Eclipse Horizon – Pokémon TCG Highlander: June 2024 Update

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The self-bounty of Brennen LaMastres has extended to this month:

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Changed Cards

• Articuno: “Blizzard” / “Freezing Glare” now grants a guaranteed 20 damage to your opponent’s Pokémon-EX with one damage counter placed on the Defending Pokémon-EX and a coin flip chance for Paralysis.
• Cetitan: “Sweeping Tackle” initially does 100. “Rolling Slider” now costs one Water Energy and does 20 damage times the number of heads.
• Dondozo: “Supplemental Swallow-Up” replaces “Hammer In” as an attack. “Release Rage’s” cost is changed to one Colorless Energy, along with a smaller max damage cap of 50 additional damage. You can now use “Release Rage” the turn after a Knock Out, the bench damage is only to your Pokémon-EX now.
• Iron Treads: “Iron-Clad Roll” now allows you to discard Energy attached to your Pokémon as well. Energy as a cost was changed to Metal Energy only.
• Kartana: No changes made. Imported to the new template for better readability.
• Ledian: “Powder Protection” works for only your Pokémon that have Grass Energy attached to them or are Grass Type.
• Lycanroc: “Hunting Ambush” now places 2 damage counters instead of 1. “Dangerous Rogue” now places 2 damage counters instead of 1.
• Mr. Mime: No changes made. Imported to the new template for better readability.
• Steelix: “Metal Tail Strike” grants attack damage and effect protection from Pokémon-EX during your opponent’s next turn.
• Tapu Lele: “Wonder Tag” now requires three cars to be discarded instead of just two. The opponent may discard from the hand.
• Xurkitree: “Flashing Head” applies damage reduction after Weakness and Resistance instead of before. You can now select to discard face up Prize Cards.

New Trainer/Supporter/Stadium/Special Energy Cards from Twilight Masquerade:

• Accompanying Flute
• Boomerang Energy
• Bug Catching Set
• Caretaker
• Community Center
• Festival Grounds
• Handheld Fan
• Hassel
• Jamming Tower
• Kieran
• Lana’s Aid
• Love Ball
• Lucian
• Perrin
• Raifort

New Not Fully Evolved Pokémon from Twilight Masquerade:

• Applin
• Ducklett
• Goldeen
• Kadabra
• Swirlix
• Varoom

Updated Not Fully Evolved Pokémon:

• Clefairy
• Cutiefly
• Floette
• Flabébé

The Fairy and Poison type resync:

Though NFE Pokémon are to not be edited and altered. From this update on, due to the official game not showing a return for Fairy and Poison type Pokémon to be Fairy and Psychic in the TCG, I will be lightly editing future Fairy and Poison types to match Fairy and Poison respectively. The following Pokémon have been edited and will be added to the “altered cards” folder.

• Fairy NFE Pokémon: Milcery, Swirlix, Tinkatin, Tinatuff, Togepi
• Poison NFE Pokémon: Ekans, Golbat, Impidimp, Koffing, Mogrem, Paldean Wooper, Zubat

New Pokémon:

• Darkness: Lokix
• Fighting: Glimmora
• Metal: Kingambit
• Water: Palafin

June Monthlies

*To be updated later this week!*