Parallel City

Parallel City

Parallel City appears in the Japanese print of Blue Shock, released on September 26, 2015. Parallel City is a uncommon rarity. The Blue Shock set contains 65 cards.

Artist Info

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

Collector Insights

Parallel City is a Stadium card from the Blue Shock set, released on September 26, 2015. It is illustrated by 5ban Graphics and classified as a Uncommon rarity. The card’s flavor text describes a unique mechanic where players choose its facing direction before playing it, influencing its effects. When in play, it reduces damage dealt by Grass, Fire, or Water Pokémon by 20, excluding Weakness and Resistance adjustments. Additionally, it enforces a limit of three Benched Pokémon for the player, discarding excess Benched cards when it enters the battlefield. This ability ensures the player maintains exactly three Pokémon on the Bench. The card’s design and function reflect its role as a strategic support card within the game’s competitive framework. Its effects emphasize balancing resource management and defensive positioning.

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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