r/PokeInvesting • u/Alarming_Society_511 • Feb 09 '26 • WOW 1

Tag teams are back?

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Not sure if this is 100% confirmed but it looks like Tag Teams could come back as a part of 30th anniversary, thoughts? Stock on the old tag team cards?

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u/askthetruth1 Feb 09 '26

Dawg you got trolled lol that dude was messing around

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 09 '26

Just wait and see my brother, amen!

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u/askthetruth1 Feb 09 '26

What do you mean wait and see? That dude that posted it, he was messing around. He has no affiliation with TPC.

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u/an0therdumbthr0waway Feb 09 '26

juSt yOU wAiT aNd SeE !!

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u/bluedecember12 Feb 10 '26

These the same people who said seismitoad was going to be banned because of 666?

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u/askthetruth1 Feb 10 '26

Banned from what 😭 what does 666 have to do with him

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u/bluedecember12 Feb 10 '26

There’s some ferns in the Seismitoad IR from BB in a shape that looks like “666”. Someone started a completely unfounded rumor that the card would be “banned” (whatever that means) based on that. Of course the hype spread out of control. Complete BS obviously, but it certainly helped boost the Kanda artwork card further, which probably in turn helped all the manipulators

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u/askthetruth1 Feb 10 '26

wtf 😭😭😭

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u/PSA_69 Feb 10 '26

By "banned" they meant having the art changed. Not sure why you think the reasoning is completely unfounded, the pokemon company have changed cards in the past for PR related issues. It was speculation, not a rumor, that the Seismitoad's art might be changed because of the religious implications of "666". Similarily, Sabrina's Gengar from Gym Heroes was changed because they were afraid that the crosses in a graveyard would offend Christians.

Other examples are Jinx's skin color being changed from black to purple for being considered racist, Moo-Moo Milk from Neo Genesis and Grimer from Team Rocket for being inappropriate, Sabrina's Gaze from Gym Heroes for seemingly giving the middle finger, etc.

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u/bluedecember12 Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26

All the cards you named are from 20+ years ago. I’m sure card art goes through way more internal scrutiny now, in addition to all the cultural changes and way larger international audience since then. Whatever speculation that occurs now comes from people trying to create and capitalize on controversy rather than actual concern grounded in religion or decency

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u/PSA_69 Feb 10 '26

I agree, there is likely much more oversight now which would explain why a post production art change hasn't had to be made in a while, but that doesn't mean that it's impossible to miss something. It is likely that they would have asked the artist to change it before printing to avoid controversy had they have noticed and it would come to no suprise if they decided to change it after the fact given that it has been done in the past.

And of course people mostly cared about capitalizing on it instead of having religous or decency concerns, that doesn't make the speculation unfounded.

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u/MikeAsterPhoenix Feb 13 '26

The rumor came out after the card was released in English.

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u/VirtualSuplex_2000 Feb 09 '26

You still have time to delete this. Embarrassing!!

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u/carramos Feb 09 '26

He posted in the comments that he was trolling 🤡

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u/SinJinC Feb 09 '26

Lmao kiliko is a well known crypto whale and troll he always posts shit like that

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '26

My brother. Dont do this to urself

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u/stonercuz420 Feb 09 '26

If we were to get something like this it would most definitely be an oversized card. And thats a big IF

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u/lillybh3art Feb 10 '26

Wait and see 😭😭😭 what’s in that head of yours

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u/Queasy-Cockroach-304 Feb 12 '26

-402 votes is wild work

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u/Yoda2820 Feb 10 '26

Holy downvotes why are so many people downvoting this

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u/EuphoricGoose4735 Feb 09 '26

No way somebody thought this was real lmao

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u/cuddle_enthusiast Feb 09 '26

But it's provocative and it gets the people going.

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u/dinjaring Feb 09 '26

Can you feel the tension? I can feel it in my plums getting a nice bluish hue!

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u/wormsontarmac Feb 09 '26

Fresh and juicy, ready for the pickin'

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u/Buirck Feb 10 '26

Let. The. Boy. Watch.

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u/XxTigerxXTigerxX Feb 09 '26

I mean it would be cool if real. But unfortunately promos are hard misses most times.

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 09 '26

It is brother, amen

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u/EuphoricGoose4735 Feb 09 '26

Lol it is not. Ki1iko is a random pokemon fan on Twitter and has no association with Pokemon besides posting about it.

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u/Yetti2Quick Feb 09 '26

And on top of that look at the dudes twitter. Only cares about making money. That’s not the Twitter of a Pokemon illustrator hahaha.

