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You can get card sleeves, playmats, coins to show off your style, and repeat cards can be turned into Shinedust, which can then be spent to gussy up your cards with custom animations and the like

The cards flavor text highlights its long tail which serves as a ground to protect it from its own high voltage, a detail that purists appreciate

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Circling back to TAUC costs, you could argue its actually even closer to free than other alternate costs: life points and cards in hand are expendable resources, and (at least for drawing cards) somewhat expensive to replenish

Both Teal Mask Ogerpon ex and Hydrapple ex have abilities that let players attach additional Grass Energy to Pokemon, with different extra benefits