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Muk ex (EX Dragon 96): Difference between revisions
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Muk ex is one of the most prominent cards in the {{TCG|unlimited format}} of [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] play. {{TCG ID|EX Legend Maker|Grimer|54}}'s ''Ascension'' attack, which allows the player to search for a card that evolves from Grimer and put it onto Grimer, ensures that a player can get a Muk ex in play on their first turn. Muk ex's ''Toxic Gas'' Poké-Body is extremely useful in unlimited because it cancels out {{TCG ID|Platinum|Crobat G|47}}'s ''Flash Bite'' Poké-Power, along with a number of other Poké-Powers that are used in combination with Trainer cards such as {{TCG|Scoop Up}} and {{TCG|Team Galactic's Invention G-105 Poké Turn}} to cause extreme damage on the first turn. The aforementioned cards are parts of one of the most popular unlimited format decks which Muk ex seeks to counter. | * Muk ex is one of the most prominent cards in the {{TCG|unlimited format}} of [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] play. {{TCG ID|EX Legend Maker|Grimer|54}}'s ''Ascension'' attack, which allows the player to search for a card that evolves from Grimer and put it onto Grimer, ensures that a player can get a Muk ex in play on their first turn. Muk ex's ''Toxic Gas'' Poké-Body is extremely useful in unlimited because it cancels out {{TCG ID|Platinum|Crobat G|47}}'s ''Flash Bite'' Poké-Power, along with a number of other Poké-Powers that are used in combination with Trainer cards such as {{TCG|Scoop Up}} and {{TCG|Team Galactic's Invention G-105 Poké Turn}} to cause extreme damage on the first turn. The aforementioned cards are parts of one of the most popular unlimited format decks which Muk ex seeks to counter. | ||
* This card's ''Toxic Gas'' Poké-Body comes from the {{TCG|Pokémon Power}} of the same name possessed by {{TCG|Fossil}} {{TCG ID|Fossil|Muk|13}}, which had a very similar effect. The primary | * This card's ''Toxic Gas'' Poké-Body comes from the {{TCG|Pokémon Power}} of the same name possessed by {{TCG|Fossil}} {{TCG ID|Fossil|Muk|13}}, which had a very similar effect. The primary difference is that Muk ex must be active for the effect to work, whereas Fossil Muk's worked even from the Bench. | ||
===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||