{"id":268572,"date":"2024-06-05T17:20:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T09:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=268572"},"modified":"2025-06-13T13:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T05:16:13","slug":"pokemon-tcg-munkidori-adds-major-synergy-to-the-gardevoir-ex-deck-mask-of-change-sv6-107-101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2024\/06\/05\/pokemon-tcg-munkidori-adds-major-synergy-to-the-gardevoir-ex-deck-mask-of-change-sv6-107-101\/","title":{"rendered":"[Pok\u00e9mon TCG] Munkidori (Mask of Change [SV6] 107\/101) [Release Date\/Price\/Where To Buy]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Update 13 Jun 2025] Munkidori is now a key piece of the Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex deck for the same reason that it plays a major role in the other decks already mentioned.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Update 14 May 2025] The spread damage that Munkidori inflicts has now made it an important part of the Froslass\/Munkidori deck\u2014a deck which is built around spreading chip damage to set up late-game KOs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Update 17 Feb 2025] The new rotation has greatly elevated this card’s status in the metagame. Munkidori is no longer only important in the Gardevoir ex deck\u2014it’s now a key piece in three new emerging decks: the Feraligatr\/Munkidori, Blissey ex, and Milotic ex\/Farigiraf ex decks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The recent release of Mask of Change [SV6] brought with it several key buffs to various decks. Among the decks which got a major boost was the Gardevoir ex deck\u2014thanks to the introduction of this Munkidori card. As was expected, the retooled Gardevoir ex deck<\/a> has been achieving impressive results in Pok\u00e9mon TCG tournaments across Japan; success in tournaments abroad is likely to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main reason why Munkidori fits so well in a Gardevoir ex deck is due to its Ability of Adrena-Brain. As long as there’s at least one Dark Energy card attached to Munkidori, Adrena-Brain allows the player to move three damage counters from one of the player’s Pok\u00e9mon to one of the opponent’s Pok\u00e9mon once per turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This makes it a perfect follow-up after the titular card from Scarlet ex [SV1S] uses its own Ability, Psychic Embrace. Psychic Embrace allows the player to attach a Psychic Energy card from the discard pile to any of the player’s Psychic-type Pok\u00e9mon, then place two damage counters on that Pok\u00e9mon. By pairing Psychic Embrace with Adrena-Brain as well as Moonglow Reverse, an attack that Cresselia from Time Gazer [S10D] has which inflicts a similar effect, the self-damaging aspect of Psychic Embrace can instead be turned into a weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From a collector’s perspective, this card comes in an Art Rare (AR) version depicting the Poison\/Psychic-type Legendary Pok\u00e9mon on a tree trunk. The spectrum-like holofoil as well as the contrasting color scheme using both dimmer and brighter colors in the background adds to the card’s visual appeal. There’s also a novelty factor in play as this is the first-ever Munkidori card in the history of the Pok\u00e9mon TCG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While there is an English version of this card, its AR form is only available in Japanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The price of a Munkidori (Mask of Change [SV6] 107\/101) card of AR rarity isn’t that high\u2014just 1,000 JPY (~US$6.40).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other TCG-related news, check out the Purple Monkey D. Luffy Starter Deck [ST-18]<\/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

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[Update 13 Jun 2025] Munkidori is now a key piece of the Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex deck for the same reason that it plays a major role in the other decks already mentioned. [Update 14 May 2025] The spread damage that Munkidori inflicts has now made it an important part of the Froslass\/Munkidori deck\u2014a deck which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":268640,"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-268572","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\/268572"}],"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=268572"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":469679,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268572\/revisions\/469679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}