Wizards Black Star Promos

Unown [J] WP 38/53

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Unown [J] WP 38

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read WP 38/53 there. Its illustration is signed Hideki Kazama.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Wizards Black Star Promos set.

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
40
Type
Psychic
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
38/53
Illustrated by
Hideki Kazama

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Its Ability

[Join]

Once during your turn (before you attack), if you have Unown J, Unown O, Unown I, and Unown N on your Bench, you may search your deck for a Basic Pokémon or Evolution Pokémon card. Show that card to your opponent, then put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Its attacks

Hidden Power

10

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, [Join]. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  4. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,461 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Psychic ×2. Against a Psychic Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,461 tournament lists we have read, 3,253 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

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