#celestial Storm

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[trainerjoshie]

Pokémon TCG SM Celestial Storm (2018), Team Up (2019), Unbroken Bonds, Unified Minds & Cosmic Eclipse illustrations by miki kudo ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[lovepokemontcg]

illus. Sumiyoshi Kizuki "Minun" from Celestial Storm

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Pokemon Card of the Day #2946: Steven's Resolve (Celestial Storm)

Sometimes, a card comes along that has a really powerful effect and a big drawback. Steven's Resolve was one of those cards, being a Supporter that let you search your deck for up to 3 cards to put into your hand. This was, of course, extremely powerful, since it let you just get the most important cards available in your deck. The drawback was that your turn just ended immediately. This kept it out of most decks that relied on attacking directly to win, simply because it deprived you of an attack. Using a single copy for going second in decks where you had to evolve Pokemon and likely wouldn't be attacking was something to think about, and it showed up like that sometimes.

The results were very different for stall decks. It was common for a lot of those decks to end turns without attacking with a Pokemon with a passive Ability, a lot of HP, or a Lillie's Poke Doll up front, and Steven's Resolve could take advantage of the turns where you didn't have an obvious Supporter to play beforehand. There was, of course, the risk to get hit by an N, Marnie, or Reset Stamp and lose those cards, though stall decks at least got more cards off the N or Reset Stamp than most others would. The downside was certainly lessened here in multiple ways and a lot of stall decks ran this, with higher amounts in old Expanded decks than in any standard one.

[hippopopotas]

0353. Shuppet

[dunsparce-database]

Celestial Storm #110 (Mitsuhiro Arita)

[peachypokedex]

[fangod9624]

I love Pokémon cards. I like to see them on the internet without getting any packs. However, there is one problem that has been stuck in my head after Raging Surf: WHY WOULD THEY MAKE 6 "TAG TEAM" CARDS FOR PLUSLE AND MINUN???

As an average Minun enjoyer, idk what just happened... Maybe it's just some "tag team" earlier than Marshadow and Machamp or Mega Lopunny and Jigglypuff in 2019.

What doesn't make sense tho is that in 2021 they kept the "tag team" thingy to Plusle and Minub cards and make it like "rapid"? Now WHAT'S THE FUCKING POINT??

[lilitdraws]

Aurora on Saturn's south pole.

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[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 284

“Oh little storm,” the being cooed, hands that are both large enough to crush the world yet small enough to hold his face gently running through his hair. He was being held by lightning, by stars and space and everything in between, cradling his form like he was something oh-so precious. “A surprise to be sure,” the being crooned, purred, rumbled, cracked, some noise of the depths of space mixed with something indescribable. “A surprise, but a welcome one.” 

Billy had never felt so small, yet so loved, like the world itself was holding him against its heart as the whispers of the gods bled away in something akin to awe. The being smiled, distant storms letting loose and ending droughts, even more distant stars bursting into being. “A little marvel of existence,” they hummed, hissed, cooed, whistled, hair- or strands of galaxies- melding into the abyss around them. 

“A surprise son. A child of the Cosmos. Yes.” He was held so gently, space itself dancing and flickering around him, suns pressing hundreds of freckled kisses against his head. “Welcome home, little storm. Welcome home, my son.”  

[aroaessidhe]

faves of 2024: adult sci-fi

Drunk on All Your Strange New Words

The Stardust Grail

Walking Practice

Those Beyond The Wall

As Born to Rule The Storm

Time’s Agent

These Burning Stars

Pluralities

The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport

Raven Strategem/Revenant Gun/Hexarchate Stories

Yours Celestially

The Fortunate Fall

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[trainerjoshie]

Pokémon TCG SM Ultra Prism (2018) & Celestial Storm (2018) beautiful illustrations by the amazing Shibuzoh. 🤩

[sophiesplushies]

Celestial Ursa beanie! ✨️

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Pokemon Card of the Day #2933: Hiker (Celestial Storm)

Hiker was one of the stranger Supporters out there. When played, it let you look at the top 5 cards of either player's deck, but not both. You picked 1 of those cards, had the player who owned the cards shuffle the others back into their deck, then put that card on top. This did have some use for getting a card off the top bit of the deck when combined with Zoroark-GX, though not being able to fetch a Supporter for the same turn was a bit of a problem. When not looking for a specific card, you could make sure the opponent's next draw was the least useful card of their top 5. The combination gave Hiker a small niche, mostly in expanded Zoroark Control decks. A copy or two there was worth considering. Most other decks had better uses for Supporters, however, and it never really got traction in any standard format. A quick note that this is apparently banned in the Gym Leader Challenge format that's become reasonably popular over the last few years because it could be recycled by this lock deck that just shut the opponent out of the game. Amazing what happens when the card pool and limits are different.

[screechingfromthevoid]

I love the way Dorian and Ashton both talk to the Arch Heart.

Because Ashton is hell bent on dragging them down to their level. Ashton wants every bastard with a superiority complex to feel a boot on the neck for just a moment. It doesn't matter if that person has more money, more magic, or infinite power. They would be no where without the people they're standing on. The workers they exploit, the libraries they study, the worship they receive. All that power comes from the collective, the little guy. And Ashton wants all of them to come down to earth and fucking see who they've been using for the first time.

While Dorian is still stuck on the narrative that mortals are their children. You don't give birth to things that are not of you, or are completely different than you. Dorian keeps hearing "we're like you". He keeps hearing about the fear of mortality and the bonds of family. He knows that the gods and mortals are the same. And he's hell bent on reminding them that they are equals. If they weren't the same species: how could they come so close to godhood? How could a mortal become a god? Dorian speaks to the gods with no reverence, no policing of his tone. Because as they sit at the Arch Heart's table, with fake food and fake wood and fake bounty, they are equals. They are both in the same position. Dorian Storm does not think himself a god. He just knows the Gods are the same as them. Him and the Arch Heart both create and revel in beauty. Of course one gave to the other. But everyone must have a teacher. And there will always come a time where the teacher and the student can play a duet in such harmony no one can decipher who once taught who.