New Celestial Storm cards showcased: Difference between revisions

Several new {{bp|Celestial Storm (TCG)|Celestial Storm}} cards have been announced today through the [https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/the-thunderous-stars-of-the-storm/ official Pokémon website]. The site has detailed 4 new cards from the set which is to debut August 03, 2018, which are as follows:

{{bp|Electrode-GX (Champion Road 22)|Electrode-GX}} is a new Lightning type card featuring 190hp and a low retreat cost of a single {{bp|Energy card (TCG)|colorless energy}}. It features an {{bp|Pokemon Power (TCG)|ability}} which allows you to attach 5 energy cards to any of your non-EX/GX cards at the cost of sacrificing your Electrode GX. On top of this ability Electrode GX also has two attacks. Electro Ball, which is a 50 damage attack for one lightning and one colorless energy, and its new GX attack Crush and Burn which has an identical energy cost and allows you to remove any amount of energy cards from the Pokémon in order to increase the attack power of Crush and Burn by 50 per energy card removed.

{{bp|Jirachi ♢ (Sky-Splitting Eminence 57)|Jirachi Prism Star}} comes sporting 80hp, a new ability, as well as a single attack. The new ability, Wish Upon a Star, allows you to put Jirachi straight on your bench if it was received as a Prize card, allowing you to to take one more Prize card in the process. Its single attack, Perish Dream, will put Jirachi to sleep, knocking out your opponents Pokémon on the following turn for the price of three colorless energies.  

{{bp|Stakataka-GX (Sky-Splitting Eminence 60)|Stakataka-GX}} is a new GX card with 180hp, a new ability, and two powerful attacks. Ultra Wall is a straight forward ability allowing all your {{bp|Ultra Beast|Ultra Beasts}} to take 10 less damage from opposing attacks. Stakataka's Gigaton Stomp does a flat 120 damage at the cost of two metal energies and a single colorless energy while Assembly GX is an attack with 50 base power that increases by 50 for each prize card you have taken for the same cost as Gigaton Stomp.

Rounding out the set we have {{bp|Beast Ball (SM-P Promo 164)|Beast Ball.}}. Beast Ball allows you to look at your face down Prize cards. If any of those cards happens to be an Ultra Beast, you may put it in your hand, replacing it with the Beast Ball.