Additional Psycho Drive/Hail Blizzard cards revealed

Update: Official site updates with even more cards and details

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Update: The official Japanese Pokémon TCG sites have updated with even more card information and details in conjuction with the official release of the September 2011 issue of CoroCoro. The additional details are listed below.

Double Colorless Energy

• The booster boxes for this set (seen below) reveal that Minccino and Luxray will be in Psycho Drive, and Elgyem and Bisharp will be in Hail Blizzard.
• Double Colorless Energy (seen to the right) will be an Uncommon card numbered 052/052 included in Hail Blizzard
• A teaser image of Ralts from Hail Blizzard (seen below) was released, and the official blog explicitly stated that one of its evolutions, Gallade or Gardevoir, will be an EX card.
• The numbers of the promotional cards listed below were revealed: Battle City (102/BW-P), Luxio (103/BW-P), Riolu (104/BW-P), Meowth (105/BW-P), and Lucario (106/BW-P), leaving another 11 card gap in the BW-P Promotional cards for the September Gym Challenge promotional card pack.
• Sunyshore.com and Collectorviper.com have released a high quality scan of the CoroCoro pages featuring the set, and high quality images of the cards can be seen below.

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  BW3 Booster Boxes
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  Ralts teaser

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In addition to Mewtwo-EX, the September issue of CoroCoro has also shown images of additional Pokémon. These Pokémon are Pikachu, Grimer, Meowth, Riolu, Lucario, Luxio and Vanillite. Meowth and Grimer are from Psycho Drive, and Pikachu and Vanillite are from Hail Blizzard. In addition, Meowth, Riolu, Lucario, and Luxio are promotional cards alongside the two sub sets. Translations of the cards can be read below.

Psycho Drive and Hail Blizzard will be released on Sept. 16.

Psycho Drive cards

Meowth

Meowth   ニャース Nyarth

Hit Points: 70

Double Scratch ダブルひっかき 10×

Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.

Cat Kick ねこキック 20

weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost

Grimer

Grimer   ベトベター Betbeter

Hit Points: 70

Nasty Goo ベトベト 20

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost

Scan of the issue

Hail Blizzard cards

Pikachu

Pikachu   ピカチュウ Pikachu

Hit Points: 60

ThunderShock でんきショック 10

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed.

Tail Whap しっぽではたく 20

weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost

Vanillite

Vanillite   バニプッチ Vanipeti

Hit Points: 60

Beat たたく 10

Snow Ice スノーアイス 20

weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost

Promotional cards

Lucario

Lucario   ルカリオ Lucario

Hit Points: 100

Strike Back ストライクバック

If this Pokémon is damaged by an opponent's attack, put 2 damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon.

Aura Sphere はどうだん 50

Does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost

Luxio

Luxio   ルクシオ Luxio

Hit Points: 80

Dazzle Blast せんこうだん 10

Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused.

Random Spark でんじスパーク

Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 40 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost

Riolu

Riolu   リオル Riolu

Hit Points: 60

Run Around はしゃぐ

Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.

Hook ひっかける 30

weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost

Meowth

Meowth   ニャース Nyarth

Hit Points: 60

Nap ひとやすみ

Heal 20 damage from this Pokémon.

Jump On とびつく 20+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage.

weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost

Source

• Shellspider blog
• Sunyshore.com
• Collectorviper.com
• Official site
• Member's Only Official site
• Official blog
• CoroCoro

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