New Zarude Promo in “CoroCoro Ichiban” Magazine!

[Water Pokémon Master]

A new Zarude promo will release in CoroCoro Ichiban‘s June 2024 issue, which releases on May 21st.
The promo will be holo. It will feature both a CoroCoro Ichiban stamp and a Pokemon Fan stamp.
Zarude – Grass – HP120
Basic Pokémon
[G] Tear Off: Search your deck for up to 3 Basic [G] Energy, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
[G][G][G] Hammer Whip: 130 damage. During your next turn, this Pokémon can’t attack.
Weakness: Fire (x2)
Resistance: None
Retreat: 2

Thanks goes to JustInBasil for the translation!

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[Grim Thoughts]

Always love the arts on these! Bet we’ll be seeing this as a blister promo or in the dragon special set later this year

 

[promolando]

Stamp me daddy, I like promos

 

[Octowen]

Cool art, garbage otherwise.

 

[BabyShaq]

Imagine this card if it's second attack cost one grass energy instead of three

 

[F4nt45m]

Imagine this card if it's second attack cost one grass energy instead of three

The Charizard Counter!

The Charizard Counter is Real!

 

[Morpeko12345]

Looks like something that would be played in a theme deck, not a real meta deck.

 

[FireLizard]

Still waiting for a Dark type Zarude

 

[Octowen]

Imagine this card if it's second attack cost one grass energy instead of three

The Charizard Counter!

The Charizard Counter is Real!

Wait no. It just does 260 post-weakness. It wouldn’t even be good?

 

[Morpeko12345]

Wait no. It just does 260 post-weakness. It wouldn’t even be good?

You could use Maximum Belt or Defiance Band + Brute Bonnet

 

[Octowen]

You could use Maximum Belt or Defiance Band + Brute Bonnet

True. That’s less of a tech and more of a deck at that point though, so you would have to figure out how to be playable against every other deck in the meta

 

[Morpeko12345]

True. That’s less of a tech and more of a deck at that point though, so you would have to figure out how to be playable against every other deck in the meta

Yeah, either way it will never be a playable card.

 

[BabyShaq]

Wait no. It just does 260 post-weakness. It wouldn’t even be good?

That wouldn't be its main strength. Being able to attack first turn for 130 is incredible (especially with max belt, since you could take out lumineon v first turn )

 

[tigerclaw989]

That wouldn't be its main strength. Being able to attack first turn for 130 is incredible (especially with max belt, since you could take out lumineon v first turn )

maximum belt is +50 to ex, not V.

 

[BabyShaq]

maximum belt is +50 to ex, not V

Shoot, I meant sqwakabilly or mew

 

[BabyShaq]

Shoot, I meant sqwakabilly or mew

Or potentially roaring moon ex

 

[BabyShaq]

Anyway, this is all hypothetical, zarude as it is will never be in any deck as far as ik

 

[afr1234]

Man, card is terrible and unplayable in competitive. Everything is awful:

- Bad HP
- High retreat cost
- set-up attack with an energy cost
- Low damage and high cost second attack

 

[ShinxieDim]

Once again, like all previous corocoro promos, it is good that this card is nothing special because buying 4 copies of the same magazine for a playset would be silly

 

[MorganFuller]

Yes, you are right, I agree with you on that.