Furret sat at the beach with the waves rolling up all around,
digging in the warm sand.
Vaporeon trots up dripping wet.
Vaporeon "Wonderful Fall weather, isn't it?"
Furret looks up with sand all over its nose and nods.
Vaporeon "Funny, its March, but in Florida, it's still Fall."
Furret continues digging.
Jolteon trots up and tags Vaporeon.
Vaporeon chases Jolteon down the beach in a merry game of tag.
Furret glances around looking for Flareon.
Furret shrugs and continues digging.
Elsewhere, much later...
Flareon is looking thru the new card sets in Doug's collection.
Jolteon trots up.
Jolteon "Are there any Eeveelution EX types out yet?"
Flareon shakes its head mournfully.
Jolteon "What's wrong?"
Flareon "I feel kinda puny compared to Blaziken Ex and Blaziken."
Jolteon "It's just a stupid chicken, why would that get you depressed?"
Flareon "Look at this!"
Jolteon "Yikes!"
Flareon "My flame must be burning out."
Jolteon "Let's compare it to the other cards."
Flareon "Hmm..."
Jolteon turns pages...
Flareon "Most of other cards look fairly balanced."
Jolteon "This must be a double fluke."
Flareon "Where is Vaporeon?"
Jolteon "Dancing in the sprinkler."
Flareon shudders "Doesn't Vaporeon ever get tired of water?"
Jolteon "Come on, let's go show Vaporeon this."
Jolteon and Flareon walk out the back door and find
Furret dragging a large box into the back yard.
Jolteon "Hi! What's up?"
Furret looks up and waves.
The box rolls over and flips upside down covering Furret.
Flareon snickers as muffled shouts and thumping are heard
from within the box.
Jolteon uses Headbutt to roll the box over.
Furret goes flying thru the air.
Flareon "This looks like a familiar scene...."
Furret lands in a bush.
Furret sighs.
Jolteon drags the box to the middle of the back yard.
Flareon peers inside the box and finds it empty.
Vaporeon races up and shakes water over everybody.
Flareon cringes.
Vaporeon "What's up?"
Jolteon looks inside the box.
Furret brushes some leaves off and scampers over to stand beside the box.
Furret proudly announces "This is The Box."
Jolteon nods
Flareon rolls its eyes.
Vaporeon shakes water over everybody again.
Flareon "Stop that!"
Furret looks proudly at "The Box."
Jolteon "And...?"
Vaporeon "Maybe, we could set the sprinkler on top of it.
Get some altitude for better trajectory..."
Furret stomps its foot.
Furret "No, no, this is The Box."
Jolteon "Perhaps, we could rewind the story a little bit?"
Flareon "Where did you get It from?"
Furret "Well, I was making some new fake cards, trying out new ideas,
and Umbreon started looking at them. Them Umbreon suggested I go
find Nick15 for some tips on creating cards."
Vaporeon, listening now, nods.
Furret continues "So I went to find Nick15, but I think he lives on the
other side of the US, which is a rather long walk. I walked for quite
awhile and ran into Phil in Central Florida." By then, my feet hurt,
so I sat down to rest. Anyway, Phil and I talked, and he said to
think outside of The Box."
Jolteon looks at Flareon
Flareon whispers "DMTM used to say that too."
Furret continues "So, I used Rest and then went looking for The Box.
The Grocery Store had several, so I had to make sure that I got the
right one."
Furret sits down beside The Box.
Furret begins thinking.
Furret pauses.
Furret "As you can see, I am thinking outside of The Box."
Flareon sits down and looks at The Box.
Jolteon "What fake cards have you made so far?"
Furret dashes off gleefully.
Vaporeon looks longingly at the front yard where the sprinkler is located.
Flareon closes its eyes to think.
Furret trots back with some notes and pictures.
Flareon, Jolteon, and Vaporeon gather around:
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Golem Stage 2 Fighting Pokemon 100 HP
PokePower Landslide
Once during your turn (before you attack), you may attach a Fighting
energy from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokemon.
Directed Earthquake FCC 50
Discard a Fighting Energy card attached to Golem. If you do,
This attack does 10 damage to each of your Opponent's
Benched Pokemon. Don't Apply Weakness and resistance
for Benched Pokemon.
Weakness Grass --- Retreat Cost CC
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Ampharos Stage 2 Electric Pokemon 100 HP
PokePower Electric Plant
Once during your turn (before you attack), you may attach a Lighting
energy from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokemon.
Megaspark LCC 50
Discard a Lighting Energy card attached to Ampharos. If you do,
This attack does 10 damage to each of your Opponent's
Benched Pokemon. Don't Apply Weakness and resistance
for Benched Pokemon.
