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  1. Jack

    Is this the first English ‘set’ to be released with the modern numbering system previously only seen in Japan (i.e. ordered by type then Pokédex number, instead of by rarity then name)? It was released over a year before Black & White, if I recall.

  12. Jiří z Poděbrad

    As I posted over on Turbo Patch #172/201, this is the best Ability in the 2022 meta for accelerating {P} energy cards.
    But if you just want the acceleration and don’t want to give up the 3 prizes, Volo can help out! Use the Ability and *poof* make Calyrex disappear once it’s taken a few hits.

  20. Warnock 2022Tatu chín đai

    Personally I like Thorton better. He’s able to recover your Radiant Pokémon from the discard pile after they get KO’d, which Ninja Boy cannot.
    (Thorton was designed for a format with one-card-per-deck Pokémon restrictions, whereas NB was not)

  22. TwylisTatu chín đai

    Don’t forget Professor Oak, who unlike Bill and Erika, never got errata’d into a Supporter.
    (side note — Bill and Erika in their Supporter forms are functionally different cards in Japanese, due to the different card backs separating their legality, similar to Computer Search)

  26. Tatu chín đai

    Since this card, I don’t think there has ever been another Pokemon Power / Poke-Power / Ability that can search out an evolution Pokemon from the bench.
    Future bench-sitting abilities limit your search to Pokemon of a specific type (like BRS Grotle, DRX Gabite) or characteristic (like Rocket’s Persian ex, DCR Team Aqua’s Sharpedo).

  33. Tatu chín đai

    This was the first attack that calls for you to shuffle one of your *own* Pokemon back into your deck. The feature next appears on Blaine’s Moltres and Erika’s Dragonair.

  40. Warnock 2022

    Building a deck around this card and Enamorus V can be VERY effective for limiting your opponent’s options.
    And if you can curb their trainer use through Oleana, Miss Fortune Sisters, etc., and heal off damage through your own items / stadium, you can really frustrate their deck strategy.

  42. Tatu chín đaiWarnock 2022

    Could be fun with Breakpoint Mew or the Gen 5 Mew-EX!
    This attack is notable for being the strongest bench-sniping attack ever printed.
    (Other cards like FST Starmie or Alolan Exeggutor V have the *potential* to hit harder, but Garchomp takes the cake for most *actual* damage printed on the card)