A Shiny Pokmon to Stick by Your Side
Like flanking, this card requires some game context to really shine its applications go much deeper than its techy language might suggest
The effect and the card itself is super sweet, and if someone would bring one to a casual game night or competitive Tribelander tournament I hosted, I would deem it legal to play
For example: Base Set : A Poke Ball icon (the original) Jungle : A flower/jungle leaf Fossil : A claw/fossil shape Team Rocket : A dark "R" Neo Genesis : A small star-like shape Evolving Skies : A stylized cloud/sky design Prismatic Evolutions : A prism/crystal icon 151 : A Mew silhouette Surging Sparks : A lightning/spark design There are hundreds of set symbols at this point (the Pokemon TCG has released over 100 English expansion sets), so nobody memorizes them all
(Full issue, Introduction) Hatakeyama & Kubo (2000), p
The juice comes from Second Chance, an enchantment that sacrifices itself