Unown · Unseen Forces (UF) #?

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   Ambassador ?

   (3 years ago)

   The effect of Unown ?’s Hidden Power is similar to the effect of Blaine’s Quiz #2. There is a difference, in that Blaine’s Quiz #2 allowed your opponent to draw 2 cards if they got the answer right, but otherwise this appears deliberate. It seems like PCL actually did! check the names of various attacks of the English edition of the game when they were designing these Unown, and when they got to Unown ?, there weren’t any attacks with ? at the start.

   It feels strange to suggest Gym era cards being used as inspiration here – because that’s so long ago! – but it fits the bill because the effect is so similar. They probably went with it because of the obvious similarity, and, if nothing else, because at least there were question mark symbols in the artwork*.

   * This logic would’ve opened up at least a few other options for them, such as Psyduck (WBSP#20), but would’ve been hard to notice.

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   djcashtag

   (1 month ago)

   Unless I’m mistaken, this Unown is missing from the official Pokemon.com card database. I can see Unown ! with this url https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/series/ex10/!/ but when I try https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/pokemon-cards/series/ex10/?/ it does not work, and this Unown ? does not appear at all when I search for ‘Unown’ either.

   I’m looking for the original official image, so if anyone somehow has it please let me know!

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     djcashtagdjcashtag

     (1 month ago)

     The Bulbapedia page also uses the Japanese image instead of English, whereas all other Unseen Forces Unown use their original English image: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Unown_(EX_Unseen_Forces_%3F)

     Speaking of which, could someone please direct me to the source for that original Unown ? Japanese image on Bulbapedia? I’d really love to have a non-holo official digital image in Japanese of all EX Series cards in addition to their English counterparts.

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       Jackdjcashtag

       (1 month ago)

       I think you’re right about the Unown ? image being missing from Pokemon.com, as it has been for a considerable amount of time. It might be something to do with the fact that the question mark symbol doesn’t usually play nicely in web links, so perhaps they decided it couldn’t be added, or perhaps there’s a different reason.

       Regarding the Japanese image on Bulbapedia, that will have been from the official Japanese website for the Pokémon TCG; unfortunately, that website no longer includes cards from the ADV/PCG eras (the EX Series in English), so you’d have to go through the Internet Archive / Wayback Machine and hope for the best, sadly.

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         djcashtagJack

         (1 month ago)

         Thanks for the idea, I’ve tried searching the official Japanese site via the Wayback Machine; I can still use the search function but none of the images I’m looking for were saved, so I just see the text of the card. I can also see the official site used to have images for VS series and E-series as well, assuming those are also digital images that would be an incredible resource to see those cards in their proper colors. The scans we have are so old and the holo foil always covers up the beautiful artwork.

         If anyone happens to have these old Japanese card official images saved somewhere so I can work on restoring them in their original colors please let me know and I’ll be forever grateful, my email is djcashtag@gmail.com. Thank you.

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   az!?

   (1 month ago)

   Wait this card has totally non-numeric card number???

   I knew some cards like those in Trainer Gallery and Shiny Vault had alphanumeric card numbers, but this just uses a symbol. Are there other cards apart from the exclamation mark counterpart in this set?

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