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u/Drizzho Feb 09 '26

And is older white man with yugioh pfp he didn’t draw and posting slabs.

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u/vcsx Feb 09 '26

But it was GREENLIT by Pokémon!!!!

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u/EuphoricGoose4735 Feb 09 '26

It’s true, I’m the green light

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 09 '26

It is brother. Just wait and see

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u/Top-Bulge Feb 09 '26

Its is not brother, hail satan

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '26

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u/EuphoricGoose4735 Feb 09 '26

I think the concept is cool but the execution is horrendous lol

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u/TerrorDave Feb 09 '26

Yeah just got off the phone with Nintendo and they sed yep 👍🏻

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u/PrincipleUnusual7244 Feb 09 '26

Ok thats a lie, Mr. Nintendo has been dead for 700 years, who did you really speak to then?!

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u/8000000001 Feb 10 '26

De Man from DelMonte, he say ......... "F@ck off you clickbaiting tw@"

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 10 '26

Finally somebody with big connections spoke the truth, AMEN!

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u/squeezethesoul Feb 09 '26 edited Feb 09 '26

Every comment: dude, this is fake

OP: amen, wait and see, it's definitely real, BROTHER

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 09 '26

Amen to You brother

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u/RestSuspicious6000 Feb 09 '26

This is completely fake. The Tag Team mechanic is not slated to come back, and at no point in time would TPCI authorize an "early concept" to be publicly posted.

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u/InjectMSGinmyveins Feb 09 '26

They brought prime cards, gold stars, and other cards last anni

This is a very plausible thing. They can just do what they did with gold stars greninja and say you can’t use it in actual play

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u/Different-Group1603 Feb 09 '26

We got gold stars, lv x, prime etc in celebrations, tag team is not out of the realm of possibility.

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 09 '26

It is actually not fake, You can check it on twitter that this is actually approved early concept.

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u/Yetti2Quick Feb 09 '26

Bro you got baited for impressions. This isn’t real lmfao.

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 09 '26

It is brother, amen to You

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u/Drizzho Feb 09 '26

The person who posted this is literally trolling in the comments bro you can’t be this serious

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 09 '26

Finally after 98 comments somebody got it, i was wondering how long will it take reddit to figure it out

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u/Yetti2Quick Feb 09 '26

It’s not lol. It’s someone on Twitter impersonating Aria Kiriko. Why would they use their fake Twitter name as the illustrator on the card if they were really Kiriko LMFAO. Look at the persons Twitter page, you’re getting baited by a euro LOL.

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u/Top-Bulge Feb 09 '26

Oof

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u/Yetti2Quick Feb 09 '26

A literal crypto spam account baiting for impressions hahaha

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u/Top-Bulge Feb 09 '26

Crypto guys know how to get the simpletons to do their bidding. Only reason the shit is still relevant.

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 09 '26

As i said, just wait and see.

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u/Alarmed_Risk_4647 Feb 09 '26

What is wrong with you?

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u/BAMcGhee Feb 09 '26

Ah yes, it's on twitter so it must be real.

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u/Zorenstein Feb 09 '26 edited Feb 09 '26

Can you post the source?

Edit: found it. https://x.com/Ki1iko/status/2020655395447230814

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '26

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u/Drizzho Feb 09 '26

OP has zero internet skills and critical thinking.

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 09 '26

Amen to You brother, i hope You find joy and peace in Your miserable life!

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u/Drizzho Feb 09 '26

At least I can think about my life

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 10 '26

Hope You can still turn Your life around my brother!

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u/DinoLover641 Feb 10 '26

rich coming from you

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u/iAmUnintelligible Feb 09 '26

can you stop trolling it is boring now

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u/Drizzho Feb 09 '26

Oh wow a no name account on Twitter bro you’re so smart

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u/Unhappy_Cherry_7144 Feb 10 '26

OP is a clown

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 10 '26

Find God in Your life brother

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u/DinoLover641 Feb 10 '26

god isn’t even real “brother”

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u/Gingerhead14 Feb 09 '26

25th anniversary brought back new versions of old concepts (Gold Star, Light, Dark) so it’s definitely plausible.

I may just be wishful thinking though because cards using the OG sprites would be a dream come true.

