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Illumise
Delta Species 45/113 • uncommon
- Set
- Delta Species
- Number
- 45/113
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Released
- 2005
- Energy type
- grass energy
- Market price
- $1.55
- Artist
- Midori Harada
What it does
As long as you have Volbeat in play, prevent all effects, including damage, done to Illumise by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon that has Dark in its name.
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Where you can play it
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Where it came from
Released in October 2005 as part of the EX Delta Species expansion, this card represents a specific period in the Pokémon Trading Card Game where the Holon region storyline introduced Delta Species Pokémon. In this lore, exposure to unique electromagnetic waves altered the elemental types of various creatures, allowing Illumise to appear as a grass-type card despite its usual bug-type classification in the video games.
The card features artwork by Midori Harada, a prolific illustrator for the franchise known for a soft, expressive style. Her rendering of Illumise emphasizes the character's firefly-inspired design within the context of the Delta Species aesthetic, which typically utilized metallic or laboratory-themed borders and backgrounds to highlight the experimental nature of these transformed Pokémon.
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