Kadabra is reportedly back in the Pokémon Trading Card Game after being banned for more than 20 years due to lawsuits.
As reported by poke beachThe Pokémon Company has stopped printing Kadabra cards after magician Uri Geller sued him for using his likeness. (and removed it from the anime), but withdrew its complaints in 2020.
Pokébeach has gained access to the list of cards featured in the 151 set of Pokémon cards, confirming Kadabra’s return, and received a statement from Geller expressing relief that Kadabra is in print again.
“I’m happy that Pokémon fans are excited to see Kadabra return to the card game.” [few] Year. “
He continued: I was an idiot. It was a catastrophic mistake for me to sue Pokémon. [Kadabra] It was basically a tribute to Uri Geller. But now I’m back. forgive me. “
Kadabra’s Japanese name Eungeler is similar to Yuri Geller, and the Pokémon is also known to be able to bend a spoon, Geller’s signature move.
The magician said last year that he expects Kadabra to return to the Pokémon trading card game shortly after its revival in the anime in December 2021.
The Pokémon Company has in some cases avoided the lack of Kadabra, the intermediate stage in the evolutionary line from Abra to Alakazam, but generally avoided these Pokémon entirely.
Abra has only appeared once since Skyridge, for example in 2007’s Mysterious Treasures set. Here, we skipped the need for Kadabra because it had a special ability that allowed it to evolve directly into Alakazam, but the Pokémon Company never used this trick again.
Otherwise, I would have had to print a special version of Alakazam that allowed me to play without evolving first. X or V card.
Despite the 20-year absence of Kadabra, Pokemon cards are more popular than ever.
Tokyo police have reported an unprecedented number of trading card thefts in late 2022. Meanwhile, an independent game store in Minnesota reportedly had about $250,000 worth of Pokémon merchandise stolen in February 2022. Allegedly launched a literal robbery to steal treasured cards.
Also in March, rather than stealing Pokémon cards directly, a man in Georgia misused money from the government to buy them and used COVID-19 relief money to make a rare shiny I bought Charizard.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and UK news editor. He talks about witchers all day long.
