Garchomp & Giratina-GX (Unified Minds 146)
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Garchomp & Giratina (Japanese: ガブリアス&ギラティナGX Gaburias & GiratinaGX) is a Dragon-type Basic TAG TEAM Pokémon-GX card. It was first released as part of the Unified Minds expansion.
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Release information
In Japan, this card was included as a Regular card, a Full Art card, a Special Full Art card, and as a Secret Rainbow Rare in the GG End subset. The Regular print features artwork by Mitsuhiro Arita, the Full Art and Rainbow Rare prints feature artwork by aky CG Works, while the Special Full Art print features artwork by Anesaki Dynamic. The Regular, Full Art, and Rainbow Rare prints were included in the Unified Minds expansion, while the Special Full Art print became a SM Black Star Promo available in the Power Partnership Tins. In Japan, the Regular print was reprinted, alongside an entirely gold Full Art print, in the Tag All Stars subset.
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Trivia
Atsushi Nagashima, the game director of the TCG, stated that this card was designed around being "strong in an unusual way." The idea was to pair Origin Forme Giratina with another Dragon-type Pokémon capable of flight, such as Rayquaza, Dragonite, or Salamence. Garchomp was chosen due to its use of Fighting Energy like Marshadow & Machamp-GX.[1] Mitsuhiro Arita, the illustrator of the card's Regular print, drew Garchomp flying to surprise people who weren't aware of how it flies. To reflect how each Pokémon comes from a different world, the artwork is ambiguous as to whether it depicts the Pokémon world or the Distortion World.[2]
Origin
This card features Giratina in its Origin Forme. Linear Attack is an attack that first appeared on Team Magma's Groudon from EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua. GG End is the name of the Japanese subset in which Garchomp & Giratina-GX was first released.
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