{"id":251432,"date":"2024-05-03T13:09:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T05:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=251432"},"modified":"2024-05-03T13:09:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T05:09:52","slug":"pokemon-tcg-primed-for-combat-prime-catcher-cyber-judge-sv5m-062-071","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2024\/05\/03\/pokemon-tcg-primed-for-combat-prime-catcher-cyber-judge-sv5m-062-071\/","title":{"rendered":"[Pok\u00e9mon TCG] Primed for Combat: Prime Catcher (Cyber Judge [SV5M] 062\/071)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/03115647\/Pokemon-Daily-Feat-IMG-Template.webp\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon TCG Prime Catcher\" class=\"wp-image-251435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/03115647\/Pokemon-Daily-Feat-IMG-Template.webp 1024w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/03115647\/Pokemon-Daily-Feat-IMG-Template-300x205.webp 300w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/03115647\/Pokemon-Daily-Feat-IMG-Template-768x524.webp 768w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/03115647\/Pokemon-Daily-Feat-IMG-Template-282x192.webp 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Item cards used for gusting have been staples of the Pok\u00e9mon TCG metagame ever since the first generation. Like its predecessors, the Prime Catcher card from <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2024\/01\/17\/pokemon-card-game-wild-force-sv5k-cyber-judge-sv5m-card-list-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cyber Judge [SV5M]<\/a> has fit seamlessly into countless tournament decks and is capable of swinging the trajectory of the game as soon as it&#8217;s played.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Prime Catcher is an ACE SPEC card, just one copy of it (or any other ACE SPEC card) can be placed in a deck\u2014but that&#8217;s all that is needed. This card allows the player to switch the opponent&#8217;s Active Pok\u00e9mon as well as the player&#8217;s own on the same turn. Thus, by manipulating the Active Pok\u00e9mon matchup, the player can force an advantageous situation to either kickstart a comeback or pull even further ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just as is the case with all ACE SPEC cards, Prime Catcher has a unique rarity of ACE. The italicized words &#8220;ACE SPEC&#8221; run along the edges of the card while the card itself has a dark pink background\u2014both characteristics of ACE SPEC cards. The card&#8217;s illustration, meanwhile, depicts Prime Catcher itself in action, adding a sense of life and dynamism to the card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The English version of this card is card 157\/162 from the Temporal Forces [TEF] set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One copy of a Prime Catcher (Cyber Judge [SV5M] 062\/071) card sells for 2,800 JPY (~US$18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other TCG-related news, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2024\/04\/30\/pokemon-tcg-dragapult-ex-goes-with-tera-dragon-mask-of-change-sv6-120-101\/?slide=right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dragapult ex card from Mask of Change [SV6]<\/a>. Alternatively, you can also head over to the SNKRDUNK App via the banner below and find the top trending and latest single cards and boxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunkappen.page.link\/G4g7_PokemonTCG?slide=modal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/15110337\/TCG.webp\" alt=\"TCG on the SNKRDUNK App\" class=\"wp-image-151767\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Item cards used for gusting have been staples of the Pok\u00e9mon TCG metagame ever since the first generation. Like its predecessors, the Prime Catcher card from Cyber Judge [SV5M] has fit seamlessly into countless tournament decks and is capable of swinging the trajectory of the game as soon as it&#8217;s played. Since Prime Catcher is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":251435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,43,18,19,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-collectibles","category-latest-news","category-releases","category-tcg"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251432"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251519,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251432\/revisions\/251519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}