Unown N · Neo Discovery (N2) #50

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   MarxForever

   (11 years ago)

   This card Combo’d well with any colorless Pokémon that hurt itself, but was especially effective with Dark Ursaring. A 50/50 shot of doing 20 damage to each of your Opponent’s Pokémon with no risk to you own was pretty good for a single double colorless.

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     MarxForeverMarxForever

     (11 years ago)

     Team Rocket’s Meowth paired with a Metal Energy also made for a surprising effective and quick attacker, with an Unown N the table. Since you would have to flip five tails before he even begins to hurt himself.

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       Dark KiraMarxForever

       (11 years ago)

       I think you wouldn’t hit yourself until your 6th tails, because Metal Energy also reduced self-damage if attached to a non-metal Pokemon, so it reduced your self-damage by a total of 20 damage plus the 30 from Unown N.

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   Ambassador

   (3 years ago)

   All Unown in the Neo era of the TCG have Powers matching the corresponding word in the GSC Pokédex’s Unown Mode, except for 3 – Unown D (DARK/Darkness instead of DIRECT), Unown M (METAL instead of MAKE), and this card, which has NORMAL instead of NUZZLE. The theme and rationale for the substitutions here feel fairly obvious. (As far as I can tell, the Poké-Power names for the Generation 4 Unown are wholly original to the TCG.)

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     AmbassadorAmbassador

     (3 years ago)

     Also, hey! Aren’t the wacky jelly beans in this artwork reminiscent of the ones that showed up during the XY block that never really got explained?

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       TwylisAmbassador

       (3 years ago)

       They are similar, and I suspect the ones in XY all originate from whatever setting Dimension Valley depicts. Given the shared affiliation with Psychic-types, it’s possible the resemblance to these isn’t coincidental, but it’s a pretty specific card to get inspired by.

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     Strč prst skrz krkAmbassador

     (3 years ago)

     Yeah “NUZZLE” as an ability doesn’t make much sense in English!
     https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Unown_N_(Neo_Discovery_50)#Release_information

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     AmbassadorAmbassador

     (3 years ago)

     And another! something I’ve just noticed – these three Powers have had their names changed from the Japanese TCG names. They were originally “DARK df”, “METAL df”, and “NORMAL df”. Any guesses on what “df” meant?

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       AmbassadorAmbassador

       (3 years ago)

       · Just to somewhat close the loop on this, a conversation on Unown D is worth looking into regarding this card, as WOTC appears to have deliberately mistranslated the effect of the Power in addition to changing its name.
       · My guess on “df”, on reflection, is probably a weird way of abbreviating “defense”, as all three powers are applying a defensive effect against the Color/type in question. As a dark horse alternative option, it might refer to “Direction Finding”, a fancy term used in radio broadcasting that more or less means triangulating the location of a broadcast. Given the weird interaction with the PokéGear Radio and the Ruins of Alph, and that staff of Creatures and/or GAME FREAK might’ve seen the term “DF” while working on the Mobile System GB and/or Pokémon Crystal, it’s not unlikely.

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