Parallel City

Parallel City

Parallel City appears in the Japanese print of The Best of XY, released on April 21, 2017. The The Best of XY set contains 188 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by 5ban Graphics.

Collector Insights

Parallel City is a Stadium card from the The Best of XY set, released on April 21, 2017. Its flavor text suggests a directional choice before play, influencing gameplay mechanics. The card reduces damage dealt by Grass, Fire, or Water Pokémon by 20, excluding Weakness and Resistance adjustments. It enforces a limit of three Benched Pokémon for the player, discarding excess Benched cards when it enters play. This effect ensures the player maintains exactly three Pokémon on the Bench. The card’s artwork is credited to 5ban Graphics, adding visual distinction to the set. With a card number of 159, it stands as a unique entry in the expansion. The Stadium type emphasizes its role in altering game dynamics through conditional effects.

Choose which way this card faces before you play it. Any damage done by attacks from this player's Grass, Fire, or Water Pokémon is reduced by 20 (before applying Weakness and Resistance).This player can't have more than 3 Benched Pokémon. (When this card comes into play, this play discards Benched Pokémon until he or she has 3 Pokémon on the Bench.)

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