In contrast, the Traditional Chinese cards that released in 2024 will NOT have a Pokemon logo stamp
Since rotating out of Standard, it has found new life in the Pioneer (and Explorer) format, where it continues to flicker everything and cause havoc
Raticate's other move is called Extend Fang which again takes one colorless energy card and does 20 damage unless Raticate has a Pokemon Tool attached to it then this move does 60 damage instead of 20
Its prevention of life gain and prohibiting damage prevention is what makes it so scary - for some strategies, life gain or "fog" effects get them through scary turns against aggressive Red decks, which is no longer an option when Sunspine Lynx is in play
The kicker, though, is that youre playing blue
Believe it or not, that's actually a significant decrease from their peak in March, when a Prismatic Evolutions box would set you back $210