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bla7kcat

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between yesterday and today, i spent most of the day on pokebeach, looking thru every set ever made lol.. but mostly the trainers. i found some really handy cards that can be used in multiple ways. a great example is Pow! Hand Extension, it has two completely different abilities, and you can use either one. either move 1 energy from opponents pokemon to another, or switch their active pokemon. what a great card that serves two purposes. this was the most handy"multi functional" card i found. another similar but less perfect card is Warp Zone, it combines switch, and gust of wind (cept they choose the gust), similarly, Double Gust is a reverse Warp Zone, where we both choose the other players pokemon. Pokemon Retriever is another great card depending on your needs, either take 1 Pokémon from your discard pile and put it in your hand, or take up to 3 and put them in your deck. two different functions,se are multifunctional cards. lastly Holon's Electrode/Magneton‎, while its a pokemon, it doesnt need to be used as one whatsoever, in fact you dont even need voltorb in your deck to run 4 of these, they serve a 2 multi energypurpose, which isnt a pokepower but a category all of its own.


what are some other multi functional cards like these? that can be used two or more completely different ways? additionally, are there any other pokemon that can be played from your hand as a trainer-like card such as the electrode and magneton?
im looking for any cards, not just recent ones, so from any set. anyone have any more they can think of?
 
The Poke____ + cards were like that from Stormfront. Poke Drawer +, Poke Blower +, and Poke Healer +. They had different effects depending on if you played 1 or 2 of them at the same time. For example, if you played 1 Poke Drawer +, you'd draw a card. If you played 2 at the same time, you searched your deck for any 2 cards and put them into your hand.

There's also supporters like Castaway from Crystal Guardian or Cyrus' Conspiracy in Platinum that could search out 3 different cards (A supporter, a basic energy, and a tool in the case of Castaway).

One of my personal favorite multi-effect cards is Island Hermit from Dragon Frontiers. It let you draw 2 cards and flip 2 of your prizes face up. Very, very useful card IMO.
 
ahh those are good, thanks for those!

hey uhh, i just had another question, and rather than make a whole new thread, i thought i could squeeze it in here (kinda just getting into the tcg and got a lot of questions).
are there any pokemon whos ability/pokepower/etc block "effects of attacks" or that block pokepower/pokebodies/whatever targeting them/bench, or block trainer cards from targeting them/bench? are there many/any cards like this? and the other thing i was wondering, if there are any, does it matter if they are active/on their bench? ( i ask this cause im wondering if a gust of wind could get around this).
sorry for randomly throwing this out, didnt wanna make a whole new thread.. just getting into the tcg a bit and trying to be able to know what to expect as i build my strategy .
 
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