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Plasma Blast (TCG)
Revision as of 20:12, 30 June 2013 by Maverick Nate(talk | contribs)(Undo revision 1926338 by Shambles12 (talk) The Noble Victories prints weren't released in Megalo Cannon. This also makes the card list confusing.)
Plasma Blast (Japanese: メガロキャノンMegalo Cannon) is the name given to the 10th main expansion of cards from the English Black & White Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The Japanese release is the ninth of the BW era.
In order to help defend against Team Plasma's onslaught, Unova champion Iris is present alongside Caitlin, a member of the UnovaElite Four. Five Pokémon-EX are included: Virizion-EX, Jirachi-EX, and Team Plasma's Genesect-EX, Dialga-EX, and Palkia-EX. Many of the Pokémon present are not from Generation V, but instead are Pokémon from older Generations, some of which not featured in the Card Game since the Diamond & Pearl Series.
Megalo Cannon is only the third set of the BW Era to feature Fossils, the first two being Red Collection and Dark Rush. Archen and Tirtouga are given their second cards, while Lileep is given its first printing as a Restored Pokémon. Plume Fossil and Cover Fossil are reprinted, and a new fossil Trainer card, Root Fossil Lileep is included in favor over the old Root Fossil in order to prevent confusion over how the card should work. The expansion also includes a new iteration of Technical Machines. Because Technical Machines in the Pokémon games now have unlimited uses, they are now present on Pokémon Tool cards, instead of being a separate Trainer card class discarded at the end of the turn.
A special promotional card was given to those who purchased a booster box of Megalo Cannon in stores. This promotional card was Porygon-Z, a reprint with new artwork of the same Pokémon in the expansion.