I believe the art you’re referring to is fan art of of Se-jun Park’s worlds-winning Pachirisu. In case you don’t know the story, Park brought Pachirisu to VGC and won the finals by using follow me to redirect a Draco Meteor, allowing him to win the game. Fans became obsessed with the imagery of this non-meta little rodent nonchalantly taking a Draco Meteor and eating a Sitrus Berry immediately afterwards, hence the fan art :) hope this helps
This card is kinda bugged, the next arrow brings you to a the wrong charizard card, and the Set information says
“Sun & Moon › Dragon Majesty (DRM) › #SV7/SV94 : Rare Shiny : Alternate”
The navigation at the top goes by the card’s position in relation to the total number of cards in the set. The won’t necessarily correlate to the number printed on the card. We haven’t included the missing promo cards in the database, so the position is offset by two.
Bagdude
¯_(ツ)_/¯
PosingSaucer
the top of the site says that this is the 88th card even though its the 90th.
We have multiple Aerodactyl cards legal in Expanded format, which is an officially supported format (albeit neglected), so my gut interpretation is that this card can be used to evolve into any of them. While it’s a bit of a stretch, I think the most comparable card would be Prism Star Ditto, whose ability allows playing any Stage 1 pokemon onto it to evolve it — I believe this card would circumvent the “evolves from” text the same way Ditto Prism Star does. Presumably, the Aerodactyl would keep its listed stage designation when in play (i.e. Stage 1 or Restored).
Unlimited is not an officially supported format, but if this is correct, this would logically apply to any Aerodactyl and gen 3 Aerodactyl ex there as well (given that, surprisingly, gen 3 ex cards are considered the same class of card as gen 9 ex cards).
I’m surprised by the apparent lack of an official ruling on this already, since it seems like a fairly important thing to clarify.
Jack
Full disclosure, I’m aware that the only card named “Aerodactyl” currently legal in Modified is the one in this very set, but for argument’s sake and because I’m curious: because the card says “Evolves into Aerodactyl” on it, could it evolve into any card named Aerodactyl (or Aerodactyl ex) in theory, regardless of the stage or “evolves from” text of that particular card?
The only other cards I’m aware of with “evolves into” text are Baby Pokémon–which evolved into Basics with no “evolves from” text–and Buried Fossil, which came with the caveat that it had to evolve into a Pokémon that evolved from Mysterious Fossil. This is similar to both of those examples, but not exact. It’s also been 20 years since either of those examples were tournament-legal.
I’m just trying to figure out if this is an attempt at future-proofing (which I would be really happy to see) or if it’s PCL being quirky again.
It’s a misspelling on the card! We choose to tag with the correct illustrator so it’s grouped correctly (the site doesn’t have capability for a “printed illustrator” vs “actual illustrator”).
(In 2016 they got the illustrator right on the Generations print that uses the same artwork.)
PosingSaucer251
Why does the card says that the it is illustrated by Miki Takano, but the website says its illustrated by Miki Tanaka?
SIMBA
You sir are causing a lot of ruckus right now. Well cute though :)
Yet Collapsed Stadium is not considered a reprint of this. With this Stadium, the excessive Benched Pokémon are returned to the hand instead of discarding them.
Belle
Okay but.. Why is there a Board subcategory tho :’)
RotomAmiti
I feel like this card’s placement at #15 rather than #9 has something to do with Match Battle’s ruleset (one of the things you do in the game is compare cards’ collection numbers), but man, it sticks out like a sore thumb.
It was restricted in the Hall of Fame format. http://blog.livedoor.jp/aqwsderft/archives/55777043.html
Basically, 26 cards from the Base-Neo format were assigned a point value from 1 to 3, and you could not use more than 4 points worth of cards in your deck. Super Energy Removal was worth 2 points. Japanese fans liked the Hall of Fame format that they later created their own, fanbase-curated points lists years later to balance the format even more. (One of these lists had 76 cards on it, including many cards that were never released internationally.)
At the start of the X & Y series, existing Pokémon Catcher cards received an erratum, stating that the effect only takes place after a successful coin flip.
Jon
Essentially a modern take on the original kangaskhan from jungle
On one hand, it’s nice to see official confirmation of who illustrated specific stock art, especially since most people still assume Sugimori does everything.
On the other hand, it’s much nicer that TPC has realized that they make enough money to commission actual unique art.
The first Recycle Energy card was released after the ban took place.
This card was replaced with the more powerful Super Energy Removal 2 (https://pkmncards.com/card/super-energy-removal-2-aquapolis-aq-134/), which actually had an even greater drawback than this. Only has a 25% chance to succeed in your favor.
