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Shining Tyranitar
Neo Destiny 113/105 • ultra-rare
- Set
- Neo Destiny
- Number
- 113/105
- Rarity
- Rare Shining
- Released
- 2002
- Energy type
- darkness energy
- Finish
- Shiny rare
- Market price
- $345.00
- Artist
- Ken Sugimori
What it does
Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, your opponent discards the top card from his or her deck.
Flip a coin for each Fire Energy card attached to Shining Tyranitar. For each heads, discard a Fire Energy card attached to Shining Tyranitar or this attack does nothing. Then, for each heads, choose an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon and discard it. If it has fewer Energy cards than that, remove all of them.
You can't have more than 1 Shining Tyranitar in your deck.
It is so powerful, it can knock down a mountain with hust one arm.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- ExpandedNot legal
- UnlimitedLegal
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Where it came from
The Shining Tyranitar was released as part of the Neo Destiny expansion in 2002, marking the final set of the Neo era for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It represents the pinnacle of the Shining Pokémon concept, which introduced cards featuring alternate-colored or 'shiny' Pokémon from the video games. These cards were notably difficult to pull from booster packs, cementing their status among collectors as significant treasures of the early TCG history.
The card features artwork by Hironobu Yoshida, who utilized a distinct, textured foil aesthetic that departed from the standard holographic style of the time. The illustration captures Tyranitar in a dark, menacing posture that leans into its new typing as a Darkness Pokémon, which was a relatively recent addition to the card game mechanics. The design was praised for its aesthetic depth, helping to define the visual language of rare chase cards for subsequent generations of the hobby.
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