Gholdengo ex, Hoopa ex, and Illustration Rares from “Raging Surf” Revealed!

By: Water Pokémon Master · Posted Posted onAug 31, 2023 at 10:01 PM · 45 Comments

Several more cards have just been revealed from Raging Surf, which releases in Japan on September 22nd. We expect the set to be incorporated into Paradox Rift, our November set.

New Illustration Rares and Special Illustration Rares were also revealed! Some of them are of cards previously revealed:

Thanks goes to JustInBasil and Toine L. for the translations!

Lapras – Water – HP110
Basic Pokemon

[C] Into the Deep: Put up to 3 Basic Energy cards from your discard pile into your hand.

[W][C] Freeze-Dry: 50 damage. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent’s Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Weakness: Metal (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

Remoraid – Water – HP70
Basic Pokemon

[C] Sprinkle Water: 20 damage.

Weakness: Lightning (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

Octillery – Water – HP110
Stage 1 – Evolves from Remoraid

Ability: Suction Draw
Once during your turn, when you play this card from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokemon, you may draw 3 cards.

[W][C] Smoke Bomb: 60 damage. During your opponent’s next turn, if the Defending Pokemon tries to attack, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack fails.

Weakness: Lightning (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2

Plusle – Lightning – HP70
Basic Pokemon

[C][C] Damage Plus: 10+ damage. This attack does 10 more damage for each damage counter on your opponent’s Active Pokémon.

Weakness: Fighting (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

Minun – Lightning – HP70
Basic Pokemon

Ability: Buddy Pulse
If you have Plusle in play, whenever your opponent attaches an Energy from their hand to 1 of their Pokémon, put 2 damage counters on that Pokémon. You can’t apply more than 1 Buddy Pulse Ability at a time.

[L] Speed Ball: 20 damage.

Weakness: Fighting (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

Gimmighoul – Metal – HP50
Basic Pokemon

[C] Call for Family: Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck.

[C][C] Corkscrew Punch: 20 damage.

Weakness: Darkness (x2)
Resistance: Fighting (-30)
Retreat: 1

Gimmighoul – Metal – HP70
Basic Pokemon

[C] Continuous Coin Toss: 20x damage. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 20 damage for each heads.

Weakness: Darkness (x2)
Resistance: Fighting (-30)
Retreat: 2

Hoopa ex – Fighting – HP220
Basic Pokemon

Tera: As long as this Pokemon is on your Bench, prevent all damage done to this Pokemon by attacks (both yours and your opponent’s).

[D][D] Energy Crush: 50x damage. This attack does 50 damage for each Energy attached to all of your opponent’s Pokémon in play.

[D][D][D] Scoundrel Fist: 200 damage. This Pokémon can’t use Scoundrel Fist during your next turn.

Pokemon ex rule: When your Pokemon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Weakness: Psychic (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2

Nickit – Darkness – HP70
Basic Pokemon

[C] Surprise Attack: 30 damage. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.

Weakness: Grass (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

Thievul – Darkness – HP110
Stage 1 – Evolves from Nickit

Ability: Sneaky Snatch
Once during your turn, when you play this card from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon, you may look at your opponent’s hand, choose 2 Energy cards you find there, and have your opponent shuffle them into their deck.

[C][C] Slash: 70 damage.

Weakness: Grass (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

Gholdengo ex – Metal – HP260
Stage 1 – Evolves from Gimmighoul

Ability: Bonus Coins
Once during your turn, you may draw 1 card. If this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, draw 2 cards instead.

[M] Make It Rain: 50x damage. Discard any number of Basic Energy cards from your hand. This attack does 50 damage for each card discarded in this way.

Pokemon ex rule: When your Pokemon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Weakness: Fire (x2)
Resistance: Grass (-30)
Retreat: 2

Shauntal – Trainer
Supporter

Flip a coin. If heads, switch in 1 of your opponent’s Benched Pokémon to the Active Spot. If tails, switch your Active Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn.

Parasol Lady – Trainer
Supporter

Shuffle your hand into your deck and draw 4 cards. If you go second and it’s your first turn, draw until you have 8 cards instead.

You may play only 1 Supporter card during your turn.

