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{D} → Poison Sting : 10
Your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Poisoned.
illus. Atsuko Nishida
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Although the poison from its fangs isn’t that strong, it’s potent enough to weaken prey that gets caught in its web.
Ambassador
Atsuko Nishida’s contributions to the TCG appear have dropped significantly. This is her only contribution to Lost Origin and none of the cards in the subsequent set, Silver Tempest, feature artwork by her. She also doesn’t show up in Chilling Reign. Would be interesting to put together a graph showing her number of contributions per set across the years.
Twylis
You mentioned that she left Game Freak and went freelance at some point — do you know when this was? With Yusuke Ohmura and James Turner having left the company, Sugimori stepping down into an advisory role, and Junichi Masuda having migrated to TPC, it feels like there’s something of a company exodus going on.
Ohmura was never wildly active in the TCG, but it’s worth noting the last games he was involved in as a Game Freak employee (leaving Game Freak in 2016) were Sun and Moon, and the Sword and Shield era has seen no new contributions from Ohmura at all.