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- ↓ 0.02
- ꩜ 0.07
- ↑ 1.12
{R} → Quick Dive
This attack does 50 damage to 1 of your opponent’s Pokémon. (Don’t apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
{R} → Merciless Strike : 80+
If your opponent’s Active Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 80 more damage.
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Talonflame mainly preys upon other bird Pokémon. To intimidate opponents, it sends embers spewing from gaps between its feathers.
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· Quick Dive actually made its debut as Falkner’s TM01 from the Japan-only Pokémon VS set¹. It subsequently appeared on a card which did get an English language translation, EX Dragon Swellow. It then took a long time to show up again, finally reappearing on UPR Garchomp (as well as its alt. color alt print, and its alt. type alt. print[???] FLI Garchomp).
· On the other hand (and only because I’m already here anyways), Merciless Strike is a much newer attack, having first appeared on Type: Null (UPR #115). This is the fourth appearance of the attack.
¹ https://pcg-search.com/card/vs/vs0103.php || https://archive.ph/Rd5fI