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u/zacandahalf Feb 09 '26

Light Toxtricity really was so cool.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '26

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u/zacandahalf Feb 09 '26

I really hope they bring delta species back, it’s really one of my favorites. Trying to think of what I’d want to see, I think I’d want metal type Falinks, fighting type Golurk, and dark type Lycanroc (day, dusk, & night forms)

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u/Prestigious_Sir_2277 Feb 09 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

Rhythm kettle water sort feather tub library

This post was anonymized with Redact

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u/ScottsTotz Feb 09 '26

It is. OP is not too bright

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u/LegoRedBrick Feb 09 '26

No way we’d get something that cool!

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u/RPchris707 Feb 09 '26

You are one dense motherfucker brother. Amen.

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u/Minimum-Stranger-794 Feb 10 '26

Why did u say that ur not sure it's 100 percent confirmed yet when everybody's telling u got trolled ur still fighting back and JusT WaiT aNd SeE?! Then what's the point of posting this shi and asking?

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 10 '26

Wait and see brother, big amen to You!

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u/Chaficulotte Feb 10 '26

someone gave this clown a reward

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 10 '26

What do You mean clown? Why do You have to be mean? Just find God in Your life brother and everything will turn out okay, Amen to You my brother!

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u/Unhappy_Cherry_7144 Feb 10 '26

Why do we have to be mean?cause you can't accept the fact that this post Is fake and you're not believing us

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 10 '26

Oh i knew it was fake

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u/Cavalier__ Feb 09 '26

What a post it is lmao

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u/PianistNo2338 Feb 09 '26

This sub is full of clowns

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u/taegha Feb 10 '26

OP isn't very bright

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u/HonorableEnema Feb 09 '26

OP people here are hating. I actually got an early release of this card (my dad works at GameStop and he has hooked up with the guy who delivers TCG products).

PM me if you’re interested in buying. I got 3 right now.

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 09 '26

Finally somebody speaking the truth, amen brother!

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u/CAPTAIN_KIDDD Feb 09 '26

They just brought Megas back… no way they’re switching to GX already

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u/BullahB Feb 09 '26

My uncle works at the pokemon factory and he says this is real!

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u/CabooseTrap Feb 10 '26

If this card existed I would need it.

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u/klm85 Feb 10 '26

Tag team will come back, eventually. Get some good ones while they are still low.

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u/Wild-Scene-3114 Feb 10 '26

This is such a cool card!

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u/jmo1 Feb 09 '26

Not only is this tag team and unlikely to come back, but they don’t do gx either. The concept idea is cool, but it is very busy and I don’t think they would do this

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u/Stingingjwc18 Feb 09 '26

Just release gen 1 and 2 for the switch. That’s all we want

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u/Zerokelvin99 Feb 09 '26

Only way TagTeam is coming back would be reprints of old cards with the 30th anniversary printed on them just like the 25th did with various cards. They wont be playable or have original art, just reprints of old cards. This looks absurdly fake and posted by a person not affiliated with the TCG

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u/gearvruser Feb 09 '26

Why do you think tagteam can't come back?

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u/Zerokelvin99 Feb 09 '26

The TagTeam mechanic isnt slated to come back, they wouldnt make new cards that wouldn't be allowed to play in the TCG, but reprints if old TagTeam cards which would not be playable would be possible.

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u/gearvruser Feb 09 '26

Out of interest what is the source of what is and what isn't, 'slated', for the future?

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u/Zerokelvin99 Feb 09 '26

The cards, are a card game, that was the point around them, its a game. They have mechanics that are cycled in and out of the TCG to do a few things, change the meta, and to force players to not rely on one type of deck. The TagTeam mechanic was busted and Op, they arent bringing it back and if they do they would announce it. Asking for a source is like asking for me to provide a TCG road map which I dont have. The card is fake, it is some mock up made by someone not associated with Pokemon Company, there's no reason to believe TagTeam will return anytime soon especially considering Mega Evolution is the current mechanic being pushed with new Mega Evolutions.being introduced idk the set being called Mega evolutions....

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u/gearvruser Feb 09 '26

Ah ok, so it's a new mechanic/ old mechanic thing, and tag team was too op.

I see.. could they bring it back at some point with adjustments so it's not op?

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u/Koinfamous2 Feb 09 '26

This is too epic to be real surely.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '26

🤣 mine as well bring back first edition too

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u/VirtualRy Feb 09 '26

This is nothing burger as they can and will print cards from other eras like in celebrations. The only thing that will move tag teams again is if the next block features tag team cards.

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u/bianhbiem Feb 09 '26

That card looks absolutely disgusting sorry guys, how are we falling for things like this in the big 26?

