“Hey! Learn our syntax here.”
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- ↓ 0.41
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- ↑ 17.36
Look at your opponent’s hand. Then, you may discard as many other cards as you want from your hand and draw that many cards.
illus. Ken Sugimori
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feyblade
The sane man’s version of Blaine’s Gambit. Has applications in unlimited.
Ziggmiceter
This sounds pretty decent actually.
MarxForever
I love this artwork to death.
My god, so adorable. I bet you that Raichu isn’t even looking at the enemy, it probably found a Butterfly or Something.
Hibachi
Are you kidding? Don’t forget Lt. Surge’s Pokémon saved him during the war.
That Raichu’s a cold-blooded widowmaker.
Jared DiCarlo
Why is there Russian text in the background?
WeeWeeBoi
Pretty sure it says Białystok, which is the tenth largest city in Poland.
MewThree
That just raises further questions.
Otaku
Pretty sure it just means y’all need to research the “Cold War”, specifically the one between the United States of America, the USSR, and their respective allies. Or at least watch more ’80s action movies. ;)
Izorist
“The map in the background shows German occupied Poland during World War II: Warsaw is located right above Raichu’s right ear, Bialystok and Brest-Litowsk behind Lt. Surge, and the Silesian Border between Andreashütte and Festenberg right below Raichu’s binoculars. The rivers Weichsel, Narew and Bug are also depicted.”
-from Bulbapedia
WeeWeeBoi
Pretty wild and unlike Pokemon to allow any references to real-world wars in their cards
burma
You see guys, Surge was actually a Soviet soldier who fled to Siberia, then Manchuria, to evade the reach of the Red Army. During Operation Barbarossa he lost faith in his Soviet commanders and fled the country, assuming a new identity. Surge was just his alias—true name is “Sergei.” In the late 1940s, rather than remain under communist control of China, he placed his faith in the American occupation of Japan, assuming the Yanks would treat him better than his Red overlords had done.
DaneeBound
It fits Surge’s background as established in the original games.
RB: “I tell you kid, electric Pokémon saved me during the war! ”
GSC: “I’ve never lost on the battlefield. I’ll zap you just like I did my enemies in war!”
FRLG: “I tell you, kid, electric Pokémon saved me during the war!”
But starting with HGSS they’ve stopped bringing that up:
“I’ve never lost on the battlefield. I’ll zap you just like I do all my enemies in battle!”