Weakness Fighting ---- Retreat Cost CC
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Gengar Stage 2 Psychic Pokemon 100 HP
PokePower Mysterious Power
Once during your turn (before you attack), you may attach a Psychic
energy from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokemon.
Shadow Thrust PCC 50
Discard a Psychic Energy card attached to Gengar. If you do,
This attack does 10 damage to each of your Opponent's
Benched Pokemon. Don't Apply Weakness and resistance
for Benched Pokemon.
Weakness Darkness ---- Retreat Cost CC
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Ludicolo Stage 2 Water Pokemon 100 HP
PokePower Desert Spring
Once during your turn (before you attack), you may attach a Water
energy from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokemon.
Floodwaters WCC 50
Discard a Water Energy card attached to Ludicolo. If you do,
This attack does 10 damage to each of your Opponent's
Benched Pokemon. Don't Apply Weakness and resistance
for Benched Pokemon.
Weakness Lightning ---- Retreat Cost CC
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Shiftry Stage 2 Darkness/Grass Pokemon 100 HP
PokePower Moonlight Growth
Once during your turn (before you attack), you may attach a Grass
energy from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokemon.
Swarming Razor Leaf GCC 50
Discard a Grass Energy card attached to Shiftry. If you do,
This attack does 10 damage to each of your Opponent's
Benched Pokemon. Don't Apply Weakness and resistance
for Benched Pokemon.
Weakness Fighting ---- Retreat Cost CC
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Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon look at each other.
Flareon shrugs, Jolteon nods.
Vaporeon "Furret, don't these cards look a tiny bit similar to you?"
Furret "Nonsense!
This one has a Dark outline of Shiftry with a moon behind.
This one has Ludicolo surrounded by cactus in full bloom.
This one has Gengar facing left towards a light but surrounded by darkness.
This one has Golem facing right flexing its muscles like a body builder.
And this one is Ampharos standing next to a generator."
Jolteon sits down and starts thinking "It would make the playing field more equal."
Flareon looks at the cards some more "Let's make some more Fake Cards."
Vaporeon sits down beside Jolteon and looks at The Box.
Jolteon "I've got an idea.
Jolteon writes it down. How about this:
Super Broken Trainer Card
When you play this card from your hand, remove all Fire Energy cards
from your Opponent's Deck and Discard Pile and place them aside.
They are no longer in play and cannot be used the rest of this game."
Flareon shoots fire at the paper and tosses it into The Box.
Furret stomps its foot "That is not a trash can!"
Flareon sits down to think.
Flareon writes down this:
Welded Iron Lid
Stadium Card
Cards in the discard pile cannot be removed from the discard pile.
If a calculation asks for a count of the cards in the discard pile,
return that count as zero.
Jolteon tries again.
The Box
Stadium Card
As long as this Stadium card is in play, cards that have Blaziken in their
name cannot attack or use their Pokemon Powers
Flareon "That's better than your other one."
Furret sits down to think.
Furret writes down:
Snorlax EX Colorless Basic Pokemon 120 HP
Pokemon Body Hide Behind
Benched Pokemon other than this Snorlax EX cannot be hurt
while Snorlax EX is in Play.
Collapse C 20 Snorlax is now Asleep
Rage RLB 10 Damage plus 10 more damage for each damage counter on
Snorlax EX
Weakness Fighting Retreat Cost CCCC
Vaporeon "That's pretty good, but I like this better:
Articuno EX Water Basic Pokemon 110 HP
Pokemon Power Blizzard Shield
While Articuno is in Play, Fire attacks cannot hurt benched Pokemon.
Fire damage done to Articuno is reduced by 30.
Cold Sleep W 10 The Defending Pokemon is now asleep.
Icy Wind WWC 50 Remove 1 damage counter from Articuno.
Don't apply resistance to this attack.
Umbreon walks up carrying 2 chickens, one bigger than the other.
Umbreon "Sounds great everybody, now you are thinking!"
Umbreon tosses both chickens into The Box and starts taping The Box shut.
Furret "Hey!"
Umbreon continues to seal The Box up.
Furret sits down and thinks.
Furret "What about this:
Mirror Wall
Stadium Card
Anytime your Opponent's attack would hurt any of your Benched Pokemon
it does nothing to your bench, instead all of that bench damage hits your
opponent's benched Pokemon. Your opponent chooses which cards are
damaged if given a choice."
Umbreon finishes sealing The Box up
and writes "Return To Sender!" on it.
Furret smiles and goes into the house to fetch a lot of Postage stamps.
Jolteon, Flareon, and Vaporeon offer to take to the Post Office.
After all, they are a good example of the Delicate Balance between
Fire, Ice, and Lighting...
