https://www.deviantart.com/knightof...en-Star-770036228?ga_submit_new=10:1540640387
Something something the file uploader and the attachment uploader are not working, so here's a link to it instead.
Credits:
Artwork by Sa-Dui:
https://www.deviantart.com/sa-dui/art/Pokemon-Mega-Blaziken-397236228
Blank by aschefield101 (
https://www.deviantart.com/aschefield101) and paulsnoops (
https://www.deviantart.com/paulsnoops)
Foils by icycatelf (
https://www.deviantart.com/icycatelf) and aschefield101
Mega Evoltion rule box by me (modified Tag Team rule box originally by aschefield101)
As always, big thanks to the guys on Discord for helping out and giving suggestions!
Thoughts:
I was thinking of doing a Mega Pokemon for this month, but I didn't want to revert to the old XY blanks, so I thought to myself "Hey, why not bring back Megas to SM?", so I settled with that in mind. Obviously Steffenka already did Mega GXs (see this thread:
https://www.pokebeach.com/forums/th...-image-based-now-with-mega-pokémon-gx.140456/), so I decided to do Mega Prisms instead.
The swirling pattern is actually the fighting type Prism blank under 2 layers of holosheet. I messed with the contrast of the fighting 'base' a bit to make the colours pop out a bit more (because orange on red is not a good combination). I originally intended to make this a dual type card, but I scrapped that idea because it doesn't feel authentic to me (because the official dual types sucked).
Mega Blaziken is known for Speed Boost, where your speed increases every turn, but since speed is not a factor in the TCG, I decided to go for power instead. Instead of increasing speed every turn, this card increases damage everytime you attack with it, this kind of symbolizes the 'thrill of battle' that I had in mind when looking at Mega Blaziken. He's a fighter, and he loves fighting.
Hopefully Star-Searing Strike is balanced. I thought that a move designed to overwhelm the opponent is a fitting move for a battle-hungry chicken, and base 110 damage in addition to energy discarding is at least fair. The damage does rack up quickly, so I had to balance it with HP. 230 HP seems fine, it allows Mega Blaziken to duke out with other big GXs while not being too beefy to be a scary sweeper. Standard water weakness and no resistance, with 2 retreat cost to match with the official M Blaziken EX.