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Unown
HeartGold & SoulSilver 55/123 • uncommon
- Set
- HeartGold & SoulSilver
- Number
- 55/123
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Released
- 2010
- Energy type
- psychic energy
- Market price
- $1.59
- Artist
- Hideaki Hakozaki
What it does
Once during your turn, when you put Unown from your hand onto your Bench, you may look at the top 5 cards of your deck and put them back on top of your deck in any order.
Its flat, thin body is always stuck on walls. Its shape appears to have some meaning.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
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- UnlimitedLegal
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Where it came from
The Unown card from the HeartGold & SoulSilver expansion, released in 2010, marks a thematic return to the Johto region, which originally debuted in the Game Boy Color titles of the same name. This set was designed to bridge the gap for a new generation of players, reintroducing Generation II Pokémon with updated card mechanics and modern aesthetics consistent with the Nintendo DS era of the franchise.
The card features artwork by illustrator Kyoko Umemoto, who captured the character's mysterious, glyph-like nature through a clean and focused design. While Unown are known for their distinct 28-form alphabet variety, this specific card served as an uncommon utility piece, designed to integrate into decks that benefited from psychic-type synergy and the specific, gimmick-based gameplay mechanics that defined this era of the trading card game.
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