Yes. In the X & Y series, several rule changes took place: the player going first cannot attack on the first turn, and whoever goes first is decided before any cards are drawn. This was to make it less of an advantage to go first.
This is one of the very few Trainer cards to be orphaned.
DaneeBound
Safety first: This TCG has worked for 321 days without a new card featuring an Ohmura stock illustration.
DaneeBound
Ten months since the last Sugimori of any kind (this card).
That seems like everything. Also: I was today years old when I learned that all this stuff is on the card… I should really look at card artwork more closely!
It’s an interesting question! It should be discarded (and then go to the Lost Zone b/c of the Prism Star rule) since the protection from Items/Supporters part of the card only works when the card is in play… but I can see how one might argue this differently.
Comments
Emoji
Is this the most recent Pokemon game with Sugimori character designs?
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Professor_Laventon#Gallery
Emoji
Read about it here: https://archive.ph/UaMab
Emoji
Linking here to Ambassador’s cool blog post on this artist: https://archive.ph/zvyF8
Emoji
Ambassador did a cool blog post about this card: https://archive.ph/lc1AM
Emoji
Perhaps the rarest version of this card is its POLISH version: https://archive.ph/iSvre
Emoji
Fun fact!! This set was printed in Polish!! Gen 4 was the only time [so far] the TCG has had Polish-language cards!!
https://archive.ph/NKUm9
Emoji
Hey look, it’s Black Lotus
https://archive.ph/42WGX
Emoji
Yes, found it!
https://web.archive.org/web/20230712023622/https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/se-jun-parks-pachirisu
Thank you!!
brken11
Dig Claws
SenatorStonk
I believe the art you’re referring to is fan art of of Se-jun Park’s worlds-winning Pachirisu. In case you don’t know the story, Park brought Pachirisu to VGC and won the finals by using follow me to redirect a Draco Meteor, allowing him to win the game. Fans became obsessed with the imagery of this non-meta little rodent nonchalantly taking a Draco Meteor and eating a Sitrus Berry immediately afterwards, hence the fan art :) hope this helps
PosingSaucer251
What is that move name
PosingSaucer251
wait im stupid
PosingSaucer251
This card is kinda bugged, the next arrow brings you to a the wrong charizard card, and the Set information says
“Sun & Moon › Dragon Majesty (DRM) › #SV7/SV94 : Rare Shiny : Alternate”
PosingSaucer251
what happened to the arm on the left
Man Tyke
Sunrise, sunset….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03rzUoyq9K0&ab_channel=byeori
Whirlpool
Man, that free retreat cost + Spearow’s ability = this card is AWESOME
Charles
Registeel finally got some love in Gen 5!!
Emoji
Super fun little tech card. Best Mawile card since Mawile-GX
Emoji
She looks like she’s reaching out for a handshake! “pleased to meet you, my name is Suicune GX–er, I mean Pidgeot!”
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pidgeot_(Pok%C3%A9mon)
Emoji
I read somewhere that this artwork is a reference to a famous web cartoon featuring Pachirisu eating a berry. Anyone here recall what it was??
Emoji
Cuz Pokemon like to shred it up
Emoji
That glassy-eyed stare….
Emoji
Bro is GREEN!!!
JP
There were reports of giant images on the site throughout today (10/2/23) for certain searches. This should be fixed now. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Adam Capriola
Good eye! That is due to Black & White Promos #77 and #78 going unreleased in English:
The navigation at the top goes by the card’s position in relation to the total number of cards in the set. The won’t necessarily correlate to the number printed on the card. We haven’t included the missing promo cards in the database, so the position is offset by two.
Bagdude
¯_(ツ)_/¯
PosingSaucer
the top of the site says that this is the 88th card even though its the 90th.
bobthenerd10
Dugtrio
PosingSaucer251
Rabies :(
PosingSaucer251
Shiny Jigglypuff in Gen 1?!
PosingSaucer251
sit
Twylis
A spiritual successor to the Rocket’s Secret Machines, I think. Artwork nowhere near as fun though :U
guest
What ruckus is it causing?
Twylis
We have multiple Aerodactyl cards legal in Expanded format, which is an officially supported format (albeit neglected), so my gut interpretation is that this card can be used to evolve into any of them. While it’s a bit of a stretch, I think the most comparable card would be Prism Star Ditto, whose ability allows playing any Stage 1 pokemon onto it to evolve it — I believe this card would circumvent the “evolves from” text the same way Ditto Prism Star does. Presumably, the Aerodactyl would keep its listed stage designation when in play (i.e. Stage 1 or Restored).