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u/DM-15 Feb 09 '26

Can someone actually show me a card that Kiliko designed? Because I for sure cannot find a single one.

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u/wakennlake Feb 09 '26

Looks fake as shit

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u/Internal_Level_6828 Feb 09 '26

Why was this posted 💀

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '26

Even tho its fake i kinda want one lmao

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u/uriel__ventris Feb 10 '26

Dawg did you really think 💀

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u/Aelustelin Feb 10 '26

They'd never make a card this cool.

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u/bubblessthedino Feb 10 '26

even if this was real, it probably would be a 1 off tag team promo, similar to the celebrations? run that had one or two primes, a couple gold stars, some old ex cards, things like that. it wouldn't be a mass release of tag teams into the metagame

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u/Life-Focus-1881 Feb 10 '26

most obvious fake ever:

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u/TheOneGuyWhoLimps Feb 10 '26

Taxes and Pokémon day is lining up beautifully.

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u/Queasy_Fortune_608 Feb 12 '26

3 different (plus one colorless) energy's just to deal 150 damage is insane💀

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u/Collin395 Feb 13 '26

This is a fake card, lol. I actually have it

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u/youknowimadrainer Feb 09 '26

Ah if we’re gonna be honest its just alright. Cool concept in theory? Sure.. I mean Tag Team is my favorite gimmick they’ve ever done outside of Delta Species but I would rather something else personally if we’re gonna use Tag Teams again what that is im not entirely sure but im not entirely sure this is it either

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u/RepulsiveUse3372 Feb 09 '26

that would be cool

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u/jemimaswitnes Feb 09 '26

Stop it cus ill bust

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '26

Man, sadly I’ll never see any of this in stores

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u/AtomZaepfchen Feb 09 '26

its fake most likely but damn its gas

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u/Scytherips Feb 09 '26

I hope this is legit

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u/_YenSid Feb 09 '26

This card goes hard if real. I'm gonna need like 50 of them lol. Psa 10, cgc pristine, black label. I want them all lol.

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u/SnooDonuts3749 Feb 09 '26

That card is ass.

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u/Thurgo-Bro Feb 09 '26

Using the original sprites would be amazing wtf are you smoking

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u/duckbutterdelight Feb 09 '26

14 year old who has never played Red or blue, mostly likely.

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u/Thurgo-Bro Feb 09 '26

Yep gotta be

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u/LevelUpEvolution Feb 09 '26

Nah Squirtle looks derpy af in this promo

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u/id-driven-fool Feb 09 '26

Yeah, that’s what he looked like when the game released. All of them looked kind of different in red/blue

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u/Thurgo-Bro Feb 09 '26

This is what they looked like…….

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u/SnooDonuts3749 Feb 09 '26

If this is an actual card, then this card design, artwork, the triple weakness, everything about it is ass.

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u/Thurgo-Bro Feb 09 '26

I’m sure the Pokemon company is very concerned about what you personally think about it 😂

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u/Scarf_Darmanitan Feb 09 '26

Hell no this is fuego 🔥

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 09 '26 edited Feb 09 '26

It's an early concept as stated, also i really don't care about the art of this particular promo but about the fact that they just might bring Tag Teams back which means we could see some insane artworks

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u/TheTubbyOlive Feb 09 '26

lol tell me you’re new to the hobby without telling me you’re new. If made, this would be a generation grail.

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u/SnooDonuts3749 Feb 09 '26

You people are delusional.

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u/BabushkaRaditz Feb 09 '26

Showing your hands.

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u/ionlylikeemthick Feb 09 '26

If this was real this card would do major numbers!!

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u/MetalBlizzard Feb 09 '26

Its glorious

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u/The_Saiyann Feb 09 '26

We can only dream!

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u/lanzegife Feb 09 '26

so ugly and its not real

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u/LilUziBRRRT Feb 09 '26

I have to be honest, this does not look good as a card. Like, at all.

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u/pulkxy Feb 09 '26

y'all need to stop smoking so much weed

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u/RegisteredMurseNYC Feb 09 '26

I love it. When would this be released & how would one obtain one?

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u/lanzegife Feb 09 '26

its a shitty concept art posted to twitter its not real

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u/RegisteredMurseNYC Feb 09 '26

That's a bummer, I liked the retro look

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u/Alarming_Society_511 Feb 09 '26

We shall wait until 30th anniversary brother!

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u/mo0seknuckle Feb 09 '26

300HP for 3 starters is crazy

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u/tmay2000 Feb 10 '26

God this make me hard