I want the whole Space World Fake Card Block project to be a celebration of the obscure and unique [pkmn], which is one reason why I’m including all these non-existent [pkmn] in the project. But what I’d also like to do is include other unique forms of existing [pkmn]. For example, I discovered @LegacyPsk9999 over at Twitter, and they’re designing Sword/Shield Pokédex-quality artwork of all kinds of unique and obscure [pkmn], like all the different Arbok “belly” patterns, given how its Pokédex entry states: “It is rumored that the ferocious warning markings on its belly differ from area to area.”
So I got to thinking, maybe I could make fake cards of all of THOSE different kinds of Pokémon as well! But which set would they belong to: SW97 Alpha, SW98 Beta and/or SW99 Omega? This is considering that I have very specific plans for which [pkmn] are included with each of those sets… and yet all of the [pkmn] I’ve listed below seem to fit all three. In that case, maybe I’ll sprinkle them in all three of those sets, in case I need to add more of a certain type of [pkmn] in order to balance out the types a bit.
Anyways, the different kind of [pkmn] that have appeared in [pkmn]’s history that I’d like to make fakes of include:
- All the different Arbok patterns, as mentioned above
- maybe I can have them represent some kind of special mechanic, like you can swap out for different Arbok with a different pattern which in turn has a different ability
- The different, non-Latin character Unowns seen in Spell of the Unown
- Then there’s also the Galarian Unown I made
- The Pinkan [pkmn] from the Orange Island-era episode In The Pink
- Likewise, I imagine I would be giving them some kind of shared special abilities and/or attacks because of their pinkness
- On top of that, I’ve already thought up three different Trainer cards I could make relating to this:
- “Pinkan Berry” Trainer (Item) card: lets you search for Pink [pkmn],
- “Pinkan Island Reserve Gym” Trainer (Stadium): either gives Pinkan [pkmn] special bonuses (ie -10 damage from attacks), or the Pinkan Berry Trainer card is shuffled back into your deck after use versus placed into your Discard Pile, or players can’t do damage or otherwise target Pinkan [pkmn] on their opponent’s bench
- “Pinkan Island Officer Jenny” Trainer (Supporter): clearly she’ll defend Pinkan [pkmn] somehow… maybe it gives Pinkan [pkmn] free retreats, prevents all effects of attacks (except damage) during the opponent’s turn, or… I dunno. Maybe when I start designing other cards and I get a common theme going, then I can use Pinkan Jenny to protect Pinkan [pkmn] from whatever those effects are
- The alternate Valencia Island forms from the Orange Island-era episode Poké Ball Peril
- These, on the other hand, might just be the designs used on standard cards for those [pkmn], as opposed to if I made them into a “Valencia Form”. Like, I’ll make a standard Vileplume card and its artwork would be that of a Valencia Vileplume.
- Cloned [pkmn], with stripey bits similar to the [pkmn] that Mewtwo duplicated from Mewtwo Strikes Back
- This idea has plenty of potential… like, I can make them highly powered Basic [pkmn], regardless of what Stage the actual [pkmn] is, BUT you can only play them if its original already exists in play, similar to how it worked in the movie. Like, you can only play Cloned Blastoise (or “Blastoisetwo”) if a Blastoise already exists in play (your’s or your opponent’s).
- I MAY even do something like “Mysterious Fossil” in case I need to balance it a bit, where you have to play a Trainer (Item) card caled “Protomatter” or “Protomon”, where the Cloned [pkmn] “evolves” from, such that ALL Cloned [pkmn] use that card instead of just being dropped into play immediately. Lemme think about this.
- Seeing as I already did this idea back in the old Fake Edition days—with “Super” forms of Blastoise, Venusaur and Charizard—maybe I’ll do something meta with them… throw in some kind of in-joke referencing the older cards.
- The ancient [pkmn] from the Indigo-era episode The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis
- These are ones I also made back in the day, with Ancient Alakazam, Giant Gengar and Jumbo Jigglypuff, but I may instead make new versions relating to them.
- ORRRR I can make Dynamax versions for Alakazam, Gengar and Jigglypuff which resemble these versions.
OK, that’s all I got for now. That said, this list is duplicated—and will be further edited—over at the Space World Fake Card Block project page, so check it out for more flavor and lore that I plan for it!