Unlimited is not an officially supported format, but if this is correct, this would logically apply to any Aerodactyl and gen 3 Aerodactyl ex there as well (given that, surprisingly, gen 3 ex cards are considered the same class of card as gen 9 ex cards).
I’m surprised by the apparent lack of an official ruling on this already, since it seems like a fairly important thing to clarify.
Jack
Full disclosure, I’m aware that the only card named “Aerodactyl” currently legal in Modified is the one in this very set, but for argument’s sake and because I’m curious: because the card says “Evolves into Aerodactyl” on it, could it evolve into any card named Aerodactyl (or Aerodactyl ex) in theory, regardless of the stage or “evolves from” text of that particular card?
The only other cards I’m aware of with “evolves into” text are Baby Pokémon–which evolved into Basics with no “evolves from” text–and Buried Fossil, which came with the caveat that it had to evolve into a Pokémon that evolved from Mysterious Fossil. This is similar to both of those examples, but not exact. It’s also been 20 years since either of those examples were tournament-legal.
I’m just trying to figure out if this is an attempt at future-proofing (which I would be really happy to see) or if it’s PCL being quirky again.
Rhyhorn
HE!
JP
It’s a misspelling on the card! We choose to tag with the correct illustrator so it’s grouped correctly (the site doesn’t have capability for a “printed illustrator” vs “actual illustrator”).
(In 2016 they got the illustrator right on the Generations print that uses the same artwork.)
PosingSaucer251
Why does the card says that the it is illustrated by Miki Takano, but the website says its illustrated by Miki Tanaka?
SIMBA
You sir are causing a lot of ruckus right now. Well cute though :)
LightYearLiam
I didn’t know Zangoose’s claws are retractable.
C.Ezra.M
Yet Collapsed Stadium is not considered a reprint of this. With this Stadium, the excessive Benched Pokémon are returned to the hand instead of discarding them.
Belle
Okay but.. Why is there a Board subcategory tho :’)
RotomAmiti
I feel like this card’s placement at #15 rather than #9 has something to do with Match Battle’s ruleset (one of the things you do in the game is compare cards’ collection numbers), but man, it sticks out like a sore thumb.
Anonymous
It was restricted in the Hall of Fame format.
http://blog.livedoor.jp/aqwsderft/archives/55777043.html
Basically, 26 cards from the Base-Neo format were assigned a point value from 1 to 3, and you could not use more than 4 points worth of cards in your deck. Super Energy Removal was worth 2 points. Japanese fans liked the Hall of Fame format that they later created their own, fanbase-curated points lists years later to balance the format even more. (One of these lists had 76 cards on it, including many cards that were never released internationally.)
C.Ezra.M
Having less HP is the premise of Dark Pokémon. By the way, the only other Basic Sylveon V card has a max attack damage of 60, and has 200 HP.
C.Ezra.M
At the start of the X & Y series, existing Pokémon Catcher cards received an erratum, stating that the effect only takes place after a successful coin flip.
Jon
Essentially a modern take on the original kangaskhan from jungle
Guest
japan didnt ban this card
RotomAmiti
On one hand, it’s nice to see official confirmation of who illustrated specific stock art, especially since most people still assume Sugimori does everything.
On the other hand, it’s much nicer that TPC has realized that they make enough money to commission actual unique art.
C.Ezra.M
The first Recycle Energy card was released after the ban took place.
This card was replaced with the more powerful Super Energy Removal 2 (https://pkmncards.com/card/super-energy-removal-2-aquapolis-aq-134/), which actually had an even greater drawback than this. Only has a 25% chance to succeed in your favor.
C.Ezra.M
Yes. In the X & Y series, several rule changes took place: the player going first cannot attack on the first turn, and whoever goes first is decided before any cards are drawn. This was to make it less of an advantage to go first.
This is one of the very few Trainer cards to be orphaned.
DaneeBound
Safety first: This TCG has worked for 321 days without a new card featuring an Ohmura stock illustration.
DaneeBound
Ten months since the last Sugimori of any kind (this card).
DaneeBound
The true galaxy brain here.
JP
Mantine only works when it’s Active: https://compendium.pokegym.net/category/1-errata/ripples/
anon
What does the errata change?
Bagdude
Big Ed’s Charizard
nago
I think it’s just bad kerning and jpg artifacting and it does indeed say “Arita”.
JP
That seems like everything. Also: I was today years old when I learned that all this stuff is on the card… I should really look at card artwork more closely!
JP
It’s an interesting question! It should be discarded (and then go to the Lost Zone b/c of the Prism Star rule) since the protection from Items/Supporters part of the card only works when the card is in play… but I can see how one might argue this differently.