, remember that the Dark-in-name mechanic debuted in the Team Rocket expansion, just two sets before Gym Challenge. There were many cards that worked with Dark-in-name Pokémon, but not those with “Rocket’s” in their name. Rocket’s Zapdos was one of the best, so they tried using the fact it had the letters “d”, “a”, “r”, and “k” in its name (in the wrong order, as parts of other words) to try and get it counted. XD

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         NosrednaOtaku

         (3 years ago)

         Now that’s stretching it lol. I understand the Darkrai issue, but if we were allowed to scramble the letters around that would be a whole different story

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   Nos

   (2 years ago)

   What makes this card better than “The Boss’s Way”? Dark Celebi I guess…

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