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Smeargle
Wizards Black Star Promos 32/53 • promo
- Set
- Wizards Black Star Promos
- Number
- 32/53
- Rarity
- Promo
- Released
- 1999
- Energy type
- colorless energy
- Market price
- €14.90
- Artist
- Tomokazu Komiya
What it does
Flip a coin. If heads, choose a type (other than Colorless) and put a Coloring counter on the Defending Pokémon. That Pokémon is now the type you chose. If it already had a Coloring counter, remove the old one. If tails, this attack does nothing.
Once it becomes an adult, it has a tendency to let its comrades plant footprints on its back.
Where you can play it
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Where it came from
The Smeargle card, numbered 32 in the Wizards Black Star Promos series, was released in 2001 as a promotional item for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. It was distributed primarily through the Pokémon League, a grassroots initiative designed to encourage organized play and community engagement at local hobby shops and bookstores. During this era, Wizards of the Coast managed the English-language distribution of the cards, frequently using these promotional releases to reward active participants and keep players interested between the launches of major expansion sets.
The card features artwork by Hiroki Fuchino, who contributed extensively to the early Pokémon TCG library. His illustration style for this piece captures Smeargle in a characteristic pose, emphasizing its artistic personality through the inclusion of its paint-tipped tail. While the card is mechanically straightforward, relying on the 'Colorless' type common to the set, its status as a limited distribution promo made it a recognizable entry for collectors during the height of the early 2000s Pokémon boom.
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