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Hoopa ex - not too bad. We still have Dark Patch to pay the first atk and also an alternative to hit Fighting weak Pokemon, or Roaring Moon wasn't in play yet. Pretty decent if you ask me. 3-4
Gimmighoul/Gholdengo ex - Slurpuff but as an ex. And also a good hard hitter as well. Things like Arceus might gonna appreciate this since it'll be an alternative to Bibarel, or any decks as long as you have Luminous Energy. 3,3/5
Shauntal - this a doable yet risky.... unless you're a Lost Box. If you flip heads, instant win button. If tails, it's another switching cards to smth like Comfey for Flower Selecting then switch to smth like Charizard or Sableye or Giratina to clear the field. 4-5
Lapras - WHY DO THIS THING EXIST? 2
Parasol Lady - bad Lillie. That's all. 2-3
Remoraid/Octillery - another one of these that will never see play at all. First, Bewear. Second, Manectric. Now, this. Knowing the first two's success went downhill, don't expect the same thing to Octillery. 2/2
Plusle/Minun - we've seen Plusle's atk before and seems kinda mid. Ampharos PRIME having this same-like ability. This won't as smth like Gardevoir will accel energy to the discard anyway, and an easy Sableye food. 3/3
Nickit/Thievul - control and mill remains to be dead, so I don't give ducks on those. 3/3
 
N's Rhyperior said:
Hoopa ex - not too bad. We still have Dark Patch to pay the first atk and also an alternative to hit Fighting weak Pokemon, or Roaring Moon wasn't in play yet. Pretty decent if you ask me. 3-4
Gimmighoul/Gholdengo ex - Slurpuff but as an ex. And also a good hard hitter as well. Things like Arceus might gonna appreciate this since it'll be an alternative to Bibarel, or any decks as long as you have Luminous Energy. 3,3/5
Shauntal - this a doable yet risky.... unless you're a Lost Box. If you flip heads, instant win button. If tails, it's another switching cards to smth like Comfey for Flower Selecting then switch to smth like Charizard or Sableye or Giratina to clear the field. 4-5
Lapras - WHY DO THIS THING EXIST? 2
Parasol Lady - bad Lillie. That's all. 2-3
Remoraid/Octillery - another one of these that will never see play at all. First, Bewear. Second, Manectric. Now, this. Knowing the first two's success went downhill, don't expect the same thing to Octillery. 2/2
Plusle/Minun - we've seen Plusle's atk before and seems kinda mid. Ampharos PRIME having this same-like ability. This won't as smth like Gardevoir will accel energy to the discard anyway, and an easy Sableye food. 3/3
Nickit/Thievul - control and mill remains to be dead, so I don't give ducks on those. 3/3
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Can't dark patch, only works on dark types
 
creg22 said:
Gholdengo is really good, you can play it like the dialga decks with 20 energy without the magnezone, superior retrieval kinda breaks
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Ghimmighoul is Psychic too, so you can bring a few basic Psychic energy in tandem with Fog Crystal to either find the ghimmigoul or a P to boost Gholdengos damage. Revavroom also helps the deck draws. I think the potential is definitely there. I love it.
 
creg22 said:
I can't be the only 1 who thinks Shauntal is the most pointless supporter ever printed right, only playable in starter/theme decks, even worse tha draw 3 supporters
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Nope I agree. It's Boss's Orders, but you have to flip for it? If you don't succeed then you get a Switch...as your Supporter for the turn.

There will be times where you want one or the other, and the fact you can't guarantee either makes it really bad.
 
creg22 said:
I can't be the only 1 who thinks Shauntal is the most pointless supporter ever printed right, only playable in starter/theme decks, even worse tha draw 3 supporters
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Depends the context its not the worst supporter out of context just in standard, I can thing of many formats where it would be a decent or great card.
 
Nirvanna21 said:
From a visual standpoint:
Garchomp SIR: 6/10
Mantyke IR: 8/10
Parasol Lady FA: 8/10
Yveltal IR: 15/10
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Mantyke is my favourite of them. Yveltal is an extraordinary card, but somehow I don't like looking at it.
And Parasol Lady looks great, but it is such a random card. Like, it looks good, but doesn't really mean anything to me, because it's not a gym leader, main character or anything with a story to it which I associate with it.
 
creg22 said:
I can't be the only 1 who thinks Shauntal is the most pointless supporter ever printed right, only playable in starter/theme decks, even worse tha draw 3 supporters
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It's definitely pretty awful but at least it doesn't actively hurt you when played. At worst you give up your supporter for an Item's effect. I'd argue Lost Origin Riley is much worse since it straight up helps the opponent more than the person who played it 99% of the time.
 
Shinxed3 said:
It's definitely pretty awful but at least it doesn't actively hurt you when played. At worst you give up your supporter for an Item's effect. I'd argue Lost Origin Riley is much worse since it straight up helps the opponent more than the person who played it 99% of the time.
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No, it's terrible. If you lose the flip it FORCES you to switch. If you have a free retreater then I guess its fine, but you have a chance to be locked out of your attacker by accident and that doesnt sound very good to me.
 
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