This is the first time Bonsley cards have been printed in the Pokémon trading card game since the Diamond and Pearl core set released 16 years ago.
according to reports comicbook.comBonsai Pokémon has only received one print in English, but will finally receive a follow-up with the upcoming Scarlet and Violet: Obsidian Flame set, which launches in August.
One commented, “Bonsley has finally made a new appearance.” reddit The user who checked the set list quickly. “It only took ten years to print multiple copies of Bonsley in English,” said another in reply.
Another Pokémon recently returned after being banned in a lawsuit, but the reason Bonsley was ignored is less dramatic. It’s a baby Pokemon, so it’s not very good.
The second generation of the Pokémon video game introduced predecessor archetypes such as Pikachu (for Pichu) and Jinx (for Smoochum), and the Pokémon Company released another batch of these in the fourth generation. .
This included Bonsly as Sudowoodo’s predecessor, but this baby Pokémon, like all Pokémon, presented a never-surmounted challenge to card game designers.
Pokemon TCG, like the game, players start with basic Pokemon and evolve it to stage 1 and stage 2. But things like Pikachu are already basic Pokémon, which means you can start with your baby predecessor and play unconditionally. It essentially starts a step behind.
Thus, Bonsley and its contemporaneous 4th generation baby Pokemon Mantic have both been ignored in TCGs simply because players simply don’t want to use them. Neither Pokémon has ever had a new version released in English, but Mantik is still neglected despite Bonsley getting a new version in Obsidian Flames.
Kadabra likewise saw a return to TCG after a long absence due to a 20-year ban, as previously mentioned. After magician Uri Geller sued the company for using his likeness, the company stopped printing Kadabra cards (and removed them from the anime), but he withdrew his lawsuit in 2020.
However, the popularity of Pokemon cards has only increased during the absence of these pocket monsters, as evidenced above all by the number of people who try to steal them.
Tokyo police have reported an unprecedented number of trading card thefts in the second half of 2022, while an independent game store in Minnesota reportedly had about $250,000 worth of Pokémon merchandise stolen in February 2022. . A month later, another man was arrested in Tokyo. He allegedly started a literal robbery to steal valuable cards.
Also in March, rather than directly stealing Pokemon cards, a man in Georgia misused money from the government to buy Pokemon cards and use COVID-19 relief money to buy rare shiny Pokemon cards. Purchased Charizard.
Ryan Dinsdale is a freelance reporter for IGN. He will talk about witchers all day long.
